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“Mark really is a very clear language teacher using good teaching principles. I’m a language teacher myself. This is the best podcast to learn Russian that I’ve found so far. The practice sections are especially well done, with pauses for listeners to practice. (It does lean heavily on translation, but that can’t really be helped due to the format.) My one feedback for Mark is that the course is so obviously catering to (straight) men. Many of the examples are about wives and girlfriends, or make an assumption about your gender and then never propose the female counterpart. It would not be that hard to switch the scenario to a boyfriend or husband every other time. There’s one lesson where Mark even asks the language learner to “roll your eyes,” and say “girls!” or something like that in complaint about a woman wanting to dance in a hypothetical dialogue. Obviously that dialogue makes no sense for female students. And one very ugly instance of lamenting about Russian women being in a better place today and becoming more “picky” about dating foreign men. Ew. While some may dismiss this as a frivolous complaint, as a language teacher I personally place a high value on the perspective of my students, and based on my experience teaching language, conceivably 50% or more of the listening audience could be female. Why exclude more than half your audience? Furthermore, because gender is so important in Russian grammar, all the practice saying things that men would say with fewer instances of the female counterpart actually disadvantages female students compared to male students in learning through this course. I’m on lesson 27 and I know how to talk about beautiful girls and my girlfriend and use male cases very well, but still wouldn’t be able to talk about a boyfriend or feel comfortable with the female case. (There does seem to be plenty of practice re: female past tense verbs though.) Obviously these podcasts are already made and Mark isn’t going to remake them, but I hope in his other courses he reconsiders this issue.”
RussianLearnerSL via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
06/21/19
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Constantine Daniil via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
01/21/22
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Sankurandah via Apple Podcasts ·
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03/11/23
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“The tips and tricks he teaches are brilliant. This is by far one of the most natural ways I’ve attempted to learn a language.”
Bmeers via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
01/19/20
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