Resources for Practicing Listening
PEDAGOGICAL MATERIALS
Коммуналка
Video and audio files with transcripts about communal apartment life.
RussianPod101.com - Listening
Short videos with listening comprehension questions on various topics.
MIMEA
A series of interactive multimedia modules for language learning, practice, and assessment. The modules are based on video clips that show native speakers and nonnative speakers interacting in natural, unscripted situations. Interactive exercises reinforce language and cultural topics that spring from the scenarios.
Rockin' Russian
Russian music videos with subtitles and exercises.
Mini-Videos for Learners of Intermediate Russian
Clips from the Russian comedy show "6 кадров" with transcripts and/or glossaries.
Dr. Watson's Video Blog
Russian music and videos with English subtitles.
Beginning Russian through Film
Film excerpts and exercises developed at Cornell University.
В пути Textbook and Supplementary Videos
With exercises.
Russian Language Mentor - Developing Language Proficiency - Listening
Audio texts of Russian news broadcasts with exercises.
Transparent Russian Language blog
Russian lessons - some are focused on listening.
RUSSIANCHAT
Listening lessons.
Easy Russian
Man on the street videos.
Russian National Corpus - Multimedia Subcorpus
Search for video and audio files containing a queried word, phrase, or grammatical structure.
Russian Webcasts
No longer being updated, but you can access the archives. Russian Webcasts deliver a survey of the previous two weeks' news in simplified standard Russian, with exercises.
SCOLA
Videos and other resources with transcripts and accompanying exercises. Click here for more information and access information for IU students.
Russnet Language Modules
Modules on Russian history, literature, culture, and science with audio and video.
Russian Language Learning on the Web
Units on classic works of Russian literature, with audio and video.
TELEVISION
Ералаш (children's comedy show) - here's a compilation of clips with English subtitles
Карусель (children's TV shows) - commercials for shows here.
Теремок ТВ (children's TV shows)
Russian TV and Movies on Hulu (English subtitles)
Улица Сезам
Сто к одному (Russian version of Family Feud)
Взгляд снизу (segment from Вечерний Ургант where he talks to kids)
Shows on НТВ WITH SUBTITLES!
Всё будет хорошо (daytime talk show)
Говорим и показываем (daytime talk show)
Едим дома! (cooking show)
Поедем, поедим! (cooking show)
Готовим с Алексеем Зимным (cooking show)
Квартирный вопрос (home makeover show)
More shows... (not all with subtitles)
Shows on Первый канал (no subtitles):
Пусть говорят (daytime talk show)
Давай поженимся (matchmaking show)
Вечерний Ургант (late night talk show)
Модный приговор (fashion makeover show)
Прожекторперисхилтон (now defunct late night talk show)
More shows...
Сериалы Валерии Гай Германики:
Краткий курс счастливой жизни
Школа
Shows on ТНТ
Popular shows include: Интерны, Физрук, Наша Раша, Реальные пацаны, Универ, Дом-2, Comedy Club
Russian archive footage
wiiTV (streaming TV channels)
CARTOONS
Союзмультфильм
Гора самоцветов (modern Russian cartoons with English & Russian subtitles available)
Маша и Медведь
COMMERCIALS
reklamaRU
Музыка из рекламы (YouTube channel)
RusReklama (YouTube channel)
Лучшие российские ролики 2013
Early Russian commercials
Лучшая российская реклама
Русский проект (PSAs)
Реклама Университета Мирас
Купи айфон
Советская реклама сока
Actimel
Snickers
Nestle for Men
Реклама Спрайта (parody)
Political campaign videos
Радио ролики
MOVIE TRAILERS
Официальные Трейлеры
Интересное ТВ
FILMS
Мосфильм
Телестудия Роскосмоса (фильмы о космосе)
Russian Film blog (descriptions in English of new Russian releases - with trailers)
Сделано в СССР (YouTube channel - documentary series)
DocumentaryRus (YouTube channel)
Русские субтитры (Russian subtitle files for a huge variety of films)
MUSIC
МузТВ: Популярные клипы
ELLO YouTube Channel
MOSKVA.FM (live streaming radio)
SRAS Modern Russian Music (read up on popular artists and representative artists)
RussianDisneyMovies (YouTube channel)
NEWS
Би-би-си
Новости на Первом канале (with transcripts)
Газета.ру
Президент России - Видеозаписи
Archive of videos (often with transcripts) of speeches and other appearances by President Putin. Also available with English dubbing and transcripts here.
PODCASTS
Радио Свободы
Эхо Москвы (available on iTunes as well)
Школа Жизни подкасты (with transcripts)
Тим Керби (an American who talks about U.S. culture on Радио Маяк)
More podcasts...
For learners of Russian:
A Taste of Russian
Russian Podcast
Russificate
RADIO
Старое радио
MOSKVA.FM (live streaming radio)
POETRY
From the Ends to the Beginning: A Bilingual Anthology of Russian Verse
LECTURES
UniverTV
InternetUrok
MEMES AND OTHER FUNNY VIDEOS
Повар спрашивает повара
Никита Литвинков - Чай делает из меня человека
Реклама "Миф"
Новый Новый год
Медведев танцует
Язь
Масяня: Курыцца
Детям об СССР
Made in СССР
Ленин был грибом
OTHER
VOICECARDS.RU (audio greeting cards)
FREETONE (ringtones - songs, jokes, movies quotes, and more)
SLOWING AUDIO
VLC Media Player is a free video player that allows you to change playback speed (check this VLC Help article); so does QuickTime
YouTube also has the option to change playback speed (click the Settings wheel)
Audacity can be used to adjust the speed of audio files
CONVERSATION PARTNERS
Find fellow language learners for conversation exchanges via Skype on these websites:
Conversation Exchange
italki
The Mixxer
My Language Exchange
Interpals
If you're interested in finding face-to-face conversation partners, try local Russian cultural/community centers, Russian Orthodox churches, Craigslist, Meetup, Couchsurfing, and Russian clubs and departments at local universities and colleges.
Вконтакте (Russian version of Facebook) is also a good way to connect with Russian speakers.
OTHER RESOURCES
Яндекс словари - excellent Eng-Rus online dictionary
словарь Мультитран - great dictionary for doing translations
Russian-English slang dictionary
Russian National Corpus - search for word, phrase, and grammatical usage in context in this database of authentic texts (including movie clips)
Delicious @furnisse - my Russian-related links
Russian Portal - a website I created of free online resources for working on your Russian
PEDAGOGICAL MATERIALS
Коммуналка
Video and audio files with transcripts about communal apartment life.
RussianPod101.com - Listening
Short videos with listening comprehension questions on various topics.
MIMEA
A series of interactive multimedia modules for language learning, practice, and assessment. The modules are based on video clips that show native speakers and nonnative speakers interacting in natural, unscripted situations. Interactive exercises reinforce language and cultural topics that spring from the scenarios.
Rockin' Russian
Russian music videos with subtitles and exercises.
Mini-Videos for Learners of Intermediate Russian
Clips from the Russian comedy show "6 кадров" with transcripts and/or glossaries.
Dr. Watson's Video Blog
Russian music and videos with English subtitles.
Beginning Russian through Film
Film excerpts and exercises developed at Cornell University.
В пути Textbook and Supplementary Videos
With exercises.
Russian Language Mentor - Developing Language Proficiency - Listening
Audio texts of Russian news broadcasts with exercises.
Transparent Russian Language blog
Russian lessons - some are focused on listening.
RUSSIANCHAT
Listening lessons.
Easy Russian
Man on the street videos.
Russian National Corpus - Multimedia Subcorpus
Search for video and audio files containing a queried word, phrase, or grammatical structure.
Russian Webcasts
No longer being updated, but you can access the archives. Russian Webcasts deliver a survey of the previous two weeks' news in simplified standard Russian, with exercises.
SCOLA
Videos and other resources with transcripts and accompanying exercises. Click here for more information and access information for IU students.
Russnet Language Modules
Modules on Russian history, literature, culture, and science with audio and video.
Russian Language Learning on the Web
Units on classic works of Russian literature, with audio and video.
TELEVISION
Ералаш (children's comedy show) - here's a compilation of clips with English subtitles
Карусель (children's TV shows) - commercials for shows here.
Теремок ТВ (children's TV shows)
Russian TV and Movies on Hulu (English subtitles)
Улица Сезам
Сто к одному (Russian version of Family Feud)
Взгляд снизу (segment from Вечерний Ургант where he talks to kids)
Shows on НТВ WITH SUBTITLES!
Всё будет хорошо (daytime talk show)
Говорим и показываем (daytime talk show)
Едим дома! (cooking show)
Поедем, поедим! (cooking show)
Готовим с Алексеем Зимным (cooking show)
Квартирный вопрос (home makeover show)
More shows... (not all with subtitles)
Shows on Первый канал (no subtitles):
Пусть говорят (daytime talk show)
Давай поженимся (matchmaking show)
Вечерний Ургант (late night talk show)
Модный приговор (fashion makeover show)
Прожекторперисхилтон (now defunct late night talk show)
More shows...
Сериалы Валерии Гай Германики:
Краткий курс счастливой жизни
Школа
Shows on ТНТ
Popular shows include: Интерны, Физрук, Наша Раша, Реальные пацаны, Универ, Дом-2, Comedy Club
Russian archive footage
wiiTV (streaming TV channels)
CARTOONS
Союзмультфильм
Гора самоцветов (modern Russian cartoons with English & Russian subtitles available)
Маша и Медведь
COMMERCIALS
reklamaRU
Музыка из рекламы (YouTube channel)
RusReklama (YouTube channel)
Лучшие российские ролики 2013
Early Russian commercials
Лучшая российская реклама
Русский проект (PSAs)
Реклама Университета Мирас
Купи айфон
Советская реклама сока
Actimel
Snickers
Nestle for Men
Реклама Спрайта (parody)
Political campaign videos
Радио ролики
MOVIE TRAILERS
Официальные Трейлеры
Интересное ТВ
FILMS
Мосфильм
Телестудия Роскосмоса (фильмы о космосе)
Russian Film blog (descriptions in English of new Russian releases - with trailers)
Сделано в СССР (YouTube channel - documentary series)
DocumentaryRus (YouTube channel)
Русские субтитры (Russian subtitle files for a huge variety of films)
MUSIC
МузТВ: Популярные клипы
ELLO YouTube Channel
MOSKVA.FM (live streaming radio)
SRAS Modern Russian Music (read up on popular artists and representative artists)
RussianDisneyMovies (YouTube channel)
NEWS
Би-би-си
Новости на Первом канале (with transcripts)
Газета.ру
Президент России - Видеозаписи
Archive of videos (often with transcripts) of speeches and other appearances by President Putin. Also available with English dubbing and transcripts here.
PODCASTS
Радио Свободы
Эхо Москвы (available on iTunes as well)
Школа Жизни подкасты (with transcripts)
Тим Керби (an American who talks about U.S. culture on Радио Маяк)
More podcasts...
For learners of Russian:
A Taste of Russian
Russian Podcast
Russificate
RADIO
Старое радио
MOSKVA.FM (live streaming radio)
POETRY
From the Ends to the Beginning: A Bilingual Anthology of Russian Verse
LECTURES
UniverTV
InternetUrok
MEMES AND OTHER FUNNY VIDEOS
Повар спрашивает повара
Никита Литвинков - Чай делает из меня человека
Реклама "Миф"
Новый Новый год
Медведев танцует
Язь
Масяня: Курыцца
Детям об СССР
Made in СССР
Ленин был грибом
OTHER
VOICECARDS.RU (audio greeting cards)
FREETONE (ringtones - songs, jokes, movies quotes, and more)
SLOWING AUDIO
VLC Media Player is a free video player that allows you to change playback speed (check this VLC Help article); so does QuickTime
YouTube also has the option to change playback speed (click the Settings wheel)
Audacity can be used to adjust the speed of audio files
CONVERSATION PARTNERS
Find fellow language learners for conversation exchanges via Skype on these websites:
Conversation Exchange
italki
The Mixxer
My Language Exchange
Interpals
If you're interested in finding face-to-face conversation partners, try local Russian cultural/community centers, Russian Orthodox churches, Craigslist, Meetup, Couchsurfing, and Russian clubs and departments at local universities and colleges.
Вконтакте (Russian version of Facebook) is also a good way to connect with Russian speakers.
OTHER RESOURCES
Яндекс словари - excellent Eng-Rus online dictionary
словарь Мультитран - great dictionary for doing translations
Russian-English slang dictionary
Russian National Corpus - search for word, phrase, and grammatical usage in context in this database of authentic texts (including movie clips)
Delicious @furnisse - my Russian-related links
Russian Portal - a website I created of free online resources for working on your Russian