Introduction to Russian Pronunciation, circa 1960

Film explains pronunciation techniques used in Russian language classroom. Features Professor Pierre C. Oustinoff in the classroom. One of the reels is cut and cannot be viewed. Digitized from the original 16mm black and white reel in 2013. From the University Archives Audiovisual Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary. UA07. Acc 1982.066.
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[@Vladimir_Eliseev]

Моя жена в Сибири, мне хорошо когда она в Сибири. Это пять.

[@hannahweis6718]

это сто раз по 5!!)))))

[@user-oe2cc3tc5t]

@@hannahweis6718 а с тёщей это шесть

[@Lexie_Greer]

Блин, чуваки! Что ж вы так свих жён-то не любите? Может тогда жениться не нужно было? 🤷‍♂️🤣

[@FransceneJK98]

Ах вот как??? Ну, до свидания.

[@user-lx6yq5hc7w]

@@Lexie_Greer все мы сильны задним умом)

[@Jimserac]

What memories this brings ! I took Russian classes at Cranston High East from 1962-1965. Our teacher was Dr. Chester Adam Kiesel PhD. who had graduated from Brown U. and Harvard. He had us reading Captain's Daughter by Pushkin and Hero of Our Times by Lermonotov by the second year. Kiesel later became an internationally famed translator of several works. We learned pronunciation by copying our teacher and did not use diagrams of the mouth or tongue. To get an idea of the quality of those classes, years later in my 60's, I spoke in Russian with a Russian woman who had been in the Bolshoi ballet. She said I spoke with an accent but thought I had been in Russia as a student ! This was 40 years after High School !!

[@selfishbirch]

Всего за два года? Ну и ну! У меня ушло типа семи лет, чтобы читать что то для взрослой аудитории на английском, а говорят, грамматика на русском сложнее к пониманию. Было бы интересно узнать про методы вашего профессора больше. Надеюсь, в интернете есть информация по вопросу. Он явно понимал, что делает.

[@mergele5]

Thanks for sharing

[@somestuff7876]

@@selfishbirch если есть Желание и хоть какая-то Необходимость, то легко. А то ведь как получается: - 7 лет школьного английского оказались, просто, набором словарного запаса; - 3 года в универе научили пониманию языка на слух, даже с сильным акцентом... со словарем; vs - Сериал, поменял актеров дубляжа или долго не выходил перевод серий => за 6 месяцев был совершен переход от субтитров на русском, затем на английском, затем сабы стали реально не нужны. - Вот и пара любимых книг незаметно были перечитаны в оригинале. - Стало интересно оставить свои пять копеек в комментариях => за 3 месяца от формирования предложений на русском, корявой кальки обратного перевода, до перехода внутреннего голоса на английский в момент его использования. Все эта база знаний начинает цепляться друг за друга и за год происходит такой скачок на "ровном месте", что становится непонятно в чем вообще была проблема с его пониманием.

[@527398]

Эти диалоги просто великолепны XD Сразу вспомнила идиотские диалоги на французском, в которых тоже не было никакой логики.

[@DianaT-ph6iz]

а какие в японских учебниках!

[@PieeM]

Думаю так на всех языках 😂

[@Tolkienphil]

На немецком так же😂

[@theholygrailcatterychatter1584]

Из французского я запомнил на всю жизнь первую фразу в вузовском учебнике : « Camarade Agathe va à la gare » - товарищ Агата идёт на вокзал.

[@aliyavaleyeva]

-Как его фамилия? -Иван Иваныч. :))

[@j-ksg1-96Jg]

Керәшендер ул)

[@MadHerringFish]

Он гений

[@user-lg7nm2mr9c]

ИванОвич, тогда ок.

[@wester_wald]

@@MadHerringFish Вот новость

[@lilyonkwast]

Киняев. Фома Киняев 😑👌

[@CrazyDocOFP]

"-ты кем работаешь? - над собой работаю!" ;))

[@1iuh]

"После венчания мы уехали с супругой в свадебное путешествие: я в Турцию, она в Швейцарию. И три года жили там в любви и согласии." (Фильм "Тот самый Мюнхгаузен").

[@dorffnk]

21:45 имеено так обычно переходит диалог в другую фазу 😂 - Здравствуйте Маша - Вера, доброе утро - Как поживаете? - Хорошо, спасибо. У меня друг.

[@1iuh]

"Если друг оказался вдруг ..."

[@sakesaurus1706]

"не говори со мной, у меня уже есть друг"

[@dmxumrrk332]

Люди просто «гаммы» разучивают и учатся непослушными органами речи артикулировать звуки чужого языка, где всё по-другому. С этой точки зрения и подобраны слова, и натянута хоть какая-то связь между фразами.

[@Spartanets1]

"Я не люблю работать, а много думаю"..)))

[@gringo6362]

Меньше думаешь дольше живёшь

[@Myuker]

@@gringo6362 антисоветчик - всегда гомофоб!

[@razdvautreu]

@@gringo6362 Аватарка соответствующая.

[@karugs9032]

Ты жив ?

[@zamanium7517]

Меньше думаешь - моложе выглядишь

[@reactor8892]

- Где вы работаете? - Я не работаю. Я много думаю -Ну, до свидания - До свидания! )) -Как жизнь? -Спасибо, хорошо. У меня друг. -Да что вы говорите! ФАМИЛИЯ!!! - Иван Иваныч - Вот те новости ... Это что, допрос? -Как жена? - Она хорошо -Как кот? -Он хорошо -Как запорожец? -Он хорошо. -Вы любите свою жену? -Да, в Сибири. -А запорожец? -Он зеленый До свидания! )) Boo-ga-ga

[@Dmitriy61]

Надо было тайм-код написать.

[@user-vm3wn4fx3h]

Какие красивые лица!!!

[@zamanium7517]

В свои 17-19 ори выглядят на 34-36 нынешних. Ювенилизация на дворе

[@pouritenne8996]

Щ being taught as a combination instead of a single sound is a testament to the time in itself

[@shabelskiy_shorts]

what do u mean then?

[@pouritenne8996]

@@shabelskiy_shorts щ как шч, ранее популярное произношение

[@vlagavulvin3847]

мхатовское ))

[@Vinsedesign]

​@@shabelskiy_shorts he meant that an ''old fashion'' Russian ''щ'' sounded like ''sh'' then ''ch'', but modern Russian ''щ'' sounds like one solid single sound

[@evad520]

@@shabelskiy_shorts Щ = Shi ш = Sha

[@Rachel-dt7yt]

No technology needed. Only intelligence and articulation in practice which creates a confident professor. I recommend this lesson from 1960 for all teachers.

[@Astlaus]

I totally want to see someone get alveolar trill right just from the description of its articulation.

[@alesxemsky]

I agree. The explanation is very solid. And I also recommend it without any doubt.The problem is not with the explanation though, the problem is with the students especially nowadays. All these just don't make any sense for them at least in the beginning of their study.

[@BimBomPetrovich]

Actually, the articulation system representation is just amazing "Ы" for all of you!

[@inersdraco]

"Уй"

[@moorgrass22]

😂

[@_-eYuLiXiaoLong-_]

"ъ" (ер) + "і" (и десятиричное) = "ы" (ери/ еры). "ъ" раньше имел звук схожий с звуком оук "ꙋ", по этому и пишется как "уи"

[@ryanolsen294]

⁠@@inersdracotranslates to cow, Перевод смешной😂

[@user-ik4iz8ml1i]

​@@ryanolsen294 коровить

[@romanbrazhnikov9049]

Awesome! A good explanation, a good pronunciation and excellent dialogues )) Про жену в Сибири улыбнуло))

[@prostoprohozhijnadjadjupoh7869]

Он ездит её любить в Сибирь. А она ездит в Сибирь любть снег.

[@tatiana8670]

Я тоже посмеялась 😂

[@FransceneJK98]

I’m a native Russian speaker and I think this whole tongue placement and explanation of vocal chords is where he lost the students. Especially for the letter И which is just pronounced as Ee in English, like in the word eel. There’s no need to make it more complicated when Russian is already hard enough. No wonder students don’t retain anything after the semester is over. The way languages have been taught for decades was just ineffective for the masses.

[@user-be2me4qu1l]

100 % - Таким способом как в видео выучить язык невозможно.

[@tikala1]

I can’t say for certain but it’s possible the teacher was trying to teach the students to sound more native-like, rather than having a strong American accent when speaking. Not saying I agree with the method, just giving a possible reason for it.

[@Jimserac]

Agree completely ! Thank goodness our Russian teacher did not use such diagrams. We learned by copying him and he corrected us or improved our speaking over time. I remember I had trouble with "вы" but eventually got it right. I can still remember passages from "Hero of Our Times", it was the first book I read in Russian. But out teacher, Chester Kiesel PhD., also told us poems and carefully explained them to us. I still remember them, decades later. He later became a famed international translator.

[@MajidFouladpour]

Cannot agree more. This is like teaching someone about mechanics of bicycle riding and expecting them to be able to actually ride a bike. True, if they persist long enough they will learn; but that's s result of whatever hands-on practice they get not the theory.

[@FransceneJK98]

@@tikala1 you can’t really get rid of an accent once you’re an adult. Some will always stay behind. So focusing on removing the accent go sound more Iike a native speaker (phonetically) shouldn’t be the focus in the first place. It’s about learning to communicate in Russian and ensuring native speakers even understand you. The next step is to learn how to have excellent command of the language. Sounding less American and more “Russian” is irrelevant. That’s just bonus work if you choose to do it, AFTER you’ve become fluent in Russian.

[@undrenaline]

Thanks for the full version. Earlier I saw only the weird conversations which went viral...

[@roman28rus]

Вы понимаете суть разговоров? Суть кринжа?))

[@maya.7057]

@@roman28rus У нас в учебниках тоже были подобные диалоги. Одна семья Стоговых чего стоила) Если им показать - они точно поняли суть кринжа)

[@roman28rus]

@@maya.7057 согласен, у меня учебник был по англ.морскому языку, трэшачёк тот ещё)))

[@maya.7057]

@@roman28rus По морскому?? Ну, это неплохо) Это все-таки интересно)

[@roman28rus]

@@maya.7057 English for mariners

[@nikpante]

"Все работают - а я не люблю работать. Но я много думаю!" - вся русская интеллигенция в одной фразе.

[@_salaryman_]

Диалоги просто пиздец смешные))) Не хватает еще водки и медведей для полного антуража.

[@igormironov7708]

И балалайки

[@BLUEFOUNDable]

One of the Finest Examples of Learning Russian language and pronunciation Ever.

[@evad520]

Except not a single conversation was correct. :D

[@ilb473]

Он доктор, он инженер, он поэт? Это же я! Это моя фамилия Иван Иваныч!!! А вообще очень хорошее произношение!

[@lelapirosmanishvili8074]

This is the way English was taught in the Soviet Union. organs of speech and stories written 150 years ago.

[@user-ku2xr3nh4b]

«The Stogov Family» из учебника Старкова ☺☺☺

[@GallinaGarkina]

@@user-ku2xr3nh4b Диксона (он англичанин). Чей тогда метод? Мы вернулись туда, откуда пришли.

[@spacegangster2588]

рассказы, написанные 150 лет назад это изысканное сокровище по сравнению с мусором написанным сегодня, лучше говорить и произносить английский как викторианский англичанин, чем как современная толпа.

[@piroDYMSUS]

@@spacegangster2588это компрометирует основной смысл учить английский - для общения. 90% людей для которых английский не родной вас понимать не будут или будут с большим трудом.

[@FransceneJK98]

And this is why the majority of people still don’t speak English. The method is all wrong

[@catherinecollon9545]

Wonderful! That is more or less the way I learned English about 60 years ago in France.

[@addwell788]

Как приятно видеть, как студенты занимаются изучением русского языка

[@AmneziaAztec]

60 лет назад)

[@annk.4039]

​@@AmneziaAztecвсе равно приятно.)

[@qwert1forutube]

" - Как жена? - Она хорошо. Она в Сибири" ))) 22:24

[@TheDarkvindetta]

и ест снег день и ночь

[@user-lg7nm2mr9c]

Видео из 1960ых, так что норм

[@1iuh]

"После венчания мы уехали с супругой в свадебное путешествие: я в Турцию, она в Швейцарию. И три года жили там в любви и согласии." (Фильм "Тот самый Мюнхгаузен").

[@jaimebenito620]

Rather than learning about phonetics (which I already knew), I have learnt a master lesson on how to teach it. Brilliant! Correction: absolute genius! Why modern lessons are so watered down in comparison?

[@michaelparisi9275]

kiss ass

[@BobGlasby]

+Michael Parisi Because modern Education European and American has been taken over by feminists and politically correct persons.

[@kw5839]

+Robert Glasby truer words were never spoken.

[@petros_adamopoulos]

This was proper mansplaining all the way :).

[@anibalcesarnishizk2205]

@@BobGlasby Long time ago i had read in a Reader's Digest article that American universities demanded the students to learn foreign languages but in the second half of the '60s practically learning foreign languages were banned by the students themselves.The latter wanted folkloric studies or something that went along with the" Spirit of Times".

[@chimpichompi4690]

Al fin encontré un vídeo que realmente enseña, no solo la pronunciación del ruso, sino que también conceptos importantes de fonética articulatoria. Lejos el mejor vídeo de pronunciación del idioma ruso que he visto.

[@MrGianeta]

yeah, but it's from the 60's. That's... a long time ago. the pronunciation changed a bit since then. I just thought you should be aware of that. Also, in your case you might want to concentrate on differences between Spanish and Russian, which are not the same as differences between Russian and English. Also, the dialogues are weird (which is ok, since it's the foreign studens who made them up, I guess, but definitely not to be followed). The method itself is very sound. Russian phonetics is very well studied, so you have plenty of materials available if you look for them - both for positions of the tongue and for the so called "intonational constructions" (i.e. types of sentence intoning).

[@gammondog]

They were a dedicated class. They didn't break for lunch after the noon time bell. Thanks for posting.This answered a lot of my questions.It also brought back some memories of wearing those "cans" and the tinny audio that came through those heavy things.

[@gammondog]

@@mackenziewoods8201 No. A bit before my time. I did use those types of headphones in grammar school. Also, I did study Russian in College. There, they had a language lab where you could use cassette recorders and practice speaking. It was humbling to play back a recording and hear my voice for the first time as it sounds to others. Not the same as it sounds to yourself. Many fond memories of my classmates and professor.

[@nancycat9242]

@@gammondog do you still remember Russian?

[@gammondog]

@@nancycat9242 only a few hundred words. I can still read the words and hand write Cyrillic script. Oddly, I would have a difficult time hand writing the printed letters by memory. Conjugation of verbs fine but inflections of nouns and adjectives not so. That case system was a real challenge. Still, I cherish my memories of taking those classes. P.S. It’s just as the late Barry Farber said. The Cyrillic alphabet is a “false alarm”. Every student in the class that stayed after the first few classes mastered it in three weeks. Including alphabetical order and hand writing. The Cyrillic keyboard was not covered in those days.

[@Kolemag]

К счастью у нас есть такие же преподаватели английского - американского, и это счастье заниматься по такой программе :) А у этого преподавателя шикарная дикция присущая всем дикторам того времени, идеальная школа.

[@maya.7057]

Да, у преподавателя хороший язык. Для тех времен, когда живой язык не слышали просто удивительно.

[@EK-tb6ui]

ага, особенно если внимательно его фамилию прочитать ))))

[@maya.7057]

@@EK-tb6ui Устинов. А что здесь необычного?

[@Kolemag]

@@EK-tb6ui ой и правда )

[@genls]

​@@maya.7057и английский с акцентом

[@NickMitchellTheEnglishman]

Surprisingly helpful!

[@douglasheld]

5:50 I've never understood the approach of teaching Щ as two sounds to English speakers. This seems ubiquitous in instruction while completely unknown to native speakers.

[@Estelae_bn]

wonderful lesson. I really enjoyed

[@eugenebar6646]

Ой, это очень мило! Друзья, какие лица у той молодежи: добрые, светлые, чистые. Oh, that's so lovely. What wonderful faces these girls and boys have - so bright and kind and innocent.

[@maya.7057]

У преподавателя хороший английский!

[@Anubis1993KZ]

Приятно знать, что корявые диалоги не только в наших учебниках по ин. языкам)

[@Eg0r86]

Это диалоги не из учебников.

[@Anubis1993KZ]

@@Eg0r86 т.е. это импров или что?

[@Eg0r86]

​@@Anubis1993KZ Да, они сами придумывали диалоги. Это одно из первых занятий.

[@marymay3343]

The idiocy of Duolingo sentences is unbeatable :)

[@blonderuna]

21:59 - Он доктор? - Доктор, инженер, поэт, гений, миллиардер, плейбой, филантроп.

[@vlagavulvin3847]

бонвиван, замминистра, генерал, подследственный

[@brightfuture0959]

"I think a lot" the person who wrote this dialogue has extensive not-work experience.

[@RusoConOxana]

superrrrr, spasibo!

[@mihanich]

Щ isn't pronounced like that for at least 100 years. It's not "щч" it's just "щ", which doesn't make it any easier for native English speakers though.

[@vuhdeem]

He's teaching Ukrainian Щ. I don't know why. Russian Щ is just English "sh" but held longer and tongue higher.

[@babythebabyslings]

Chukovskij Щ kak щч proiznosit.

[@Unbrutal_Rawr]

The film is from the 1960 when this pronunciation was still standard.

[@mihanich]

@@Unbrutal_Rawr This wasn't standard in 60's. You won't hear that pronounciation in 60's.

[@Unbrutal_Rawr]

@@mihanich Fine, it wasn't standard anymore, but you absolutely will hear this pronunciation in the 60, especially outside Moscow and from Russian emigrants. You hear it from this man, who was born in 1912 in Moscow, even though this pronunciation was rather characteristic of the St Petersburg standard with *шчука* and *дождя* as opposed to the Moscow standard which had *щ:юка* and *дож:я.* Here's another example: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hl6Vp4aKl96msNU It is indeed much easier to learn to distinguish this pronunciation from *ш,* especially because those who have this pronunciation pronounce *ш* softer than in the modern standard.

[@krishnar1182]

This is very interesting, I had only heard stories about how Russian pronunciation used to be taught. My understanding is that back in these Cold War days if you were studying Russian you either wanted to work for an intelligence agency or you were a suspect Communist. It would be interesting to learn if these students continued studying Russian/what they might have done with it.

[@saimalishahid1406]

This is still so useful!

[@sylvanatup8423]

This video reminds me of my Speech Professor Renierio Real in the University of Bohol during my college days. Speech subject is not a part of my course curriculum but i decided to study it very well in order for me to improve myself the way I pronounced the English pronounciation, but until now nothing has changed. The problem is just within in me.

[@igoroid7]

доктор, инженер, поэт 🤣 как фамилия? ...Леонардо да Винчи! 😁

[@Marguerite-Rouge]

Известен как Иван Иваныч для родственников! Вещи скрыты от нас 🙃

[@selladore4911]

this is a really good guide

[@moorgrass22]

У них хорошо получается 🙂

[@StephenRBeet]

This is excellent!

[@alexbar3345]

😮nj😢u😮not

[@Io1564]

That's brilliant!

[@user-gi6cf1en9e]

"Я не люблю работать... "😂😂😂

[@user-wg1jt2fg5e]

Супер, спасибо. Но после дождя на улице обычно свежо.

[@andnowi]

I learned Russian (and French and Spanish) by the direct grammar method to university level, and my listening skills never progressed much beyond elementary. Even later, when working in Russia, I was half-stuck in a grammatical, translating mindset.

[@real_shevtsov]

Same with Spanish and French, dunno why :( P.S. I'm From Russia

[@banana53358]

russian is really really difficult . I m learning it right now that grammar makes me yank my hair out

[@SKASlavon]

Да, очень большие различия по структуре и вариативности построения предложений.

[@thisismycoolnickname]

Stop caring about the grammar. As a beginner, your job is to be able to understand meanings of sentences, that's all.

[@elenapovarova4201]

@@thisismycoolnicknamebut this is almost impossible without knowing a grammar

[@uspenskiy]

Wow! Thank you.

[@user-mo7vp1fx7o]

Same at english lessons in Russian school, funny dialogues about nothing. But let me tell all american people who learning russian - you are brave and awesome!!!!

[@shubham_dalvi]

Tell me the difference between ы and и

[@user-mo7vp1fx7o]

@@shubham_dalvi dont know dude how to explain, same difference like between v and w

[@shubham_dalvi]

@@user-mo7vp1fx7o is it correct if one writes your name Мартинов instead of Мартынов?

[@user-mo7vp1fx7o]

@@shubham_dalvi not quite realy, И - pronounced more softly than Ы

[@shubham_dalvi]

@@user-mo7vp1fx7oTrying to learn Russian pronounciation and grammar got me like 🥵 🤯

[@maalmi]

People can laugh, but Mr. Ustinov’s English is better than any native speaker Russian teacher that I’ve ever heard. I always find it odd that someone thinks they can teach a language to English speakers when they haven’t even figured out the differences between the two.

[@user-vm3wn4fx3h]

Диалоги просто 😂🔥🔥🔥

[@stevenzheng5459]

21:17 These student conversations in Russian are hilarious 🤣🤣🤣

[@dragonfractal6361]

When I was taking Russian and had to partner up with classmates for oral exams, we, too, made up hilarious conversations. I remember practicing with a partner and her talking about someone having six cats. The professor walked in, and the very next moment, I exclaimed, “Шесть кошек?!”

[@finkrer]

Keep in mind that the "щ" sound is no longer pronounced like that.

[@finkrer]

***** Like this: *щщщ* Seriously though, if I absolutely had to explain it right here, I'd say it is a long sh-sound, but it's actually a different one, so you'd better google it and find the correct pronunciation yourself.

[@finkrer]

Well, if you want to call early 20th century Russian classical, alright. But no one speaks like that now, except maybe very old people. Even gopniks pronounce it correctly. I am Russian and I say so.

[@finkrer]

Check it anywhere on the Internet, the old pronunciation is [ʂtɕ], the new pronunciation is [ɕː]. I can only assume that these native speakers either didn't exactly understand what you wanted from them, or you yourself got something wrong. I as a native speaker can clearly see the whole picture, and I say that it is the old pronunciation that is not used anymore. The professor has probably left USSR long ago and carries an outdated pronunciation, even for the 60s.

[@finkrer]

Robert Glasby Well, they just have a non-standard pronunciation, then, that's all. I've been to Siberia, though, and the accent people have there is no different from mine or the one heard on TV. As I've said, if you want objective information, it's all out there. Just google it.

[@finkrer]

Robert Glasby It's not difficult at all. I think you misunderstood me and are asking these people the wrong questions.

[@Igorr2010]

13:18 no,it CAN be preceded! especially in ukrainian accent of russian language, but also in normal russian it is easier to say "Yi" when consonant followed by so-called "soft sign" between this consonant and "i". yes, i'm russian and studied linguistics at the university and live not so far from the russian-ukrainian border

[@sad_fat_natasha]

I’m a native Russian speaker and I feel like I forgot how to speak after watching this tongue placement thing 😂 So I’m not sure if this is an effective language teaching strategy

[@OV-zg3md]

They're doing well as far as I can judge by the video

[@vcmusic9436]

22:00 iron man beginning

[@JuanRamirez-xz6de]

I consider that a very boring Russian language class, I teach English to Spanish speaking people , I have done that for over 22 years, and we don't waste time trying to learn the way our mouths , lips, tongues, throats , etc. work when we speak, we just speak and we have seen very good results

[@lelek_and_bolek]

Sadly we can not hear your results, while in this film the students perfectly pronounce even the hardest Russian sounds

[@zaryadkapoliglota]

молодцы:)))

[@igortanchik]

какая прелесть!

[@alexeykrylov9995]

5:53 a very uncommon way to pronounce "щ" nowadays (as two sounds sch-ch instead of one long soft sch). Something old-fashioned, maybe the old-muscovite pronunciation from the 1950s or something else.

[@semeonivanov]

готовые шпионы! никто ничего не заподозрит!

[@victorgluschenko8583]

спасибо, поржал )

[@dirigible806]

Honestly, I can't imagine learning a language like this. But I guess the students were used to the lecture form of learning. Now it's all about student-centered, communicative approaches to learn vocabulary and grammar, within contextual and realistic situations. Pronunciation is viewed as something that comes with time with no real focus on accent. What an interesting video, though!

[@AleVlaSandor]

Imagine student sit still the same way these days, even older ones

[@1iuh]

"В церкви на вопрос священника, хотим ли мы стать мужем и женой, мы дружно ответили: «Нет!» - и нас тут же обвенчали. После венчания мы уехали с супругой в свадебное путешествие: я в Турцию, она в Швейцарию. И три года жили там в любви и согласии." (Фильм "Тот самый Мюнхгаузен").

[@iliychburya8409]

У нас любой безработный любит много думать лишь бы не работать)

[@user-vm3wn4fx3h]

Какой классный демонстрационный макет

[@irinasiberia54]

похвально!

[@TheKardo1972]

- Пошли. Всэ вмэстэ. - Почиму ти свэгда к грузим придьераешьча? Патаму што мы такия прастыя луди… И за этова мы такая лохайа дабыча. - Што будет с нашей страной?! Прьямо как в старые времена! Мы ж ни в чем… не виноваты! - Какие ваши доказательства?! - Кокаинум!

[@portfeed]

Это весьма весело.Интересно как Американцы воспринимают русских,когда они учат английский язык...Тоже наверно смешно для них.

[@linux6036]

Такая же реакция конечно

[@user-ib7ud1yv2t]

Надо же, какими прилежными были американцы когда-то..

[@Kurt1991jorsen]

Обратите внимание на цвет кожи

[@annk.4039]

​@@Kurt1991jorsenа вы батенька шутник.

[@ganglery]

Ну изучать русский язык, наверное, не всех подряд с улицы набирали. Это какие-то особо мотивированные американцы. Наверное и сейчас такие есть

[@markszabo928]

Does anybody know the song played at 20:43 ?

[@stopnevich]

Пётр Лещенко "Чубчик"

[@markszabo928]

Николай Стопневич Thank you

[@plainvanillaguy]

If this is Russian 101, I can say for certain that foreign language teaching in American universities has gone downhill. This sounds like a graduate seminar on phonetics.

[@TelephoneForever]

Как они боятся Сибирь 😂😂😂

[@user-uz3zw3fw5r]

Какие красивые и умные американцы тех лет. Какие красивые девушки !!!(прежде всего красивы внутри в душе.) Какие прилежные и чистые студенты -парни и дувушки. Просто загляденье.

[@maya.7057]

Тогда это было целое дело - снимать показательные уроки. Это не на телефон из-под парты. Они не могли быть не прилежными на таких съемках) Там сзади сидела большая съемочная группа. Преподавателю респект. Это очень нервное дело - официальные съемки.

[@FANTITUTZY]

amazing :D this is most brillant lesson :D

[@artykuzmin]

Прикольно :)

[@LS-dp2gs]

If I did not speak Russian already, I would not even start to learn it. Wayyyy too complicated😳

[@paulkiss1981]

I'm a native speaker of Russian. Watching this for some reason😂

[@alexandertyomin1808]

Жена в Сибири- это действительно хорошо!

[@user-fv9cy6og1v]

Well, pronunciation is close to Russian, but intonation is “to exited”, (more American) for Russian people, so we speak without emotions usually

[@TinLeadHammer]

"too excited", видимо.

[@user-fv9cy6og1v]

@@TinLeadHammer Thanks for the correction. That’s what I meant

[@andreypetrov4868]

Reminded me my English lessons at Russian school : London is the capital of Great Britain. I've been living in the West for more than 20 years. I've never heard anyone said that phrase. I've never had to say it by myself. Why foreign languages are taught the way you would never be able to speak them properly ?

[@lelek_and_bolek]

I teach my daughter in a similar way. She's got amazing English and German pronounciation.

[@nancycat9242]

2:21 I could never think a thing at the back of my mouth is moving during me pronouncing «и»))

[@user-lw8zf3wq4y]

- Моя жена в Сибири. - Любите ли вы жену? /// эти диалоги такие философские, чем может показать на первый взгляд ХД

[@TinLeadHammer]

такие - чем? Кто и что может показать?

[@irinasiberia54]

Я иногда работаю. Ой,я несчастная, я живу в Сибири.-)

[@vadunded]

У вас там снег день и ночь:))

[@user-lg7nm2mr9c]

Зимой и летом снег идёт.

[@robetheridge6999]

The video started out with a key problem for native English speakers learning Russian; the mouth is very relaxed when speaking Russian. The problem goes the other way with Russian speakers. The English language is very relaxed with full mouth usage whereas the Russian language is not. This is one thing I practice often - not relaxing my mouth when speaking Russian.

[@TinLeadHammer]

Ha! I've always thought the opposite is true. Ventriloquism in Russian is easy, less so in English, where you need to AR-TI-CU-LATE.

[@Crab_Cyborg]

Прямо диалоги в Обливионе

[@kubanaid5960]

Деавшка у которого муж инженер и поэт хорошо разноваривает почти без акцента.

[@mrmillcake8525]

Lee H. Oswald is there in that class...

[@MrFirefox]

Hes actuaally teaching mewing

[@ryandward]

I love how the students don't get any chance whatsoever to participate. Maybe trying to make the sound for yourself would help you remember how they're produced.

[@maxritz7142]

+Ryan Ward If you think this is actually what the classes looked like, then you are understandably mistaken. Most films like this were more staged than on of Kanye's music videos. They were probably very similar to our classes today, where no one really gave a fuck about looking perfect like this.

[@BobGlasby]

+Max Ritz So, what you mean is that American education is reprobate. Why do not American children want to learn? What's wrong with your society? No wonder the Americans are warmongers feeding lies about Russia

[@MachoMaster]

Well, that escalated quickly...

[@maxritz7142]

+MachoMaster I had forgotten about this, but yeah, it really did, didn't it? Anyways, Robert Glasby that's no what I meant at all. I meant that they would have been taking a more active role in the classroom than is shown in this footage. This isn't some high school, this is the College of William and Mary, one of our oldest and most prestigious universities. As for Americans feeding lies about Russia, how do you figure? I was taught from an early age to respect my Russian counterparts. Your nation has accomplished very much with very little.

[@poconets]

@@maxritz7142 dude they're not perfect at all😂

[@pavelsazonov]

а как же ПИВО ВАДИКА ?

[@govoritdaudxan]

- я говорю по-русски, по арабский, по итальянский и по испанский. Спасибо 21 век. 2022 год

[@Igorr2010]

5:38 this consonant rather sounds like very palatalized Sh, but not Shch, it sounds shch in ukrainian and belorusian (velarized). but yes, it is transliterated from russian this way because of history of russian language, in the past it sounded like in ukrainian and belorusian and sometimes can slightly sound this way in petersburg dialect, but not in moscow dialect. yes i'm russian and studied linguistics at the university

[@semeonivanov]

21:16 вот это правильно!

[@iknowniknown6945]

С какой целю они учили русский язык?

[@bukleuh]

С целью десантирования на Урале. Русский им нужен, чтобы местные не догадались, что они американцы.

[@user-uz3zw3fw5r]

Чтобы тебя повеселить.)

[@user-iw3pq3qd4o]

Товарищ Волков открывает окно 🤣🤣🤣