Introduction:

For a non-native Russian speaker, Russian is obviously a foreign language. If one wishes to learn Russian, one needs to start learning right from the basics of the Russian language. All the skills required for foreign language learning, namely, listening, speaking, reading, comprehension, and writing, need to be paid attention to in order to master a language.

Various methods of teaching can be used, as suitable to a learner’s needs and personality, or to improve his/her writing skills

In this blog, we see the steps you can take to improve your Russian writing skills.

• Reading and learning the Cyrillic alphabet

• Listening to the pronunciations of the Cyrillic alphabet carefully over videos or online audio dictionaries

• Speaking and practicing the sounds of the alphabet

• Watching videos to understand how to write the alphabet stroke-by-stroke, how to turn or move one’s hand smoothly to write a letter or character perfectly

• Practicing writing the learned characters repeatedly,

• Learning new words from books for basic Russian learning, or books meant for beginners level – Russian learners, etc.

• Practicing writing the newly learned words

• Forming phrases or complete sentence by joining the words

• Augmenting the learning process or developing one’s writing skills with the help of online Russian learning programs