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QueenSide   
10 Dec 2011
Language / Polish language immersion, time, fluency [14]

Wulkan: QueenSide:
and maybe a vocabulary of around 500 words?

500 words in 2 years? is this supposed to be a language immersion?

500 words from a university-run Russian course is not little if you consider how divergent Russian is from English - how many classes do you think she had a week - 10? i bet it was just 2 a week - which is definitely not an intensive teaching

Sorry for there to be so much misunderstanding. My goal of 500 words was BEFORE I leave to live in Poland. I want to have a foundation before I leave. From that point, I would be in immersion setting, where I was wondering at what rate my proficiency would improve, and to what degree.

500 words +grammatical cases was about the amount I had after 1 course of Russian at university level (in America), classes five days a week for 15 weeks. I have since taken 5 courses.

Thanks for the direction to the youtube videos, those were interesting and helpful.
QueenSide   
7 Dec 2011
Language / Polish language immersion, time, fluency [14]

Ten years to read a newspaper? I'm sorry, but that must be hyperbole right? One year of Russian and I can read a newspaper with a dictionary in a reasonable amount of time. Writing, speaking, and other active uses of language of course take longer. But understanding and reading should come with less time, no?
QueenSide   
6 Dec 2011
Language / Polish language immersion, time, fluency [14]

Hi Everyone.

1. this is my first post-- go me! Happy happy, joy joy.

Ahem, now...
Im a native speaker of English who is moving to Poland for two years. I have a background in Russian from my university degree, but only elementary level; been studying that about a year and a half (4 semesters). During my time in Poland, two years, what level of fluency should I aim to obtain? Is ability to read a newspaper speedily with little dictionary use too much? Easily understand a movie? Does anyone have any experience with language immersion in Polish, Id love to hear your experience.

My goal is before I leave (next year), to have familiarity with the grammatical mechanics (case endings, a use of common verbs), and maybe a vocabulary of around 500 words?

That was around the amount of words I knew in Russian after one semester, and there is some overlap so I don't think it should be too ambitious.

Thanks