The Start of Learning a Language

Being the first post of this blog, I'm simply going to explain what this blog is and it's purpose. Russian is a language I have always found intriguing and I have always been interested in learning it. I grew up surrounded by it, always going with my mom to her gatherings with all her Russian friends. I have always wanted to learn this language and I have tried to multiple time but it for some reason it never fell through. Now I actually want to put this want of mine to action. I have been to Russian 3 times and plan to go every summer from now on. Every time I'm there, I'm reminded of how disappointed I am in myself that I can't communicate with any of my relatives. My goal by the end of this project is to actually be able to have a conversation with my mom and relatives. By next week, I will have found some kind of book or program online that will effectively provide the goals I have for this project.