Highly frustrating, not effective
Ridiculously hard words even in early beginner lessons. Cant replay something after theyve just said it—if you dont learn it on your first hearing, youre hooped. No matter how many times I do the review exercises it prescribes, the number to review never goes to zero.
The male and female speakers pronounce the same words quite differently. I tried many, many times to repeat a particular phrase exactly the way the female speaker was saying it, and it never recognized it as right. Later the male said it and I realized the female was adding an extra syllable. And the funny thing is that even though Ive repeated that phrase 50+ times by now, I cant even remember what it is. Hows that for effective teaching?
No, this is not how Im going to learn Russian.
Homagetogorto about
Babbel – Learn Russian, v5.2