I posted previously about the wonderful Russian courses available for free from Princeton. They have, however, recently taken the courses down. This happened once before in the past, and the courses were later put back up, but there’s no real way to know whether Princeton will do this again.
However - I have come to the rescue! Before the files disappeared, I had downloaded them all to my hard drive. I was able to contact the creator of the courses, David Freedel, and asked if he had any problem with me sharing them. He said, basically, “Nope, I don’t work at Princeton anymore - feel free to share them however you wish!”
So, I’ve created a torrent of the files. You can download the torrent here. Please note that, since I just created the torrent, I’m the only seeder - so you’ll need to be patient with the download! I’d also ask, if it’s not too inconvenient, that you please help seed the files, at least for a while, once you’ve downloaded them. That way the whole brunt of the downloads won’t be placed on my internet connection.
Enjoy!
UPDATE: I screwed up the creation of the torrent, using a tracker that won’t work. I’m recreating the torrent now; I’ll post a new link soon. Thanks for your patience.
UPDATE #2: Alright, here is the new torrent link. Please ignore the numbers (0 seeds, 0 leechers); I know for a fact they’re wrong. I checked the actual seeding files a few minutes ago, and there were 25 peers connected out of a total queue of 66. And I know there’s at least one seed - me.
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October 7, 2007 at 11:47 am
Thomas(babelhut.com)
Hey Josh. My friend Peter and I just started a new language learning blog. I was wondering if you wanted to exchange blogroll links. You can check out my blog at http://babelhut.com
Let me know if you’re interested!
October 7, 2007 at 12:52 pm
Josh
Hey Thomas,
Certainly! I’ve added you to my links.
October 7, 2007 at 1:44 pm
Thomas(babelhut.com)
Thanks Josh! I added you to mine too. I hope you’ll visit my blog again in the future!
October 16, 2007 at 12:15 pm
Andrew
Josh, Ñ Ð½Ðµ знаю, почему Ñ‚Ñ‹ не хочешь мне ответить…
Мне даже неловко… но вот иÑпытываю Ñ
Ñильное желание Ñ Ñ‚Ð¾Ð±Ð¾Ð¹ пообщатьÑÑ.
Ты мне проÑти мою наÑтойчивоÑÑ‚ÑŒ, но и не
отвечать ÑовÑем… тоже не еÑÑ‚ÑŒ хорошо.
Пишу тебе уже по-руÑÑки.
Ð’ Ñети нашел 2 реÑурÑа, о которых Ñ‚Ñ‹ не говорил здеÑÑŒ.
Может быть тебе пригодÑÑ‚ÑÑ, ну или будут полезными….
в изучении Ñзыка
http://www.spoonfulofrussian.com/
http://tasteofrussian.com/
и еще один интереÑный подкаÑÑ‚…
http://www.international.ucla.edu/languages/technology/podcasts/index.asp
пожалуйÑта, ответь …
жду…
Ðндрей.
March 6, 2008 at 8:35 pm
Paul
Andrew, why not try addressing inEnglish?
March 7, 2008 at 6:50 am
Josh
Paul: indeed, when Andrew first posted this, I didn’t understand the Russian bits at all (and indeed, I still only understand a few words here and there). However, your comment brought my attention back to his comment, and I just used Google Translate to get his message.
And so: Andrew, thanks! I’ll check out those resources. Alas, I know that a Spoonful of Russian at least is no longer being updated.
June 5, 2008 at 6:30 pm
Sarah
Hi!
I was just wondering if anyone is still seeding the Princeton or if I only go online at the wrong times?
Thanks very much
June 5, 2008 at 7:40 pm
Josh
Hi Sarah,
I know I’m at least not seeding it anymore, as I ended up having to format my computer. I still have the Princeton stuff on a DVD, but I’m not sure how to line up the old torrent with the files if I copy them back to my hard drive.
All hope is not lost, however! Freelanguagecourses.com has the file up as a direct download. You can grab it here.
September 2, 2008 at 2:54 pm
oksana
КÑтати,Ñердечно поздравлÑÑŽ вÑех-вÑех-вÑех учаÑтников блога Ñ 1 ÑентÑбрÑ. (Ðвтора наверное не Ñтоит поздравлÑÑ‚ÑŒ, так как у Ð’Ð°Ñ Ñ Ð´ÑƒÐ¼Ð°ÑŽ первые ÑентÑÐ±Ñ€Ñ ÑƒÐ¶Ðµ в прошлом ;)) Вчера забыла поздравить, не до Ñтого было. Ð¡ÐµÐ¹Ñ‡Ð°Ñ Ð²Ð¾Ñ‚ только отошла немного
September 6, 2008 at 11:29 am
КатÑ
РаÑÑмотрите идею Ñоздать Ñлектронный Ñборник по вашему реÑурÑу? Ðапример, вÑе интереÑные и полезные поÑÑ‚Ñ‹ Ñкомпилировать в pdf и давать возможноÑÑ‚ÑŒ Ñкачивать и читать в офлайне?! По-моему очень полезно!
September 12, 2008 at 5:58 am
Camilla
>>Ðапример, вÑе интереÑные и полезные поÑÑ‚Ñ‹ Ñкомпилировать в pdf и давать возможноÑÑ‚ÑŒ Ñкачивать и читать в офлайне?!
Ðто прекраÑные идеи! PDF да, или добавьте к Ñвоим ‘Resources’ Ñтраницу?
September 12, 2008 at 6:00 am
Camilla
Oh, and apologies because i just read above that others would prefer English - maybe Russian and then a translation would be cool? What i said above (probably very badly in Russian) was that Катђs idea of a collection of resources such as these is an excellent idea, either in PDF or perhaps just added to the Resources page on this site.