H3rmit. Thank you for the sugestion. I am trying to learn Russian. Both speaking and reading and writing. I hope to be fluent. As for resorces I have a few books, the internet, and an app I found for nook. Unfourtunatly there is not a person that I can practice with. As far as concentration, I ususally don't have a problem but for some reason I just can't get into it. I have only been at it for a week or two, but still having trouble with the alphebet.