Learning Russian (or any other language)

I saw this on Lifehacker last night and immediately downloaded it, even though I should have been getting ready for bed.

ProVoc - Free, but for OSX only.

You can download vocabulary lists for different languages - not just the common ones either. [Not only French, German, and Spanish, but also Vietnamese, Czech, Persian, Sanskrit, Filipino, etc. Also they have Chemistry terms, English common phrases, and Meteorology terms.] Then you you can take multiple choice tests to learn the words you have downloaded.

Plus, you can add your own words! So if you don't like the words they have, you can make your own list. I made a list of the numbers 0-10

The only issue I had at first was that I can't really read Russian letters very well, so I was quickly just memorizing the first letter of the words and guessing at the right answer. But then I found that I could record my own voice saying each word, so that when I got the choices, the program would say them to me before I answered. So I went over to my favorite Russian learning podcast - Spoonful of Russian - and listened to the numbers podcast and recorded myself repeating after the podcast.

I went through the little quiz a couple of times, and now I know my Russian numbers. :)

Very cool program!