Hi, Alexander!  Recently you wrote in a message to Ardith Hinton:

 AH>  Different people have different preferred learning
 AH>  styles... and if Denis's instruction in English thus
 AH>  far has been mainly from textbooks I think it must
 AH>  require a great deal of courage on his part to
 AH>  interact with folks who routinely use colloquial
 AH>  English in Fidonet echoes.

 AK>  I also wonder about my speaking abilities.


           I applaud your courage too, because generating language requires a much higher order of skill than understanding it & when you're speaking aloud you don't have time to consult a dictionary or a grammar book....  :-)



 AK>  Maybe some day the echo writers in ENGLISH_TUTOR would
 AK>  be able to talk a little via Skype and have a baptism
 AK>  of fire. ;-)


           Interesting idea.  I've often thought it would be nice to visit my correspondents from Russia & elsewhere in person, but for various reasons the chances are slim to zilch.  OTOH... one of the things many of us have learned from COVID-19 is how to maintain contact with our nearest & dearest via Skype (or Zoom or whatever) when we can't go out visiting the way we used to.



 AK>  Although there is a difficulty -- you have a night
 AK>  when we have a day. ;)


           Yes... but it may not be insurmountable.  I see when you post from Tommi's system that you're evidently a morning person, whereas Dallas & I are not.  I'm just beginning to hit my stride at 8:00 PM local time... [chuckle].




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