Hi, Ardith Hinton! -> Alexander Koryagin
I read your message from 11.02.2021 22:56

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

 AK>> I also wonder about my speaking abilities.

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

Another problem, as I had said once, is that the Russian language consists of longer words than English, and because of it a Russian thinks and understands slower. ;-) So, for training hearing skills a Russian should start hearing all the Russian video show and movies sped up by 1.5-2 times. Unfortunately I have no such a device. To be exactly I have it, but it often freeze after couple of minutes of speeded up playing. ;-<

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

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

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

I am a morning person when I go to my office. I can secretly type some messages to FIDO behind my colleges backs, but it is hardly possible to do Skype talks, without having round eyes around. ;-) On weekend, of course, I like to sleep more than usual.  Although, maybe at 9am Moscow Time on Sunday it can be the window, while you have 10pm.

Bye, Ardith!
Alexander Koryagin
english_tutor 2021

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