Hi, Alexander!  Recently you wrote in a message to Thalles Caravellas:   
      
   TC>  Hello, I would like to improve my English.   
      
   ak>  If you want to improve your English start talking!   
      
      
              Uh-huh.  Over the years, I've seen your English improve a lot as   
   you read widely & ask questions about what you've read... as you share   
   material you have translated from Russian... and as you engage in conversation.   
      
      
      
   ak>  If you don't like talking your motivation is dubious.   
      
      
              As a schoolteacher & an introvert I'd put it a bit differently.    
   The "dive in & do it" method works well in many cases, but for various reasons   
   some people may find it quite challenging to face public scruting.  They may   
   need to be reassured that we're here to help & we're not grading their efforts.   
      
              Speaking involves a much higher level of skill than listening...   
   and writing involves a much higher level of skill than reading.   
      
              In order to improve any skill, one must be willing to venture   
   beyond one's present comfort level.  I hope our new friends here will see this   
   echo as a good place to try using e.g. sentence structures which are not yet   
   completely familiar.  From that standpoint I like your "Find two errors,   
   please".  It lets others know you are open to correction & how much you can   
   take in at once.  :-)   
      
      
      
      
   --- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+   
    * Origin: Wits' End, Vancouver CANADA (1:153/716)