Hi, Richard Miles!   
   I read your message from  18.10.2016 14:26   
   about Ways to learn English in non-English speaking country.   
      
    ak>> As I already told here, in my theory, the main problem for the   
    RM> Russian   
    ak>> people is the fact that the Russian speech is significantly slower   
    RM> than   
    ak>> the English one. I believe an Italian should speak and understand   
    RM> better   
      
      
    RM> I am from the southern United States and I'm told that we speak a bit   
    RM> slower   
    RM> than the rest of our country  so we fit right in.   
      
   Maybe the it is because of the southern accent? You should speak slower to be   
   understood. ;-)   
      
   Bye, Richard!   
   Alexander Koryagin   
   ENGLISH_TUTOR 2016   
      
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