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   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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