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Sounds great. It must be quite helpful.


Er... RP? What's that? I still pronounce "ate" as /eit/. Is it considered wrong?

First, it's impossible to say which system is better, both have their faults and advantages. But I prefer the one I used to.

I'm not talking about methods or curriculum (who cares whether it's 4...

Well, if you had an experience of studying in Russian school or university, you would know that the Soviet approach of education (which is still maintained by the majority of educational institutions...

Well, I see it that way: when students discuss smth, i.e. the point of exercise is to learn expressing their thoughts, the interruptions should be made only when the student is at obvious loss and...

Тяжело в ученьи, легко в бою. (с) :)
I prefer being over-corrected, than corrected not enough. It's better to learn now, when you're a beginner, than to speak confidently, but incoherently later,...

Thanks, TATY. I agree. The balance between over-correcting students and under-correcting is hard to achieve. While nowadays it's common to correct students as rare as possible to not to discourage...

Don't they teach you correct pronouncation at the university? I think that's the first thing the course usually begins with...

Mind of a child differs from one of the adult. And to achieve this near-perfectness she spent every moment of her life actively learning English and hearing English everywhere.
Are you going to give...

Well, it's too bad. :) I believe it will take one twice the time to learn Russian without any idea about cases. And it definitely makes explanations longer. ;)