When I first started to learn Russian, last year, my daughter was very supportive. She looked up films in Russian with English subtitles and sent me the link to them. Then she found someone on the internet who was offering to write a letter in Russian. When I received the letter it was alarming as written Russian is quite different from the printed words. I am only just beginning to use handwritten Russian, perhaps I could now reply to that letter. Next my son found me a keyboard with Russian characters. He showed me how to tell my computer to accept the Russian alphabet. This I can now do quite quickly. Maybe I will write a post in Russian some time soon. Before I have used Google translate to do this, but it is not very satisfactory. In any case I want to improve my Russian.My friends are also very tolerant of my great enthusiasm for all things Russian, a special mention goes to the friend Hazel who is coming to Russia with me in the summer.
First of all thanks to Fat Prophet for your interest. I see from your blog you are having trouble commenting. To get back to my assessed service. Criticism albeit constructive is harder for some to take than others. I felt a little crushed after my assessed service but then remembered I had recorded it on my dictaphone. I listened to it all through and although my assessors were quite right about me speaking a little quickly and rushing from item to item, I was actually very pleased with the content of my sermon and how I presented it. So I have decided to take heart. I highly recommend other trainees to record your services. You can hear your good points and your bad and there is no argument about it, it is all caught on the recorder.
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