My return to italki I used italki when I was in school and my English was just rubbish. Now I've got a bachelor degree and went through a mandatory service in the Russian army. And now as I'm back I plan to continue my education. And to do so I need to prepare myself for the entry exam in the Saint-Petersburg university I've chosen. The speciality I'd like to get is literary translation and the exam requires skills in translation from English to Russian and vice versa. In addition to learning more grammar rules and expanding my vocabulary I decided to improve my speaking skills. Formulating my thoughts in English has always been a kind of entertainment for me, I've started having an internal monologue in English in university. But with this type of English practice the obvious disadvantage is that any mistakes you make stay mostly unnoticed, the thought just flows and flows until you get to not being able to compose a sentence because of lack of your vocabulary or you just get bored and stop. Anyway that's where italki comes in handy. These notes have almost the same format as an internal monologue but they also have kind readers who may correct my mistakes which I appreciate very much. Another great advantage here is the possibility to find someone who needs practice as well. Anyway it's good to be back and it's very nice to be a part of this community.