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Greetings everybody! I'm a 38 year old American living in Lviv, Ukraine, helping others to perfect their English. :) I like to make lessons for my students that are tailored to their needs - entertaining, educational and useful. I dislike teaching directly from a textbook and prefer to focus on topics that already interest the student, and giving lessons that they can use immediately to improve their level of English. Teaching is my life (I'm a professional English teacher with 3 years of experience, diploma and certification in pedagogy) Hope to see you soon! By the way, if you are living in L'viv, send me a message! :)
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Leonid
Russian
Jul 5, 2013
Excelent! You speak already as a native speaker of Russian. With very insignificant mistakes and much better then half a year ago. You did great job in these 6 moths! Thanks for interesting stories.
Tatiana
Russian
Jan 22, 2013
Спасибо Эдвард! Мы говорили о предпринимателях и о ведении своего бизнеса, какими качествами обладает человек, работающий на себя и о сложностях, которые могут возникать в такой работе. Эдвард отлично говорит по-русски! Многочисленные упражнения не прошли зря, и он отлично справляется со склонением слов - наиболее сложной частью изучения русского языка. Когда со временем пропадет акцент, Эдварду перестанут верить, что он иностранец!))
Leonid
Russian
Jan 16, 2013
Отлично! Мы немного занимались грамматикой, а потом поговорили. У Эдварда отличный словарный запас. Спасибо за интересные истории, Эдвард!
Leonid
Russian
Dec 28, 2012
Good job, regardless of the fact that it is a difficult grammar theme and sometimes even native speakers can't determine which from 2 verbs of motion will be correct in given context if they don't know the rule.
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    IS - Generally speaking, if you are going to use the construction "one of (something)", it is going to be in the singular because it is ONE. Take a look at these examples: One of my favorite heroes is Abraham Lincoln (obviously talking about one person here) One of my favorite types of shoes is Nike's (still one, because it is *one type*) Now if you use a slightly different construction that pluralizes the subject, it will be different: A few of my friends ARE going to the movie (because there's more than one friend going) THESE ARE a few of my favorite things (because you will list more than one thing) Hope that helps! - R
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    perspective, actual, toilet, chef.
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    Listen to your mother.

    My mother hated whenever I wore skinny jeans. 
    I asked her why and she said ‘it will embaress you.’ 
    I thought it didn't make any sense at all until when I went to a clothing store a few days ago. 

    I found a nice pair of skinny jeans there and tried them on in the dressing room. 
    And then I gave them back (better - I returned) to the old lady who owned the store afterwards since they were too tight. 
    When I walked out of the store, the lady owner ran after me, carrying some very familiar (-looking) underwear and said, “Looks like somebody took off his pants too hard.” 

    Today's lesson : Mother is always right.

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    immortal hike

    Hello Folks,

    May I ask your help to correct this first note in my notebook ?
    Thanks in advance

    I’ve just finished reading a book written by Jean-Christophe Ruffin, about his trip to Santiago de Compostela.
    The title of this book is “Immortal hike” and it’s a play on words because J-C Ruffin is a member of the “French Academy” (an old institution which is supposed to take care of the French language )and theses members are called “ immortals “. 
    The Road to Santiago de Compostela is an old pilgrimage which leads to a basilica where would be the grave of Saint Jacques is located. 
    Nowadays, all those who follow this road are not believiers, and it’s difficult to know why they follow the road. 
    Ruffin doesn’t really explain why he walked from the French border to Santiago, which involves walking about 800 kilometers.
    As far as I’m concerned, the most interesting part in this book is the explanation about how his way of thinking changed as he was walking. 
    At first, he was always thinking, his mind bursting with many ideas. He said : The thought is the single familiar person (hard to understand - try explaining it different words, maybe?). It allows us to restore dialogues, to convene (recall, perhaps?) memories. 
    Then, after a few hours, the walker notices that there is another person (sensation): his body . Because, whatever he does, his body begins suffering. Above all, the feet, the legs and the back. 
    The last stage of this transformation is when the walker stops suffering. In fact, the walker gets used to suffering and he makes do. 
    Likewise, he forgets to think. 
    At this stage, the author says, the Road to Santiago takes away all vanity and all suffering of the body.

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    Эдвард Сноуден - Герой или Предатель? Я даже не помню последный раз я тут написал что-то. ) Мне просто любопытно - как относятся люди здесь к Эдварду Сноуден? Если вы не знаете кто он, вот короткая статья о нём - http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Сноуден,_Эдвард . Вы думаете что он сделал неправильно? Или он настоящий герой на самом деле? Я сам не знаю как его считать. С одной стороны, я думаю что весь мир должен знать о системе надзора (наблюдения?) который США употребляет - я не люблю как американское управление оправдывает такие действие. Но с другой стороны, не знаю если его решение избегать государства было хорошая идея - теперь люди считают что он какой-то шпион, и некоторые американцы больше ему не доверяют. Как вы думаете?
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    Help please!

    Dear English-speakers! I need a grammatically correct reference for a job, correct mistakes please! 

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    Reference for Daria Kuznetsova

    Daria has been a housekeeper in Chekhov Hotel since 2011.

    From the very beginning, Daria proved to be a very disciplined and responsible person. She is very attentive to details and doesn’t leave things undone. As her direct supervisor I never had to ask her to go back and clean an area again. She is professional and efficient in her approach to work and well-liked by her colleagues and guests of our hotel. 

    I believe that Daria will make a valuable addition to any organization that she may join. We deeply regret her decision to leave the job in our hotel and I recommend her without any hesitation. 

    I would gladly answer any request for further information.

    Sincerely,

    Lisina Julia
    Head of the Cleaning Department

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    Winter in Russia 1.

    Do you like winter?  Winter is my favorite time of the year.  I think it's the best time for fun in Russia.  You can go skiing, skating, sledding and play in the snow.  Most of Russian children like to play the game "King of the hill"(Царь горы).  I remember how I played in this game when I was a child.  The rules of the game are: 
    One of the players climbs to a low (лучше - small) snow hill and defiantly shouts:  "I'm the king of the hill!"  The other participants of the game rush to storm the hill from all sides.  Each of the attacking players tries to occupy it, overthrowing the self-proclaimed king of the hill.  Then there is a fun struggle where players pull each other off the snow hill.  Brute force is not permitted.  Of course, this is not all that we do in winter time... 

    Correct me, please..

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