The name is Tom. I live in the UK. I am an executive manager of a childcare company in Manchester. Currently learning Russian and LOVING it! I also know a pathetic amount of the following languages: French, German, Greek and Japanese. Fluent in none! WOOOO! Hahaha I've currently got a Russian speaking partner who I will eventually be able to have conversations with but I really am noway NEAR there yet. I can say some very basic sentences when thinking very hard and speaking pretty slowly but nothing approaching a real conversational level yet. I do know quite a number of words, but I'd say my vocab is fairly passive at the moment. (ie. I can recognise and remember words pretty well but can't necessarily remember how to say them to deploy in conversation yet) Russian pronounciation is pretty difficult but also really fun. I love this aspect of the language. I know about the cases, conugations, aspects etc - I have a fairly decent grounding in the grammar but again, don't really know how to apply any of it yet very effectively hahaha! ----------- I'd love to find someone to teach me and help me gain some level of conversational Russian. I am pretty dedicated at the moment. I am absolutely loving learning this language and it has been a life goal to be able to speak another language "fluently" eventually :)