Disproportion in amount of people who learning Russian and English. Trying to find solution.

I was faced with a problem when in the previous year I joined to iTalki. There a lot of Russians who want to improve their English but not a lot of native English speakers who want to learn Russian.
I think for every 100-1000 (or may be greater, who knows :)) Russians who want learn English there is only one native English speaker who is interested in learning Russian.
And how big a chance that you will be the lucky one and will be chosen from all this Russian guys?
I don't know what the situation is with other languages but I believe there are another people in the same situation.

So today I decided to try and find people in the same position who are not native English speakers and will try to speak with them.
Of course, it will be worse that speaking with native speakers but it will be a real small step towards doing something useful. I think it will be better that just sitting and waiting when native speaker select you among other 100-1000 Russian guys.

If you read this message and you agree with me feel free to send me a message or add in friends and we can practice in English together.

Have a good day!

Sorry to hear about your experience! Have you thought about HelloTalk? It is a great phone app that I use for all my language learning! https://www.hellotalk.com/#en

[ Noodles in Singapore 28 part 1 ]

Would you mind correcting my sentences? If you were me, how would you go about describing a photo.

The photo shows a plate of spindly dried egg noodles and a small bowl of light soup with a few chopped green onions.

I see a few pieces of lettuces, one shiitake mushroom, some pieces of chopped pork meats, a mixture of baby sardines with green onions and a tiny plate of chilli sauce. These are used to garnish the noodles. I don't know the name of the cuisine.

The restaurant is located in near Clark Quay Station, which is along a sidewalk and offers al fresco dining. This area has many various restaurants and bars in this area. This area is one of the tourist sights in Singapore.

Watch out for articles :) I recommend this short test to help you - http://a4esl.org/q/h/mc001-ck.html

An ordinary day

In On an ordinary day, James wakes up at 8 pm am, has breakfast, washes andgets ready to for work.
He gets in at 9 am, checks for his emails and catches up with his colleagues.
There are two breaks of 10minutes each one -, one at 11 am and another at 4 pm
When he gets off, then he usually goes to the gym till 8 pm, so gets in at 8.30 and has dinner.
He's usually a night owl (Night owl is a personality trait, not a behaviour. Therefore it isn't necessarily correct to say he is usually a night owl. You can say he is a night owl, so it is common for him to go to bed late) so he doesn't go to bed till 1 am.

By the way
James works as an insurance broker

Sounds like an ordinary day for lots of office workers :D

which company do would you like to work for?A large one or a small one? part 1

I would like to work for a large company. Although there are also some advantages of working in a small company , such as flexitime , a casual environment or closer relationship of co-workers . As for me , they are not important ; I can gain more valued work experiences in a large company and meet more interesting and excellent people.

First, there are always more staves (What does this work mean?) in a large company than in a small one. As a result, I can usually work with colleagues who come from different areas of my country or even from around the world. Furthermore, as I want to learn some knowledge that can’t be gained only from books, such as life experiences or professional skills , my colleagues with different educational or cultural backgrounds may help me achieve those, broadening my horizon and opening my mind. In other case, supposed I am asked to take be in charge of a relatively complex project, but I don’t know how to solve one serious technical problem that involved the project involves. What should I do in a large company? According to the situation, I think I can turn to my colleagues who are major in technic for help have majored in a technical subject for help . Then, I can get useful advice from him/her immediately. It will attribute to my project , making them finished on time and perfectly. If I work in a small company, I can’t get what I need so efficiently. Maybe I have to ask for help from other companies and it will waste a lot of time.

Great work! I work for a large company (KPMG), and personally don't like it, but your arguments are convincing me! 

world's largest lithium ion battery

I read a in the news that Mr. Musk promises to build the world's largest lithium-ion battery in Australia for in 100 days. "The Tesla-built battery, paired with a Neoen wind farm, will operate around the clock and be capable of providing additional power during emergencies." It will be a good way for to storen renewable energy and will protect South-Australia from the energy crisis. I think it also will reduce prices to energy prices

I think it's good news for Australia, but I'm not sure that a lithium-ion battery is great for the environment, because I heard that sometimes it can be explosive and it has a specific method of disposal. But maybe it's just my stupid fears, I don't know. What do you think about it?

Great notebook! To be honest, I don't know much about this, but your summary has made me interested to read and find out more :D

At the doctor.

1.What brings you to my office today?
2.Do you have any complaints?
3.Do you have any other symptoms?
4.Take off your clothes and lie down on that couch on your back.
5.Turn to the body side, to the stomach. over and lie on your stomach
6.Take a deep breath.
7.Hold your breath.
8.Take Put your clothes on. / Dress yourself. Get dressed
9.Give me the referral.
10.Pay the receipt. bill/check
11.You have changes. / Your results have changed.
12.Address Talk to the specialist.
13.We need to do extra tests/examinations.
14.You should repeat the examination after some time.
15.Serious abnormalities/disorders weren’t found.
16.Where does it hurt?
17.Do you have a regular periods? Is it painful? Do you have a heavy period?
18.Bend your knees
19.Have you done had this examination before? Have you had any deviations?
20.Are you followed up by Do you visit a dentist (regularly)?
21.Please, wipe your skin dry. (after the ultrasound)

Great job! I can see your English is very good, as there are very few errors :) If I ever need to give somebody clear instructions for the doctor, I know where to come :D

Travel impressions

Hi, My name is Rodrigo and I'm from Monterrey, Mexico. Do you Have you visited my country? I have visited Montreal, Canada and Orlando in Florida and I have been was impressed about by the how clean are these cities are and how organized and kindness are the people are. What are do you think about my city or country?

I´d like to have conversations with people who are interested to learn Spanish and know more about your thinking and culture of your country.

Great job! There are a few small errors in here, but they are easy to fix. Do you own a good grammar book? I would recommend doing some exercises, and then practicing by writing another notebookj/talking to an iTalki tutor here :)

help with survey

Childcare survey
You work in a very big office. There is a popular and cheap restaurant in the building. The boss is thinking of removing the restaurant and replacing it with a childcare facility for the working mothers in the office. You have been asked to respond to an opinion survey.

A: I think we should keep the restaurant.
B: I think we should replace the restaurant with a childcare facility.

I think it is very complicated for working mothers that need to work and they that do not have a place to put their small children. Here are a few reasons why in my opinion the restaurant should be replaced with a childcare facility.
First, if the mother is close to her children she can be less worried when she works and she can improve her job performance. In our company there are lot of women that are mothers and so, the overall results of company would be increase improve.
Secondly, although the restaurant is cheap and popular only a few peoples go there. The majority of the people from this office brings lunch from home .Thus, the restaurant is little demanded. has little demand
Finally, I consider the childcare in the future is about to a social problem. Whereas almost every woman would like to have a baby, but in the most of cases mothers and fathers would rather do not have. This situation can happens because they do not find a safe place to put their small children. In this line of thought, we would be able to have a little low birth rate. That way, I assert the childcare facility would be very welcome in the office.

Great paragraph! Watch your tenses - I recommend using a conjugation trainer - http://www.learning-english-online.org/conjugation-trainers