Hello :) my name is Jake. I am 23 years old and I am an aspiring scientific researcher, about to start a masters course in computational neuroscience. In the meantime I am working for a clothing store, in my hometown of Bradford (UK). I have been studying Russian for some time but haven't yet managed to get past beginner level, which I assume is because I have been learning alone... I am hoping to fix this by doing a language exchange, I am looking for native Russian speakers with an interest in learning English. I am new to Italki.com so I hope that my introduction is helpful! Please do not be offended if I am slow or unresponsive, I want to talk to you it just takes me a long time to put sentences together.