Ideally, it works if both you and your partner are more or less fluent and you have interests to share. Otherwise to find a teacher would be much more effective.

When I was at school, I liked the American pronunciation more than the British one for the [r] sound but when I started studying phonetics at uni, I changed my mind and now I'm a huge fan of British accent. I don't want to offend amnyone but, for me, British pronunciation sounds more clear and 'put together' while American one seems a bit lax.

В детстве я мечтала стать писателем и публиковать собственные произведения, но все мне говорили, что на этом далеко не уедешь и спрашивали, что я буду делать, когда вдохновение закончится. Класса до 7 я не верила в это и кроме писательства ни в чём другом себя не видела. Потом поверила, но всё равно ничем другим заниматься не хотела. И вот, наконец, в 8 классе я узнала, что в советские писатели, когда их не публиковали из-за цензуры, зарабатывали на хлеб переводами, и это было их спасение. Тогда у меня в голове что-то щёлкнуло, и я поняла, что вот оно, вот чем я хочу заниматься! Этот вариант устраивал всех: с одной стороны, можно писать, играть со словами, а с другой, ты не зависишь от вдохновения и всегда есть поток заказов. В итоге я сейчас на последнем курсе ин. яза и ни разу не пожалела о своём выборе, даже наоборот — с каждым годом всё интереснее и интереснее.

Not many, unfortunately. I wish I could watch one movie a day every day but distance learning and other online activities don't let me do this. As for the recommendations, I watched 'Tulip Fever' recently and I absolutely fell in love with it. As for me, it's the most underrated movie ever and it deserves 10/10 even though critics say the opposite. It'll be the perfect choice for those who love British accent and period drama.

In general, to choose the right case you need to ask the right question from a verb to a dependent word but it's difficult to provide the exact translation of the sentences in English. Aid and Katerina are right that the case choice in your example depends on whether the person moves towards the restaurant ot the action takes place inside already.

I love when a teacher gives me some article to read or some video to watch as a homework and then we discuss the controversual problems raised in it.

I can't really compare my life with foreign languages and my life without them because I started learning English when I was 4 or 5 and it has always been a part of my life. By the time I first used English in real life I already could speak it quite fluently so I didn't experience any insights. I just felt grateful to life that my learning wasn't in vain.