Talking Russian on Skype?
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learn_russianI'm interested in finding people to talk Russian to on Skype to try to improve my Russian skills. I can now carry on a very simple conversation but there is much that I don't know and I would like to practise.
If you do everything right, calls on Skype http://www.skype.com will often be language lesson quality. Here's what you need to have to make it work well.
1. A good fast internet connection. Don't even bother to try this on dailup.
2. A good computer with a good sound card. Many computers have cheap sound cards that aren't good enough to be fun to talk on.
3. A headset microphone, preferably one with a noise cancelling one with a USB connection.
4. Video cameras are fun but not essential. Sometimes a Skype connection will work well without video and not work at all with video.
5. Of course Skype. http://www.skype.com Skype does support the Russian alphabet so chats plus talking can be fun too.
I am in New Zealand right now so I think I am 8 hours or so ahead of Moscow time, and right now I think we are the same time as places like Vladivostok.
You should be able to e-mail me from my Live journal page and I will e-mail you my Skype User name. If that doesn't work, make a post here and I will figure out a different plan.
bhv
If you do everything right, calls on Skype http://www.skype.com will often be language lesson quality. Here's what you need to have to make it work well.
1. A good fast internet connection. Don't even bother to try this on dailup.
2. A good computer with a good sound card. Many computers have cheap sound cards that aren't good enough to be fun to talk on.
3. A headset microphone, preferably one with a noise cancelling one with a USB connection.
4. Video cameras are fun but not essential. Sometimes a Skype connection will work well without video and not work at all with video.
5. Of course Skype. http://www.skype.com Skype does support the Russian alphabet so chats plus talking can be fun too.
I am in New Zealand right now so I think I am 8 hours or so ahead of Moscow time, and right now I think we are the same time as places like Vladivostok.
You should be able to e-mail me from my Live journal page and I will e-mail you my Skype User name. If that doesn't work, make a post here and I will figure out a different plan.
bhv
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Date: 2007-05-04 08:11 am (UTC)Didn't I see you last time in La Jolla? How is Siberia? What do you like the most about it?
I can't help you with this, but someone could probably send you Skype on a CD from here.
bhv
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Date: 2007-05-04 08:47 am (UTC)Yes, we met by accident in La Jolla when you were heading into the restaurant for your Russian language group!
What I like most about Siberia: kefir.
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Date: 2007-05-04 10:27 am (UTC)Are you pretty fluent in Russian by now?
I know that some times when you visit Russia, you end up around people who want to talk English and that can make it hard to learn Russian.
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Date: 2007-05-05 03:41 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-05-06 09:48 am (UTC)