Как я учила английский
How I learnt English
Dasha tells you how she learnt English: school lessons with no speaking, debates at a language school, a summer on Cape Cod where she could not answer a simple question, and a TOEFL taken after two weeks of cramming. She turns each step into advice for your Russian.
2189 words, about 17 minutes of reading.
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