OT: Russian Language Lessons

[Bobalouie 0]

Good timing on resurrecting this thread.

I've been in contact with a Russian woman in the area who wants to start teaching Russian. She has a teaching degree and is charging $15 per lesson/hour. I'm having coffee with her this evening so we can work out a lesson plan, I'll let everyone know how it goes. $15 seems like a pretty good rate, we'll see.

Thats a good rate Mox. I pay $20 per lesson/hour now for Lessons over Skype. As for the Skype option, my teacher lives here in the US, so there is no problems with internet.

[Satellite 1]

I've been in contact with a Russian woman in the area who wants to start teaching Russian. She has a teaching degree and is charging $15 per lesson/hour. I'm having coffee with her this evening so we can work out a lesson plan, I'll let everyone know how it goes. $15 seems like a pretty good rate, we'll see.

Same rate my wife is charging her "clients" - folks like you...here at UC Davis. See it can be found. Edited February 15, 2008 by Satellite

[Don E 0]

fyi....My ex-wife gets $25/hour for private tutoring. She's teaching English to Russian teenagers that have been adopted by American families. It's surprising how many of these kids are around here (and continuing to arrive).

[slim 1,533]

fyi....My ex-wife gets $25/hour for private tutoring. She's teaching English to Russian teenagers that have been adopted by American families. It's surprising how many of these kids are around here (and continuing to arrive).

Is she going to teach your new wife?

[Don E 0]

fyi....My ex-wife gets $25/hour for private tutoring. She's teaching English to Russian teenagers that have been adopted by American families. It's surprising how many of these kids are around here (and continuing to arrive).

Is she going to teach your new wife?

Of course....why not?

My fiancee teaches English at a university, and also does private tutoring for English. While I thought that my ex-wife's English was nearly impeccable, I believe that Tania's is even better. Language is not an issue for us.

[slim 1,533]

I have never seen anyone's relationship have serious problems over the so-called language "barrier" that everyone makes it out to be.

It's usually because of problems between the way men and women speak, not the language they happen to be speaking in.

[Kazan' Tiger 1]

I agree Slim, when I first met Alla, in person, back in 2004 her English was horrible and all I could say was Да & Нет. We could still read each other with many other forms of communication. Now in 2008, her English is around 90% and my Russian maybe 50-60%. We joke how we fully understood each other back then just with the right intonation and body language. And think about it. Can a man understand and fall in love with a deaf girl? Actions will always speak louder than words in many situations.

I have never seen anyone's relationship have serious problems over the so-called language "barrier" that everyone makes it out to be.

It's usually because of problems between the way men and women speak, not the language they happen to be speaking in.

[slim 1,533]

Can a man understand and fall in love with a deaf girl? Actions will always speak louder than words in many situations.

Did you guys know that deaf people here use American Sign Language but in other countries, they have different sign languages too? Until I met some foreign deaf people I was under the impression all deaf people communicated with the same hand signals and gestures. NOPE!

So even deaf people are going to have a "barrier" to overcome when meeting new foreigners!

I tell all my buddies here, "you and your girl both speak fluent English and yet you still have problems and issues. Why should we be any different? The language issues are actually the most minute of any problems and are usually 'fun' to work through... it's all the other BS that makes it tough."

[Kazan' Tiger 1]

That's why I brought it up, I know a micro amount of sign language. I was surprised when I saw some Russians speaking their own version.

Slim, still in your camp, language is the least of obstacles in an international relationship.

Can a man understand and fall in love with a deaf girl? Actions will always speak louder than words in many situations.

Did you guys know that deaf people here use American Sign Language but in other countries, they have different sign languages too? Until I met some foreign deaf people I was under the impression all deaf people communicated with the same hand signals and gestures. NOPE!

So even deaf people are going to have a "barrier" to overcome when meeting new foreigners!

I tell all my buddies here, "you and your girl both speak fluent English and yet you still have problems and issues. Why should we be any different? The language issues are actually the most minute of any problems and are usually 'fun' to work through... it's all the other BS that makes it tough."

[Kazan' Tiger 1]

Did the same thing, Kirk. First time had the translator on hand. Two hours later, it was... ahhh, you are excused. We understood each other with and without language. Alla always carried a dictionary with her on our first meeting, but many times, I insisted she close it forcing us to figure it out like you both did.

The language issues are actually the most minute of any problems and are usually 'fun' to work through... it's all the other BS that makes it tough."

Slim, still in your camp, language is the least of obstacles in an international relationship.

Definitely agree. When I first went to meet Nadya, we had arranged for a translator to be with us. At the last minute the translator canceled on us, which turned out to be for the best. We were forced to figure it out on our own, which turned out to be pretty easy. Nadya borrowed an English/Russian dictionary from a friend, and we had a great time. Most of the time we were able to communicate with her limited English and hand gestures, and only had to use the book for more complicated conversations.

Oh, and her English turned out to be a lot better than I thought. She was self-conscious about it at first, but the more time we spent together the more comfortable she was speaking. By the end of my trip we were hardly consulting the dictionary at all.

[slim 1,533]

We met in Korea and are both somewhat familiar with the language. To this day, we still throw in a word here or there if it's more precise in meaning than the English or Russian word we're looking for.

[Kazan' Tiger 1]

Kirk you are the ladies man! All these Russian ladies as well as your female VJ fans. I'm a little envious.

A followup on my Russian tutor experience.

So the one who quoted me $15/hour fell through. I spoke with her once on the phone, she seemed really interested in setting it up, and asked me to call her the next day so we could coordinate schedules. Well after 4 days of leaving her voicemails and not having them returned I decided that any more than that was just stalking. So I don't know what happened there but it didn't work.

In the meantime, another woman, Olga, answered my ad and we met at Starbucks tonight. She's $20/hour...little higher than I wanted to pay, but it's about the going rate. We talked for about 45 minutes and agreed to do 2 lessons a week starting this Wednesday. So we'll see how it goes.

Just before I got to Starbucks I called her and said I was about 10 minutes out. She said to call her when I got there. Well, I got to Starbucks and walked right up to her and said "Hi are you Olga?" She said "Yes, good guess!" I said "not really, you had to be Ukranian woman. You're the best dressed woman here."

Now if only I knew how to turn this danged thing off. The charm I mean. Giggity.

[Bobalouie 0]

A followup on my Russian tutor experience.

So the one who quoted me $15/hour fell through. I spoke with her once on the phone, she seemed really interested in setting it up, and asked me to call her the next day so we could coordinate schedules. Well after 4 days of leaving her voicemails and not having them returned I decided that any more than that was just stalking. So I don't know what happened there but it didn't work.

In the meantime, another woman, Olga, answered my ad and we met at Starbucks tonight. She's $20/hour...little higher than I wanted to pay, but it's about the going rate. We talked for about 45 minutes and agreed to do 2 lessons a week starting this Wednesday. So we'll see how it goes.

Just before I got to Starbucks I called her and said I was about 10 minutes out. She said to call her when I got there. Well, I got to Starbucks and walked right up to her and said "Hi are you Olga?" She said "Yes, good guess!" I said "not really, you had to be Ukranian woman. You're the best dressed woman here."

Now if only I knew how to turn this danged thing off. The charm I mean. Giggity.

ha ha You said Giggity You sure your last names not Quagmire?

Edited February 26, 2008 by Bobalouie

[slim 1,533]

For $20/hour, I'll pretend to like anyone!

[Kazan' Tiger 1]

:lol:

Kirk you are the ladies man! All these Russian ladies as well as your female VJ fans. I'm a little envious.

The key to reeling in the ladies is the combover and your best polyester suit. Oh yeaah.