Acquiring Russian: March 2024 Report
After two months of minimal study time (due to a move) I've managed to get back into some good habits, almost reaching an average of 1 hour per day. I haven't yet started lessons with my tutor again but would like to do that soon. In the mean time I've been on Tandem to practice with other people, I'm definitely a bit rusty. I also had a real world interaction with a Russian speaker this month, with a girl from Tajikistan. I always get a boost of motivation after having a real world conversation. It's good to be taken seriously as a learner and not someone who has just memorised a few phrases. This month I also spent 30 minutes playing the game Civilization VI in Russian. I'm very familiar with the game series so it was interesting that I could pick up the meaning of several new words through context. While it was fun I'm going to struggle to justify spending time on a game when I could be doing other activities. Especially as we enter the Spring and Summer