Your Summer Prep List

No doubt, you’ve got your summer to-do list prepared. Summer language classes will round out those sun-soaked days, and help you keep reaching for your goals.Start refreshing your skills now and continue to learn through our FLUENTRUSSIA beconnected social learning platform with your teacher along the way, no matter where you are. That’s what makes our LIVEONLINE…

Business Communication Skills Tip

Develop your Telephone Speaking Skills. Tip #6: Keep Control of the Conversation Control the conversation, rather than letting it control you. If you receive a call in English and need time to prepare, say: “I’m sorry, could I ring you back in a few minutes?” Then take a few deep breaths and call back when…

Grammar Tip

Past Continuous Tense. Use #1: An Interrupted Action in the Past We use the past continuous when we describe an action in the past which overlaps another action or time. The action in the past continuous starts before and often continues the other shorter action or time. Example: While we were walking in the park, it started to…

Correspondence (n.)

Today’s Word of the Day is: “correspondence” (n.) Translation: переписка Meaning: A series of letters or emails from one person to another, or the activity of writing and receiving letters or emails Example: It is difficult to maintain an on-going correspondence when we are both so busy. – Трудно поддерживать постоянную переписку, когда мы оба так заняты. Synonym: written communication