Grrr. It’s mid November and it's getting dark by half past four in the afternoon here in London now. By 8pm last night, when I headed out for an evening walk, it was dank and misty. It really felt like autumn. My mood, though, lifted up as I came across something quirky: a Royal Mail pillar box adorned with a knitted hat or “topper”. I’d heard before that there’s … [Read more...]
Intermediate/advanced foreign language exam preparation: Russian TRKI third certificate writing sub-test
How do you best undertake intermediate/advanced foreign language writing exam preparation? Here's an update on what I'm doing in Operation Write Russian Right, my retake of the writing paper of the Test of Russian as a Foreign Language Third Certificate (ToRFL or TRKI - Тест по русскому языку как иностранному третий сертификационный уровень). I have three quick takeaways … [Read more...]