Want to command respect as if you were a badass Russian villain in a Hollywood film? Reckon you can do a better job than Harrison Ford’s questionable attempt at a Russian accent? Russia Beyond has you covered.
A Russian accent is often imitated by English-speakers but rarely perfected. You’ll probably be familiar with the mean-sounding tone usually heard in Hollywood Russian accents, but do you know which sounds Russian speakers most commonly carry through to their spoken English? Follow these tricks, and you’ll be sounding like a native in no time!

When I arrived in Buenos Aires in the beginning of 2010, I could barely order food in a local restaurant. Two years later, I calmly explained the mechanics of Russian grammar to a Guatemalan friend… in her native Spanish.

English learners may come from different countries in different regions of the world, but all of them have one common question: “How many vocabulary words do you need to know to be fluent in English?” At first, you may think that that fluency will come to you after learning over 1,000,000 (1 million) words — that’s a very big and admirable goal, but large numbers like that can be quite demotivating, so is there a set number of words you need to know in order to become fluent in English?

There are more than 1,000 intensive English programs in the United States. How can you choose the program that is best for you? Begin by thinking about these things: your reason for English study, program types, length of time for study, program quality, program services, location, housing, and cost.

In a previous blog post, we touched briefly on the distinction between extensive and intensive reading as learning strategies. The first of the two claims that the biggest improvements can be seen when a language learner reads as much as possible, regardless of content. Intensive reading, on the other hand, puts the focus on working with a short text but really getting to know the ins and outs of the text, in order to fully understand how language works.

Do you love learning English, but don’t have enough time?

Or do want to learn more English, but not your formal English class?

If so, we’ve got some good news.

You don’t have to have formal English lessons to improve and fine-tune (perfect) your English skills.

I needed time to think and duly the delay. I finally got around, assuming these three pointers stand in good stead:


You like watching English movies.
You want to improve your speaking skills.
You want to know how movies helped fellow Quorans improve theirs.

Having thought about this question for a while, I have arrived to a number of aspects which I think constitute the meaning of Business English for me. I am saying “for me” because it really may mean different things to different people. Therefore, my personal point of view is very subjective and is as follows.

Whatever you’re trying to achieve, staying motivated is the key to success. Learning English can be tough, so it’s useful to focus on the improvements learning English will make to your life. We asked 6,000 people in twelve countries about the reasons why they’re learning...

Do learners of English make particular mistakes in grammar, pronunciation, and vocabulary depending on their mother tongue? (While linguists distinguish between an error, made by a student who doesn’t yet know the correct rule, and a mistake, made by a student who knows the rule but momentarily forgets it, I’ll use mistake to cover both cases.)