Pushing yourself to take risks and achieve goals can help you improve your skills with a foreign language, but sometimes too much pushing just gums up the works. I noticed a good example of this recently when I spent some time with an acquaintance and her young granddaughter.
When we met up, my acquaintance mentioned that her granddaughter knew some Russian, which we were speaking, and English. She asked the girl to say something in Russian, but the girl shyly refused. Then Grandma asked for a few words in English, the young lady refused again.
Later that evening, when the little girl looked tired, I asked her in Russian if she was sleepy, even making that international hands-as-pillow gesture. I was expecting a silent nod, but Continue Reading…
This is a long post, so for your entertainment, I’m throwing in some pictures I took yesterday. 
The photo on the left is of some Christmas lights on Rustaveli Avenue in Tbilisi, Georgia, where I am more or less temporarily. Now down to business… 
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