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Good point -- I was implicitly talking about serious instruction on advanced levels. There was no shortage of classes where you got to listen to French music an
by generationP 2y ago
Good point -- I was implicitly talking about serious instruction on advanced levels. There was no shortage of classes where you got to listen to French music and read some easy books; but nothing that would bring you to fluency.
An exchange program with Manchester, though? That must have been late in the 80s?
- braincat31415 2y agoUnderstood, that's true, to do any serious study people had to apply to and enter a formal program, day, evening, or remote. The other option was private tutoring. The exchange program ran in early 80s.
- krasin 2y agoThat would be in Moscow, correct? Because it would be unheard in a small industrial town I am from.
- braincat31415 2y agoIn St. Petersburg. Unfortunately, the whole thing went away by 1984-85. It only lasted for a few years.
- krasin 2y ago> In St. Petersburg Makes sense.