Learning Russian I've learnt Russian for four years, since I (1) ... 11 yearsold. I remember my first Russian teacher - his namewas Mr Carr. He was English but he spoke Russianfluently because he (2) ... lived in Moscow.Last year I (3) ... to Russia for the first time. Myteacher organised an exchange trip to Saint Petersburg. Mypenfriend's name was Yura Granin. I had never met a realRussian before! (4) ... a lot of Russian while I was stayingwith his family, and I had a fantastic time there.Now I'm (5) ... for my Russian GCSE at NewtonComprehensive School in Birmingham. We usually havethree hours of Russian every week, including one hour ofspeaking practice. 1 (6) ... learning a foreign languagebecause you can talk to people when you go abroad onholiday​