Learni Russian Quickly

As a fluent English speaker, I usually find myself correcting people who speak English as a second language. I don't try to make fun of them, I just try to correct their pronunciation of words and phrases. I would expect the same if I were to learn how to speak Russian, because that is one way to speed up the learning process. Coming to think about it, other English speakers often correct me when I mispronounce words while speaking English. That is the benefit of having native speakers around when you speak a foreign language. By having them correct your speech you avoid the many bad habits new speakers face. Once you get those bad habits it becomes so ingrained in your speech pattern that you go about thinking you are speaking properly.