urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:irina_ru_eng My point of view. irina_ru_eng 2008-03-12T18:36:33Z urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:irina_ru_eng:623 2008-03-12T18:36:33Z 2008-03-12T18:36:33Z <p>There're several purposes for this journal. The major one is to practice and enhance my writing English. Therefore this journal is intended to be absolutely in English.<br />Four month into maternity leave I'm no longer communicating in English so intensively, especially in writing. So I feel the urge to keep writing in order to preserve the vocabulary, fluency and overal quality of the language.<br />My first language is Russian, and I have to say that Russian writing structure is a little bit different from English. In my opinion,&nbsp;in Russian essay&nbsp;structure is not as important as in English.<br />So let's begin.</p>