About Me

Who I am?

My name is Igor Efremov. I’m a language learning enthusiast from Macedonia.

I first discovered my passion for the languages some ten years ago while working for a foreign company here in Macedonia. Since then I’ve learned to a various degrees Italian, Russian, Spanish, French and German.

Five Facts About Me

  • I’m 32.
  • I’m married.
  • I hate politics.
  • I Bench Press 160 kg.
  • I’m afraid of height.

The Czech Experiment

Is a new project of mine.

I will try to learn Czech to a high level in a relatively short period of time (3 to 6 months) using a method that I have developed. By a high level I mean somewhere between FSI Level 3 – Professional Working Proficiency and FSI Level 4 – Full Professional Proficiency. Every week I will write a report about my progress in acquiring Czech, my remarks and thoughts along with some info explaining my learning system in depth. At the end of the project I will make a video of me speaking with native Czechs. If I can find an advanced language proficiency test here in Skopje that I can afford then I will gladly take it.

Your comments are very welcome. Especially if they are in Czech ;)


7 Comments on “About Me”

  1. Aaron says:

    Very cool. Excited to follow the journey. Best of luck!

  2. I wish you the best of luck I’ll be keeping an eye on your progress :)

  3. Keith says:

    How’s the Czech Experiment coming along? How many words do you know? Can you read it as quickly as you read English or your native language?

    • Igor says:

      I haven’t done anything in Czech for quite a time now :( I spend most of my time (probably all of it) on languages, but programming languages. Not very interesting but I desperately need it for my work. It’s hard to think on leisure activities like Czech when you’re in a bad financial situation :( however I’m positive and in high spirits :) soon it will be all settled and I’m getting back to Czech.

  4. Keith says:

    Financial trouble? There’s a solution for that. Publish your own ebook on language-learning ;)

  5. Mae says:

    Thanks for leaving a comment at my blog! I’ve been to Macedonia once, but unfortunately I don’t speak the language (yet). I’ll stop by more often! :-)


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