English

Once on my birthday I got a present, it was a potted plant. I didn't know what this plant was called. I put this plant on the fireplace and watered it to grown abundantly. When I began to see that the plant did not grow in my conditions, I opened Google and began to look for information about it. I preferred to read sources of information in English to combine my interest with my pleasure.

I plunged into a completely new world for me - the world of orchids. Looking ahead, I will say that this has become my favorite hobby. At the first stage of my hobby, I began to watch various bloggers on YouTube from Canada and America, in order to understand how they take care of orchids, which insecticides they use to destroy pests, what kind of fertilizing they use and which orchid supplies they use for care. It was important for me to find recommendations from the inhabitants of North America, so that I could repeat the successful experience of growing orchids without any problems.

I found a lot of orchid societies and growers who shared interesting information about orchid in English language.

My next step was to visit orchid exhibitions in Montreal and Ottawa. By chance, my husband at one of the exhibitions won a membership in the Ottawa Orchid Society and presented it to me. Now, as a member of the association, I began to attend lectures on everything related to the orchids, to meet interesting people with the same interests as mine. Of course, there was some inhibition at the beginning because of the language barrier, I was afraid that I would not be able to understand anything, but all members of the club were very friendly and always ready to help me.

In the meantime, my collection of orchids was expanding, and with it knowledge about these amazing plants, the experience of care was accumulated, and most importantly, my English vocabulary increased, an interesting communication in English appeared, which is lively, interesting and very pleasant.

In my opinion, it is more interesting to improve your English by combining it with your favorite hobby. Reading, listening, speaking, and a little bit writing becomes easier due to your interest in the topic. This was my way, my option to improve my English, which may be useful to someone else in the same position.