This weekend we had a small party for a Canadian girl named Stephanie who lives on our hall since she had just returned from a trip to France. It was interesting to watch all of the Russians there since half of us were native speakers and they learned a good bit of slang. Most of them didn't realize that a lot of everyday words in English have other meanings in slang, but they had a good laugh when they realized what some of what they say sounds like to us. I think it made me appreciate their ability to speak English on the level they do more because I could not imagine casually taking English classes and being thrown into a situation where everything you know is constantly being put to the test by people who speak and think in the language constantly.