From weblog to radio

Today in the early hours of the day I had a telephone interview with Kate Hairsine from SBS Radio in Australia, Alchemy channel. It was about 2:30 am in Tehran and 10:00 in Sydney. It took about 35 minutes, and we talked about Iran’s election, demands of Iranian youth, power of weblogs, and so. It was really an interesting conversation in the silence of a cold, windy night (and a warm weather in Sydney!).

I really should try to improve my listening/speaking abilities; I went to a language institute four years ago that specialized in English conversation teaching, it had a very huge influence in my speaking/listening. Every night I listened to BBC and VOA, and I could understand most of the content. But unfortunately in the years following I more concentrated in written English than spoken (although watching movies—esp. the ones with English subtitle—has highly helped me not to forget it completely!) Well, after all it was a very nice talk; although sometimes it was like climbing a steep mountain for me:) Kate said my vocabulary is very good, and never being outside Iran so far has prevented me expanding my oral abilities. She was of course right!

I will put the link to the radio show as soon as I receive it via email. Alice Brennan and Kate Hairsine are doing the program about Iran’s election together.