I would love to have the ability to control my dreams because I’m one person who believes in the special power that lies within dreaming. I don’t think we will all be comfortable with a life where all dreams dont exist. Dreaming is a special and important part of our everyday lives. It activates our imagination and helps us to see things that our natural eyes cannot see. Dreaming is sort of like having a third eye that’s another reason why I would absolutely love to have the ability to control dreams. I would make sure to dream about the most exciting and adrenaline pumping dreams ever. I would wanna travel in my dreams sort of like having a vivid dream whereby you’re literally alive in your own dream. Usually my dreams are not as exciting as I would love them to be but they’re not horrible though which is something I’m grateful for. I usually dream about different things but one dream I never forget is when I dreamt about my grandmother before she passed on. The reason I never forget that dream is because I believe that the dream was a special way of her saying goodbye, and it gave me a lot of peace.

I would love to know if English will still be the dominant language or if a new language will rise as the dominant language? If a class in Professor Sybill Patricia Trelawney’s class could show be the answer to my question, I would be so excited as this is something I’m extremely curious about.

In my family, we always try to do everything in union including learning foreign languages. What we consider when choosing a language is usually the language difficulty because if we are being honest some languages are much more difficult to learn compared to others. It is a complex process and demands serious commitment. There are, of course, many language techniques to make it manageable but we always choose something we know we can handle to avoid wasting time and resources. Keep in mind that the language difficulty depends on several factors, including your mother tongue, interest, related languages that you already know, availability of study materials, and linguistic complexity. So what May be a difficult language to me may be an easy one for you so avoid choosing languages based on whether people say it’s easy or difficult because that is highly subjective. To help us learn languages our go to plan is finding tutors so we ingestion a lot of money towards tuition fees but I’m sure it will be very worth it!

In five years time I see myself turning into a multi linguist and having fluent multilingual skills. I started my language learning journey when I was relatively young so five years may seem like a short time to master fluency but for me I believe it is more than enough. With a global economy, businesses need to have professionals who are able to communicate with clients around the world. That’s why I am convinced that having additional language skills can set me apart for the competition. I am going to achieve my goal by making sure that every single to dedicate time to learn something new or to learn new vocabulary that will make things easier for me on the long run. I will also achieve it by using italki to find affordable good teachers that will make my learning journey run smoothly.

In my opinion I do believe that learning a second language in early age has many benefits especially when it comes to brain development. On the contrary, I also believe that even though the benefits are there children at this age may still find it hard to grasp the idea of language structures due to their still limited cognitive capacity. So it may be very difficult to teach them a second language unless you find a qualified second language teacher who is able to get the job done which might be costly. Some people believe that they can do it themselves but teaching the little ones is much more complex than it looks, sometimes it takes a professional, who has been trained to get the job done. Without qualified teachers, children will not be able to optimize their learning. Even though I agree that there a many positive benefits, the disadvantages should not be ignored. Having your children learn a foreign language at primary school may lead to confusion in acquiring a native language. Remember that your children are still learning or in the process of establishing their native-tongue at this point in their life.Having them take another demanding task such as learning a new language, not to mention other school functions, can lead to cognitive overload. This is when children will be unable to process the information as too much can become overwhelming. However if you do manage to hire a professional qualified teacher then it may actually promote brain development instead of causing confusion.

In order to beat the obstacles that followed me throughout my passion for foreign language learning I had to use a strategy to improve my vocabulary everyday, all of which include learning in context. When I studied Chinese, for example, I had a five subject notebook and dedicated one of each section to a topic, depending on my level and interests, i.e. food, household items, finance, and music. Then, I would spend a few weeks focused on learning words related to these five main subjects and categorizing them separately. When I reviewed vocabulary, I would review them topic by topic. I would also build lists of synonyms, so whenever I defined a word, I would list a few other synonyms in the target language so my vocabulary would become more sophisticated and diverse. This helped me immensely and I’m sure it can help you as well. The reason I’m passion about pursuing foreign languages is because I realized that the world is globalizing more each day, and corporations are seeking tomorrow’s leaders. One out of three corporations in the U.S. are owned or based overseas. Employers value fluent multilingual employees, because they can communicate with overseas subsidiaries and partners. A University of Guelph study showed that even if employees do not speak their second language at work, on average they still earn more than monolinguals do. Prof. Christofides stated, “Second-language skills may indicate those individuals are stronger in unmeasured labor market characteristics such as ability, cognition, perseverance and quality education.” This is why I won’t give up, I know the future holds better for me.

It’s absolutely imperative that you put the effort in every single day. The problem I find even with myself is that I get so comfortable in a language that I think “oh, okay! If I just kind of leave it, I will stay at that level forever”. Well, my French and my Hungarian have really deteriorated because I got to a decent level and I thought I would stay there. By not practising a language and not using it, what happens is you reach a point where you can understand it fluently, and that tricks you. You think “okay, I’m still fluent in the language”. But when you need to try and speak… it gets very, very difficult. So, just make sure to, whenever you have time, put in the effort. What can help is to try and change up your language learning methods. Maybe get a new app, get a different tutor, try to explore some language meetups in your area… Just try and change up how you generally learn languages and that should make it more fun, and hopefully get you faster from intermediate to advanced.

My hopes and dreams when it comes to language learning is that I would be able to fully understand and grasp the fundamental value of being able to see things from different linguistic and cultural perspectives, and to consider a variety of strategies for communication, persuasion, and interaction. I always say to myself that the moment I start learning different languages I won’t stop. What fuels my passion is the fact that I absolutely LOVE to travel. I love to explore different parts of the world and seeing how cultures vary. It makes me so happy to travel. There’s something special about traveling to a country where you also know the language because it makes it easier to make new friends and meet new people in general compared to when you don’t understand each other at all. I also love music and entertainment so when I’m learning a new language I make it fun by listening to foreign music or watching movies that use the language I’m learning about. Learning doesn’t always have to be boring. For more serious lessons, I always look for teachers on Italki that I believe can help me progress even further.

The first time I heard about Italki was through a close family friend who couldn’t stop praising Italki. At first I thought she was just over exaggerating until I decided to join for myself. At first I couldn’t afford the lessons as I was short on money but I found people who were still willing to help me through language exchange. This was a great way for me to practice. When I could finally purchase lessons, I got an amazing teacher who taught me a lot which was a lovely experience. As italki celebrates its 15th anniversary, I would love to celebrate with them as well as they have helped me tremendously in my language learning journey. I never used to use words such as tremendously 😂😂 I was only stuck on simple vocabulary but I can see my vocabulary is continuously improving.