Beginning my language journey... I only really speak English right now, so if anyone is learning English and wants to make friends, please talk to me! I would love to help you with your English and learn about your culture. I want to travel a lot, so I need to know as much about other countries and languages as I can. I’m not sure where I want to start my travels or what language to start learning, so maybe talking to some people will help me decide. I can also understand a little French if you’d like to talk with me in French, but I can’t help with it or correct it. Still, I’d love to connect with people from across the world, no matter what language you speak! We will try our best to understand each other and hopefully become friends.

How do I know which language is right for me to learn? I’m not sure if I have the discipline to learn a language, but I would like to try! I know basic French from growing up in Canada, & I’ve picked up a few phrases of Japanese from watching Japanese programs. I’m a bit interested in Japanese, but will never have a use for it unless I one day teach there. I’m motivated by my heritage to learn Chinese (not sure whether Mandarin or Cantonese), Irish, & Michif. My heritage is very important to me, but I know how hard it is to learn Chinese & none of my close family speak any of those languages. I may one day travel to teach English, maybe in Japan or Korea, so there might be some use to know those, but Chinese is more important to me & it might be confusing to learn more than one? There are several other languages that I’m interested in for travel or for no particular reason, so how do I know which language to learn? One with many resources? Start with an easy one? The one that I value more?