altfriday5
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altfriday5:
1. Which languages do you know? How did you learn them (e.g. natively, from classes, by immersion)?
English (natively), Spanish (some combination of classes and immersion), a tiny bit of ASL (some combination of classes and immersion)
2. Which language would you most like to learn? Why?
Russian, because I think it's really beautiful, and it has concepts that are hard for me to grasp, like having different word endings when things are in motion (I'm not sure I even have that right, but my ex explained it to me once).
3. Have you visited any places where you did not know the predominent language? If so, which ones? Was it hard to manage?
Morocco, but I was ten and with an adult, so I don't remember it as being very difficult.
4. Which language do you most enjoy hearing, seeing, or expressing? Why?
My own. Because I think my language is beautiful and strangely cobbled together, and I can't get to a level of abstraction in any other language.
5. Which languages, other than the one(s) you know, are you exposed to your daily life?
So many. I live and work in a very diverse neighborhood, and work at a major university with LOTS of international students. I probably don't hear as many different languages every day as I did when I was at IKEA, though.
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altfriday5:1. Which languages do you know? How did you learn them (e.g. natively, from classes, by immersion)?
English (natively), Spanish (some combination of classes and immersion), a tiny bit of ASL (some combination of classes and immersion)
2. Which language would you most like to learn? Why?
Russian, because I think it's really beautiful, and it has concepts that are hard for me to grasp, like having different word endings when things are in motion (I'm not sure I even have that right, but my ex explained it to me once).
3. Have you visited any places where you did not know the predominent language? If so, which ones? Was it hard to manage?
Morocco, but I was ten and with an adult, so I don't remember it as being very difficult.
4. Which language do you most enjoy hearing, seeing, or expressing? Why?
My own. Because I think my language is beautiful and strangely cobbled together, and I can't get to a level of abstraction in any other language.
5. Which languages, other than the one(s) you know, are you exposed to your daily life?
So many. I live and work in a very diverse neighborhood, and work at a major university with LOTS of international students. I probably don't hear as many different languages every day as I did when I was at IKEA, though.
The Questioner says: Don't forget your links!