What you wrote is very clear and easy to understand, Jacob. Excellent! Bud has made some detailed suggestions. My comments: [1] Using 'but' – use 'but' when you want to change from positive to negative, from yes to no. Examples: "You can go to the movies, but you must not be home late." "I like to eat apples but sometimes apples have worms in them. I don't like that. In Xinjiang [2] Using 'and': you do this to join things that belong closely together. Example: "I eat apples and oranges." [3] Singular and plural: In English you need to make a word singular or plural. This is different from Chinese. Is it different from Uyghur? It can be complicated.That is why Bud changed 'movie' to 'movies'. If you like movies generally, then it is 'movies'. If you like one particular movie, then movie: "I like the movie "Kekexili: Mountain Patrol."' You can ask someone a general question: "Do you like movies?" You can invite someone: "Do you want to see a movie?" If you have been watching a movie with a friend, afterwards you can say: "did you like the movie?" ========== You are saying things in your introduction which are complicated and important. However, because you have made it into a small number of sentences people do not see its importance to you. Consider saying it all in simple statements. This is the simplest order of your ideas, do not be afraid of stating them clearly and separately: I am here at italki because I want to learn English. I want to learn English so I can study abroad. I grew up in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in China. Xinjiang is about 1/6th of China's area. Almost half of the people in Xinjiang are Uyghur people. I come from a Uyghur family and my native language is Uyghur. Some Uyghur people cannot speak Chinese, but I speak Chinese very well. To relax, I enjoy watching movies.