I've been learning Portuguese on and off for 4 years now. I can read and understand, but still can't speak. Here I am looking for a teacher who'd help me get over the language barrier and take me to the level where I'd be able to work and communicate with native speakers in the work settings. I know that I pick up languages fast, but lack the persistence to work systematically. A lot of the times I find myself stuck on a certain topic and it takes so long to figure out that I just give up. The same kind of frustration is caused by the multitude of dialects, the languages has. I want to acquire Carioca Brazilian Portuguese. I visited Brazil and it totally turned out to be what I imagined it to be since childhood. I still believe that I was a Brazilian in my past life: I love it so much. As per my occupation, I work as a product manager at an IT company and used to be a developer, so you could say I have an engineering mindset. I paint and read in my free time. I am very friendly and extraverted, however, I don't like men trying to chat me up for indecent reasons. I really hope to find a productive environment here and make friends with my teachers.