Hi, I'm from Strasbourg, France and I'm 26 years old. My native languages are French and German (French father and German mother), so I grew up both in France and in Germany and was exposed to both cultures. When I was 16 years old, I started to seriously study English by myself (by watching movies and TV shows, reading books and talking to people on the internet) and invested most of my free time in learning the language. I now have a native speaker level. I became more and more interested in languages over the years and realized that anyone can become fluent in a language with the right motivation and tools. After reaching a near native level in English, I decided that I should learn more languages. So I started learning Japanese and Mandarin.