In my opinion, it helps a lot. If you're visiting a country, you'll have the opportunity to put in check the stereotypes you have about it.

Most of us are ignorant about how actually living in a different country and culture is. That's because we tend to be very emerged in daily obligations and routine.

The mainstream media could also have a very negative impact on what we learn since geopolitics are always in place and information is one of the best weapons used to influence others nations internal affairs.  But when you're traveling, everything around you is a stimulating experience. You can see with your own eyes what is true and what is not about other people by interacting with them in the "real world". To do that, we need to have an open mind and see different cultures from inside out, instead of applying our own judgments and perspectives.

Olá pessoal!

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Parabéns pelo texto, Wendy!

Segue uma versão talvez mais fluída:

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Olá pessoal!

Meu nome é Wendy e sou da Costa Rica. Estou aprendendo Português para melhorar as minhas habilidades e conhecer muitos amigos. Se você também quiser, podemos praticar Espanhol.

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Sugestão:

Fazer uso de conjunções para unir as orações e dar mais fluidez ao texto. O uso do ponto gera uma pausa maior e conforme se faz muito uso dele, pode deixar o texto mais "mecânico". Tente construir o texto de forma que você possa utilizar conjunções para ligar as orações e deixar o ponto para momentos onde o raciocínio e a ideia geral tiver chegado em um momento absoluto, realmente final.

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Abraço,

Rodrigo.

Um pouco em de formacao informação sombre sobre mim.

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Parabéns pelo texto!

Uma escrita mais fluída poderia ser dessa maneira:

Oi. Meu nome é Mason e moro na Inglaterra. Sou eletricista e gosto de música e programas de TV. Tenho uma namorada chamada Raquel. Ela é do Brasil (ou 'Ela é brasileira'), tem dezoito anos e estou aprendendo a falar Português para nos comunicarmos melhor em sua língua materna.

Sou grato pela ajuda e estou animado em conhecer novas pessoas.

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Sugestões:

1. Utilize mais conjunções para unir as orações, o que deiará o texto mais fluído;

2. Mais cuidado com a Ortografia. Por exemplo, "Português", "música" e "informação".

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Parabéns, Manson! Sucesso em seu aprendizado!

Abraço,

Rodrigo.

No. The Amazon Rainforest is not in my backyard.

No. We aren't native Spanish speakers.

No. Our women are not easy for sex. Try to disrespect them to see what happens to your teeths.

Yes. Brazilians do care TOO MUCH about what other nations think about them.

Was English the most attractive language to me at that time? No. Actually, Frech was always music to my ears. I just love how it sounds. But I choose English because there was a greater purpose behind it.

When I started to speak and understand what people were saying, a whole new world of possibilities opened up before me, and now I can learn and do much more things that I would not have if I had not learned (still learning, actually). And that's awesome!

The bottom line is: Look into yourself and figure out what do you want to do. Would it make you feel better? Will it make you feel happy? If the answer is yes, just do it. If no, don't do it and spend the time you saved to do something important to you.

About your other questions, I really don't think that a formal qualification is that important. Unless you're thinking about public schools. In the private ones, I believe that how good you can be will be the think they will search for.

Going to an English school will certainly be the most popular choice for students around here.

The fact that you're a native English speaker would give you a great advantage in the private sector for sure. You could easily work in a school and by yourself.