Hi, I'm Philippa. I'm a native English speaker, with fluent French, intermediate Spanish, intermediate German and some reasonable day-to-day Hindi. I've been a keen linguist and autodidact all my life - right from childhood I was jealous of my bilingual friends and very happy to show off what I could do whenever possible. I studied French formally all the way through school, up to university level, including a year living in Poitiers and a specialism in Medieval French. It's now been 3 years since I graduated, and I am desperate to keep up my fluency. While at university, I decided to teach myself Spanish, which I did up B2. Along with French, I also studied History during my degree, specialising in Indian Gender history. After graduating (during a minor existential crisis), I decided to spend six months doing voluntary work in Udaipur, which gave me the motivation to teach myself beginners Hindi as well. Having done a Masters in Global Development, I now work in international children's rights, where my focus is empowering children with intellectual disabilities , and I hope to spend more time working in the field in the near future. This could take me literally anywhere in the world, so the more languages the better! This includes Makaton (though not technically a langauge) and BSL ( I hold a level 1 certificate). So I'm looking to chat in French and Spanish, and have formal classes in Hindi and BSL. I would love to move on to Arabic (probably via Urdu) when my Hindi is solid enough. I also love theatre, dance and music!