I first studied French at school and forgot it all over time because I never used it so I am now trying to relearn and hopefully use it this time. According to Babbel I know 900-1000 words of French. I have never studied Spanish and only know the very basic bits. I research local history which has given me a good understanding of how language has grown over the last 500 years (I even use some of the Latin I learned at school to read old manuscripts). English is a family of languages e.g. English-English and American-English; I speak Scottish-English but like many Scots I read/write in English-English. This is because only English-English is taught in schools. My hearing is not too good so I focus more on the reading and writing, it takes me a lot longer to learn pronunciation. Looking for someone with patience who could give me practice using messages or e-mail.