Hi! I'm an academic at a university in New Zealand. For more about me, see: http://www.victoria.ac.nz/slc/about/staff/stephen-epstein. I've had experience with lots of languages but the challenge is keeping them current. I love Italki and use it often. I think I learn languages quickly...but I forget them even quicker! :-) I don't need help with grammatical explanation (although I appreciate corrections when I get things wrong, which is often), but I need prompts for vocabulary and modelling the correct way to express myself/pronunciation. I've traveled widely (100th country as of 2023) and have studied at least to A1 in most places I've visited and have much higher levels for many commonly spoken languages. My daily routine involves trying to listen at least a little of the four main Romance languages, CJK (Chinese/Japanese/Korean), Indonesian, German, Russian and Esperanto, and any languages that I need for upcoming trips.