Hi! My name's Nick! I live in England and I'm really enjoying learning languages on italki! I think it's the best way I have ever found for learning languages! I managed to get to level B2 in Italian on the italki platform in around 3 months from September to December, in 2018, with some superb teaching! Admittedly, I had spent about 4 months learning Italian grammar before that, but I wasn't able to speak very much at all, as my two marvellous Italian teachers would tell you, if you were to ask them! That is, without doubt, the fastest I've ever got to grips with a new language! I'm also learning 8 other languages on italki at the moment - 3 that I already speak to varying degrees: French, Spanish and German! I love all three! Great teachers! And I'm learning 5 new languages, although I'm cheating a bit there because I actually lived in Egypt and Japan when I was younger, so I don't feel I can say they're completely new to me! The reason I didn't learn Arabic, in Egypt, and Japanese, in Japan, when I lived in those countries was that I was working so hard (!) and having such a good time playing tennis and doing other things that I didn't really have any spare time to study the languages of those two fabulous countries! Something that I have always regretted to this day! But, guess what? I've started studying them both on italki now! Nice teachers! It's possibly taking me longer than it might have done when I was younger, although I'm not convinced about that because I wouldn't have had the exposure to the language, in those countries, that I am guaranteed on italki because of its unique system of 1:1 teaching! And Russian! What a beautiful language that is! Very well taught! Actually, Mandarin's not as hard as I thought it would be, especially if you've got brilliant teachers like me! And then, I thought, "Why not start Portuguese!" Easy! I wholeheartedly recommend italki to you! Give it a try! You won't be disappointed! I know I wasn't! It's absolutely brilliant!!