Hi! I'm Sasha, I'm 24 and I've been keen on learning languages as long as I remember myself. I bet you think that if a person really likes learning languages, they must have mastered a couple of them by the age of 24, but in my case - uh-uh, no such luck. Being more of a book person rather than a chitchat person I have not really acquired any good active language skills. So now I'm basically a person that reads all kinds of stuff, but is unable to confidently speak with a shop assistant helping me choose a book :( It's awkward enough as it is, but now I also live abroad and have to use English in everyday life until I get my tongue around the local language, so it gets even more painful (can you get your tongue around the whole language, by the way? or does it sound loony?). A small bit for Norwegians here: Hallais folkens. Situasjonen med norsk er litt bedre og litt flauere samtidig. "Bedre" fordi jeg er (forhåpentligvis) flinkere i å snakke norsk enn i å snakke engelsk, men "flauere" fordi jeg lærer bort norsk til nybegynnere (A1-B1 nivå), og for å gjøre det med god samvittighet må jeg selv være skikkelig god i språket. Og det er jeg ikke, synes jeg :( Akkurat på grunn av at jeg foretrakk å lese bøker framfor å praktisere språket med levende mennesker i universitetstida også :D Og dessuten har dere kanskje opplevd at det dukker opp dobbelt så mange spørsmål når du selv underviser i noe. Så det hadde vært fint å ha noen å stille dem til! I currently live in Croatia and I am extremely grateful to Croats - you guys speak English really well, so I actually could live here for the last few months without even bothering to learn Croatian. But I feel guilty every time I say "Sorry, I don't speak Croatian" and force people to speak English to me. Now I finally went at learning it. And frankly speaking, I am so confused with it. So I'm not ready to practice Croatian yet, now I just want to find a person to grill about the language :3