Tuesday, January 14, 2014
I am Steven McCarthy. My interests include learning about foreign cultures, and their languages. I speak fluent English. I have at least a basic level of proficiency with reading, writing, and speaking Spanish and Japanese. I also have done basic studies in Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean, Thai, and Russian. I plan to become fluent in all of those languages and possibly more. The reason I am taking the English 213 class is because I need to take it in order to get the Academic Certificate in Language Studies, and also in the hopes that I can use what I learn in this class to help me to better understand the languages I am learning. Most of my experiences that have to do with language are in classes, online, or in books. Unfortunately, I am unable to get much practice speaking these languages out in public, due to a lack of people who speak them. Spanish Is the only one I can easily find people to speak with. That is part of the reason I want to travel, so I can use what I have learned in places where it is more relevant.
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Steven, I think you are an interesting person. I like how you are motivated to learn other languages and are self taught. I know when I travel to Japan sometime in the near future, I promise to extend the invitation to you. Have a good day!
ReplyDeleteHi Steve, thanks for the help. Don
ReplyDeleteI admire your desire to learn so many languages and envy your ability to do so. I find it relatively easy to speak another language, but struggle with understanding the grammatical structure.
ReplyDeleteMcCarthy, I think it's awesome that you want to learn so much about language. I, myself, find it rather intriguing. It's a desire of mine to learn languages and be able to communicate with different types of people. Travel is also a huge thing. I would love to be able to visit and experience different cultures. I'm glad you're actually making that a goal! I hope you continue onward. P.S- I love the title of this entry. Haha!
ReplyDeleteHi Steve,
ReplyDeleteI like the article because it pretty much to the point. With the future estimated loss of languages as high as have been written about, this make me wonder how many languages have already been lost. With all the changes that have occurred over the ages or how many since 3000 BC, makes you wonder.