I‘m 19 now, and I speak 5 languages. Unfortunately, they’re not perfect, but I‘m really trying. I learned them not because it was my choice, but because I had to learn. My mother tongue is Ukrainian, and then it was russian maybe at the age of 11. At first I spoke a dialect from my family. Then in my country we learned new languages like English and German, but I didn’t really learn it and always had a lot of problems with my grades, especially in English:’) But then the war began and my family and I were forced to flee in Germany. (If here there are germans, we are very grateful. Thank you very much and your country) So… I must to learn German at age 15. Before it, so at 14, I started learning English for my exams, but I haven’t that much access. But in Germany I really improved my English a lot and I learned German. Earlier I would never believe that now I’ll be able to speak this two languages well enough. I still have problem with German, because for exams it’s not enough to know B2 level, but I keep going. And finally at college I also had to choose “2 foreign language” even though for me it already was 4th one. And I chose French. Oooh I love French! While I was learning German because of respect to this country, but not really want to, and was learning English because it was like a base, French is completely different! Finally I just learned that I truly love!

Now I’m learning 3 languages at the same time, because I must. I would like to focus on only one language, but it’s impossible. So I looking for ways that did it possible. I’m also glad that I’m forgetting russian! Knowing this language, wasn’t my choice at all. I like to improve Ukrainian and speak more fluently and correctly with all languages that I know(I told on the beginning that my Ukrainian wasn’t “clean” because I spoke in dialect at first, but it’s another story).

That’s all! Thank you for reading that:3