Help with my Linguistics project!
In my eternal quest to become smarter without actually attending school, I've started doing independent studies of non-credit bearing university classes. I'm doing Intro to Linguistics currently and it's awesome! I can learn the material on my own time, nobody gives me a grade or sets arbitrary deadlines for me except for me...I know some people
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What is your native language (or languages if you grew up multilingual)? English
In what country/ies did you grow up speaking this language? USA
In what other language(s) are you fluent? None
What other language(s) have you studied (but not to the point of fluency) and what is your level of competency in the other language(s)? Spanish
At what age did you begin learning the other language(s)? 14
In what country, and in what setting, did you learn/study the other language(s)? USA, 9, 10, 11th grade in school
If you could magically learn to speak any language RIGHT NOW, what language would you choose? Mandarin
What is your age? 27
My mom's answers:
What is your native language (or languages if you grew up multilingual)? Tagalog
In what country/ies did you grow up speaking this language? Philippines, USA
In what other language(s) are you fluent? English, Fukien, Mandarin
What other language(s) have you studied (but not to the point of fluency) and what is your level of competency in the other language(s)? None
At what age did you begin learning the other language(s)? grade school started learning english and mandarin. learned fukien around home because it was my mother's native language.
In what country, and in what setting, did you learn/study the other language(s)? Philippines - learned english all through school, learned mandarin from watching chinese movies in the movie theatre my family worked, learned fukien around my home.
If you could magically learn to speak any language RIGHT NOW, what language would you choose? Cantonese
What is your age? 59
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