Which language do you speak?
Well, I studied French at school, but I've forgotten most of it. I learnt some Russian while I was studying there and now I study Spanish in evening classes. Do you speak Japanese at home with your parents.
Yes, I do. I'm learning Chinese now on the internet.
How do you find studying a language on the internet?
It's not easy, particularly with listening and speaking, because sometimes the connection isn't too good.
I bet you find the character difficult to write!
Actually, many of the characters are the same or very similar in both Chinese and Japanese, so they're easy for me.
So, you can read and write much better than you speak and understand other speakers, right?
Yes. How are the Spanish classes going?
In a way, it's similar to your experience of learning Chinese. Some Spanish words are very similar to English ones. But I need to practise listening to native speakers and saying the words myself.