Welcome to The Meandering Polyglot! There are so many resources online these days for language learning resources, but it can be hard to know exactly where to start. Here, you can meander through the various languages to find the resources that will work best for you on your language journey.
Get to know me.
Back in the fall of 2002 I took my first step into the world of foreign languages - one small step into the world of French. I quickly fell in love with French and stuck with it every year til I graduated from high school (a whopping 6 years in total). Though I loved learning French, it always seemed more of a fun thing to do than anything else; however, after a few years of no more French classes, I took a pretty big leap of faith and moved myself over to Paris for a year abroad.
If only I had known how much this would change my life!
Living in a new city where you know nobody really puts things into perspective. But the biggest change definitely came from meeting so many wonderful people who came from so many wonderful and diverse places: Peru, Australia, Austria, Germany, Spain, Russia, and more! I think what hit me the most was that the easiest way for us all to communicate was... You guessed it - English. This seemed so incredibly boring to me. How is it that I was having this wonderful experience outside of the US but I was still communicating in only one language? How was it that I could be the only one is the room who didn't speak more than one language relatively fluently (ok, maybe 1.5 accounting for my pretty horrendous French. School learning really isn't the best...)?
I think these were the moments that sparked my love for languages. No more was I just in favor for learning French, but I became a proponent for learning any and all languages.
Now here I am, back in the states and trying to continue my language journey with no real clue on where to start learning! I have no guidance like I did back in school, and there are so many resources, it's hard to know where to start. That's where this website comes into play. I've decided to create this website in order to consolidate language learning in one place. You'll find content created by yours truly, as well as links to resources I have found helpful! :)
If only I had known how much this would change my life!
Living in a new city where you know nobody really puts things into perspective. But the biggest change definitely came from meeting so many wonderful people who came from so many wonderful and diverse places: Peru, Australia, Austria, Germany, Spain, Russia, and more! I think what hit me the most was that the easiest way for us all to communicate was... You guessed it - English. This seemed so incredibly boring to me. How is it that I was having this wonderful experience outside of the US but I was still communicating in only one language? How was it that I could be the only one is the room who didn't speak more than one language relatively fluently (ok, maybe 1.5 accounting for my pretty horrendous French. School learning really isn't the best...)?
I think these were the moments that sparked my love for languages. No more was I just in favor for learning French, but I became a proponent for learning any and all languages.
Now here I am, back in the states and trying to continue my language journey with no real clue on where to start learning! I have no guidance like I did back in school, and there are so many resources, it's hard to know where to start. That's where this website comes into play. I've decided to create this website in order to consolidate language learning in one place. You'll find content created by yours truly, as well as links to resources I have found helpful! :)