Tomás wrote:PeterMollenburg wrote:My current language I study is French. I've come across one native speaker (not including seeking interaction at French 'events') by chance in 3 years here in my every day life that I've held a decent conversation with. It's pretty useless in my everyday life in terms of speaking to other francophones, but I absolutely love the language! Simply for it's melody.
Edit: Perhaps ironically there are quite a number of French speakers (tourists) an hour or so away from here... and I lived in that area for 6 months many years ago! Since then the number of French tourists has steadily increased. The real estate there is rediculously expensive so I wouldn't want to live there, and nearly 40 y.o. me hanging out there for a chance to chat with young French backpackers would seem a bit weird, especially with my family waiting for me at home.
No Alliance Francaise where you live? Even my nowheresville city has one.
Yep, and I attended for a little while, but i feel the effort required (its also over an hour away) isn't worth the gain- I prefer studying at home in closer proximity to my family. Were I not a family man, my activities and priorities might differ.