[speaker001:] Which language do you speak?
[speaker002:] 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?
[speaker001:] Yes, I do. I 'm learning Chinese now on the internet.
[speaker002:] How do you find studying a language on the internet?
[speaker001:] It 's not easy, particularly with listening and speaking, because sometimes the connection isn 't too good.
[speaker002:] I bet you find the character difficult to write!
[speaker001:] Actually, many of the characters are the same or very similar in both Chinese and Japanese, so they 're easy for me.
[speaker002:] So, you can read and write much better than you speak and understand other speakers, right?
[speaker001:] Yes. How are the Spanish classes going?
[speaker002:] 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.