What’s your native language and why are you learning English?

I know this question isn't really directed at me, but I will say what directed me to this sub at least: I am learning another language myself and I get that it's not always easy.

My first language is Ukrainian and I use it with my family but I'm living in Texas and I have to learn english to live here and get a job 😔

Spanish here. And learning english in Mexico is a must. Many people still won't afford lessons and/or care to learn.

I'm brasilian🇧🇷, my native language is the portuguese and I learn english because is the language that connect us to the world.

french, i'm musician, also usefull in many ways like communication, i like to learn differents languages

English is my native language. I just subbed originally to help but wound up also learning a lot.

Portuguese, and I'm studying English to get a better job. I work from home, so it will be nice to earn in $ and spend here in R$ (reais)

Portuguese, because I want to fool americans

English, I have no clue what I’m doing here

My native language is Brazilian Portuguese. I started studying English years ago because I had to read (and sometimes write) papers in English for my bachelors degree. English is the most common language in science, especially in Computer Science which was my undergrad program. I eventually began to consume English-speaking content outside of academia and got English-speaking friends on Discord. That made my "conversational English" abilities increase kind of naturally. It's been years since I actively studied English with exercises, lessons and whatnot. I just use the English I have and hope for the best. It seems to be getting better, slowly but surely. lol

English: law school.

Spanish, work and social life, I’m also interesting about learning more languages

I'm Brazilian (State of Bahia) and I'm studying to be a backend programmer with Java, so I have no choice but to learn English lol. But I also like the language. The lines seem very cinematic to me, for example, extension, it looks like some super power/attack from the Power Rangers lol.

Tagalog, I am a Filipino. I can speak conversational English but not fluent. I got into learning more in English since I want to explore the world of freelancing.

My native language is chinese,There son I study english is that I want to make more money I want to leave China i don t want to Have a difficult life,As you know in China everybody is Exhaustion

Malay, I’m learning English because other than Malay, English is the next most commonly spoken language here You could come here only being able to speak English and it’ll be fine, because everyone here speaks English too, it’s part of the education

chinese，which are considered one of the hardest language!!!

Thai native here. I started learning English because I had to. My family moved temporarily to North America when I was little, so I started school there with almost no skill and just went from there. Turns out quite handy though, because it's allowed me access to content that otherwise I wouldn't be able to learn or enjoy without knowing English at this level. This sentiment is shared with my Thai friends who know Japanese and Chinese.

A Burmese, the reason why I'm learning English is simple, cuz it's useful and a lot of people using it, can be seen anywhere, etc etc. And also I wanted to speak in English so yeah

My native language is Turkish. And i am learning English cause i wanna go abroad for my academic life in future.

Ukrainian. I’ve learned English to read books, listen to podcasts and play video games without translations. Anything else if more like a bonus.

Because it’s basically a mandatory in a modern world

Farsi, and where I’m from, people really value knowing English. That’s why, besides school, parents often put their kids in English classes from really young age.

(A little off topic) My case is weird. I went to English school my whole life, studied all the subjects in English from grade 1 to 12. However, since I was living in a non English speaking country, I couldn’t practice speaking English. Till now, I find it difficult to speak English without shuttering but I can read, listen and write with no issues. I’m still 20 years old, and recently moved to Canada for school so hopefully moving here will help improve my English speaking skills.

Indonesia I learn English because I want to understand what Pokémon anime Cd which my dad bought for me

Turkish. I originally learned English from playing video games and consuming social media content in English, primarily because I solely wanted to be able to talk to my new friends from all over the world speaking English and understand what they actually say and mean while playing a game. I was much younger back then and was not that aware of the fact that English was the dominant language of more than 50 countries and is the most spoken language in the world. I managed to reach a level of B1-B2 in Turkey without any immersion in my social life and without any help from school. We had one to two English classes per week but they kept teaching a few animal names and the alphabet, and no one really practiced English at all. None of my parents knew English, and as far as I know, I was also the first family member in the last \~300 years of my family and bloodline to fluently speak English, thanks to the internet and video games. In 2022, everything changed for me in my English learning journey. I immigrated to the United States, and after about two to three years, I developed an American accent with an accuracy of \~85-90% (with a few accent slips occasionally, mostly in the mornings, when I'm preoccupied, especially when I'm self-conscious about the possibility of me slipping my accent and sounding like a foreigner), depending on the immersion and the time spent with my family. I started attending school in the United States, which in two years, I managed to grind to C1 English. Then, I started teaching my parents English. My mom reached a level of A2, while my dad reached A1 in a period of about three years. None of my grandparents, cousins, or other family members speaks English with me, and I still do not speak English at home either.

Turkish, to be able to communicate more people on the internet

My native language is Hungarian. In the future I would like to have better opportunities in my life and I believe English is a must language/ help to reach it.

My native language is Hindi. I have been learning for 4 years but I did not consistent in practice. However, I have improved a lot. I want to fluent in English.

russian. I improve my English for watching american movies. Maybe I could move to Denmark some time.

Arabic is my native language, I learn English to read books and education.

Russian here, I remember the day I started learning English, the idea came to me out of nowhere, I just gave it a try and it just so happened to I have stuck to it ever since. As for why I am still learning it, I guess I just enjoy the process, I am completely amazed by the fact English has so many shades and so many ways in which one might express themselves. Apart from it, the English internet segment is huge making me use it even more. I’m also opting for moving to another country in the future, preferably an anglospheric one So to sum it up: -it’s fun -a highly applicable skill (English is by far the most wide spread language out there, you can access so much using it) -prospects of leaving Russia one day for a better place

My mother language is Arabic and I'm learning English because it's the mother language of the whole world also I study English language at university so that I have to learn English. Beside that everyone of us wants to travel and goes to different places with different cultures and the only mean you have to socialize with people around the globe is talking English.

Spanish here. I've always loved learning languages and since English is so important it was my first to learn. Currently I speak 4 languages ( Spanish, Valencian, English and French) and planning to learn my 5th one soon! Edit: I know 4 languages is not that much but Im just finishing highschool rn so I still have plenty of time to learn more. Edit 2: Valencian is a variant of Catalan spoken in Valencia.

Danish here. I've spoken English since I was 10, but I'm still learning new words here and there.

Vietnamese, because most schools in Vietnam teach English. 

I'm french and I'm learning english to meet people who can help me to become a professional football player. I want to access to more football quality content. The english world is ahead of France in terms of new ideas and mentality.

I am French, and I am learning English because it is a very practical language when traveling, for personal satisfaction and because I am attracted to this language

I'm Brazilian, so Brazilian Portuguese. I started learning English because my interests led me to English speaking communities (I'm into arts and crafts and I found all my favorite artists and techniques in English speaking communities/channels/pages). Then I kept learning when I realized there's so much more information available in English than in Portuguese, I started using it for schoolwork and whenever I ran a search in portuguese and didn't find anything relevant I'd redo the search in English with better results. Eventually I started defaulting to English to save myself the first five minutes of frustration. And so, llittle by little, I transitioned completely. I consume very little content in Portuguese these days, English is so much more convenient, I guess because it's the most common second language in the world so everything gets translated into it. It's just way too useful to know it.

My native language is Ukrainian, I learn English because I want to reed fluently in this language. A lot of great books still haven't been translated into Ukrainian, but they are acceptable in English. Right now my work doesn't need fluent English but it would be better to know it and be a more valuable candidate for a good job.

I'm French and live in Canada now. Even if my job is in French, outside is 99% English so I take classes. I feel like I don't really progress unfortunately :/

Portuguese (BR) I was always into anime and weaboo stuff, so it was this or Japanese, most of those things were in English anyway so I just learned through exposure, it got better when I finally could understand like half of what someone was speaking, then I started to watch more and more English content on YT ^(speaking of which, I'd recommend start with yt instead of series because OMG why everyone mumbles all the thime I can barely understand that those sound are words) We do learn very very basic English in Brazil but it really didn't help a lot

Reddit made me learn it against my will /s

Tatar is my native language. I'm learning english for work and life

American English, but I like to hear how different regions of English speakers use the language, and it's also fun to learn about linguistic things that I've taken for granted or might have actually been getting wrong all this time!

Also not directed at me, but I'm here because I'm a professional editor/proofreader and have taught English. I also just love language and have perspectives and wisdom acquired from trying to learn other languages myself.

To get a better job.