13, 14 for the language-learning asks :)
13. How has language learning connected you with others this year?
This year I think it was less about getting connected and more about staying connected in the post-/still-Covid period. I kept contact with my Irish peers via weekly crinniú meetings on Skype in Irish (Gaeilge), joined an online class (where my first ever Irish teacher happened to be a student), and although I couldn't visit the Gaeltacht or the Coláiste in person, a letter I wrote to my friends, classmates and teachers was shared one day at tea.
14. What are you most proud of for accomplishing this year regarding language learning?
I delved more into the Romance language family, working with more difficult historical texts and spontaneously making up rhyming verse in French, as well as establishing Italian my de facto language of consumption for TV and film. I'm a Germanic-languages person, so spending this much time with Romance languages is mental gymnastics to me, and I'm proud to say I've improved my skills because of it. (:
