My name is Jane. I can speak 6 languages: French, Chinese, Arabic, Spanish, Italian, and Portugese. I do not know how to speak Japanese. I worked as a child actor on the show Sesame Street because of my foreign language skills.  I was on radio as Bob Man. In California I ate Japanese food over a camp fire, resulting in a forest fire. I don't watch the Sesame Street episodes that I am in, but I do watch the ones that I am not in. I miss being a child actor. I like helping children learn.
My name is Rob. I am taking a Japanese language class. Our class will take a  trip to Japan with my class this summer. I love Japan. I have not visited Japan before. I took French in high school and college. I can read and write French, but I can not hold a conversation very well. I don't have any kids, but I want them someday. Sesame Street was educational for me as a child.
I watched an episode of Sesame Street that I was in. It felt weird seeing myself on screen. At the time, did you think it was a big deal being on Sesame Street? Oh yeah!  I had a huge head - ha ha.  I thought I was a real big shot at school and stuff - ha ha.  I mean, it actually was sort of a big deal.  It was a great experience... It's a memorable life experience. Everyone knows Sesame Street. It's like saying you were at Woodstock. Well, maybe not quite like that. Yes, you're right!  I guess the strangest part was seeing that all the puppets were really just... puppets.  And getting to know all the adults who did the voices.  They were a really nice group of people.  Sort of hippies, I'd say. If I had children, I'd definitely have them watch Sesame Street. When I was learning French, I watched Rue Sesame, their version of the show. Yes, I did the same!  It was translated into a lot of languages, so I've seen it in a few.  You must be getting really excited about your trip to Japan, huh?  Do you have friends who are going too? I have acquaintances from the class who are going. I get along with them, but I didn't know them before taking the class. I am definitely excited about it. Do you think your Japanese will be good enough by then that you'll dare strike up a conversation with a local?  Would you have interest in maybe meeting a Japanese romantic partner? I can probably have simple conversations with the locals. But they'll have to speak to me as if I were a child. I'm not really looking for romance because I have a girlfriend now.  Oh, well that's too bad that your girlfriend can't join you for the trip then.  I hope you can make some acquaintances there - maybe Japanese who are learning English, and you can help each other along!  I find that's the best practice when learning a new language - to talk to a native speaker who will go a little bis slow, and use simpler language. There's no doubt that real conversations help. Think of how we speak English. It's hardly all proper and formal. As for my girlfriend, we haven't been together long enough to take a long trip together, I think.