About Us
We're a language learning enthusiast group committed to helping each other stay accountable and motivated to self-study. You can find us on YT, IG, Twitter and most importantly...Discord!
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What makes our community different is that we stand for healthy, consistent progress and make an effort not to promote toxic productivity culture. We're also a bit of a more mature group, that puts a lot of effort into respecting & celebrating everyone's differences.
The Team
We're the main team members dedicating our time, money, and energy to building the best language community on the internet! We have a dream: A non-toxic, supportive space for self-motivated language learners
Rae Chuck @raes_tea
Native Country: Jamaica
Languages: Patois, English, Mandarin, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Swedish
Role: CEO, Social Media & BizDev
Rae is a language and lifestyle coach with 7 years of language teaching experience under their belt. As a polyglot and invisible illness warrior, they use their unique expertise to help people find success in their daily lives and language efforts. Rae is currently based in Sweden studying behavioural science at Lund University. "I'm super friendly and very talkative!! If we get the chance to hang out on the server, feel free to ask me anything or... we can just nerd out over languages together!"
Kodi Blaine
Native Country: Jamaica
Languages: Patois, English, Korean
Role: Master of Words, Head Editor
I'm a Jamaican living in France, I love language and culture, especially in media and literature and I'm always open to learning something new. I also sing and one of my dreams is to travel and perform around the world. If we ever cross paths in the server let's have a chat about music, art, languages, etc sometime!
Anna Acquasaliente
Native Country: Italy
Languages: Italian, Venetian, English, Japanese, Norwegian
Role: COO, Community Manager & Design
I am an enthusiast polyglot and linguist, I’ve been living in Japan from 2017 to 2020, and I have been teaching English and Italian for the past 3 years. I’m currently working on learning Norwegian, but I keep a side interest in Korean, Mandarin and French. When learning a language, I love to dive into not only the country’s modern culture, but also the history of it. At the same time, I’m a videogame lover and a Twitch nerd, and I use these regularly for learning. I would be happy to share my tricks and techniques with you! Let’s explore languages together!
Volunteers
Ongoing volunteers helping to create content and shape the best language community on the internet! We're so grateful to them, we couldn't do this without you!
Brandon Tim Sebastian
Native Country: Indonesia
Languages: Indonesian, English, French, German, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, Turkish
(he/they) Student, Polyglot, Writer
Hello there! I'm Brandon, an 18 year old polyglot hailing from the Big Durian (aka Jakarta), Indonesia. I'm an avid reader and language learner, myself speaking 7. I love to get to know everyone and learn their cultures and customs, and I love sharing mine too. I also love linguistics, history, and geography too. So excited to meet you all! Have a nice day, ciaoooo!!!
Partners
Language influencers and sister organisations hosting events & cross-promoting the server.
Michelle Pescina
@michelle.languages
Native Country: Italy
Languages: Italian, English, Japanese, Korean, Spanish
Italian with a polyglot soul! Life-long learner, growth-oriented. Educational content creator and translator.
Language Leaders
Discord community leaders helping others in the server, creating events and fascilitating fun discourse.
Brandon Tim Sebastian
Native Country: Indonesia
Languages: Indonesian, English, French, German, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, Turkish
Leader of: Dutch, French, Portuguese
(he/they) Student, Polyglot, Writer
Hello there! I'm Brandon, an 18 year old polyglot hailing from the Big Durian (aka Jakarta), Indonesia. I'm an avid reader and language learner, myself speaking 7. I love to get to know everyone and learn their cultures and customs, and I love sharing mine too. I also love linguistics, history, and geography too. So excited to meet you all! Have a nice day, ciaoooo!!!
Brooke Savoy
Native Country: Canada
Languages: English, Korean, French
Leader of: Korean
(she/they) Graduate Student, Polyglot
Hello! I'm Brooke, a 25 year old graduate student studying Sustainabity Science in Sweden. I grew up in Canada but have also live in the United States and South Korea. Connecting to people and learning about different cultures drew me towards learning languages and now it's one of my favourite things to do. My degree program keeps me busy so I'm only focusing on Korean and French at the moment (with a little bit of Swedish), but I would also love to learn Spanish, Italian, and Mandarin. Outside of languages I also love science, history, music, and dancing!
Jasrael Denee
Native Country: USA
Languages: English, Japanese, Spanish, Mandarin
Leader of: Japanese
(she/her) PhD Student, Polyglot
Hello! My name is Jasrael, but many of my friends also call me Jaz. Besides my main occupation as a cat mom, I'm currently a doctoral student conducting psychological research on second langauge acquisition in the UK. I taught English in Japanese public schools for 4 years and have been a Japanese to English translator for 6 (and still going!). I love learning languages, learning about different cultures, and traveling! Being a part of the Gladly Global has been an amazing experience and I hope to meet many more of you who join this lovely community <3