CURRENT MISSION

Preserving endangered languages

ABOUT ME

I'm a very cosmopolitan guy from Taiwan. I speak 7 + languages fluently and can handle simple conversations in many other languages. I can show you around and tell you some exciting stories about Taiwan.

テリー・シャ（謝智翔）
Polyglot TW (台湾多言語習得推廣與發展協會理事長)創立者兼理事長。台湾、台北出身。台湾国立台湾大学卒、フランスエコール・ポリテクニーク(L’X)交換留学。2013年アメリカカンザス大学大学院修士課程を修了。20年以上かけて世界のさまざまな言語を現地で研究、習得。TOEICスコア950、 ドイツ語検定TestDaf 17(C1)、日本語能力試験N1、フランス語DALF検定C1など多くの語学検定に合格。2015年にPolyglot TW （台湾多言語習得推廣與發展協會）を創立、同理事長として、「世界の誰でも自由自在に多言語で話す」を目指し、イマージョン（言語漬け）プログラムの企画開発、多言語カフェを運営。その他、語学習得法、国際交流などのテーマで講演やセミナー、語学コーチを行なっている。

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have some CS experience in Shanghai and the U.S.

Interests

language learning, computer and video games, travelling, classical music, playing music instruments, chatting, gambling, lottery, studying, research, Go, Majan,

• video games
• traveling
• music
• classical music
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Music : Classical Music & J-Pop

Movies : Stupid fiction films, Forrest Gump, Alien, Predator

Book : French classical novels like Le comte de Monto Cristo, Fantasy Fiction, Manga

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

1)Travelled 23 countries in Europe in 1 year while going to a school in France.

2)Participate in a stupid, embarrassing street show in front of the Notre Dame in Paris.

3) been to Antarctica, North Korea and other places that people normally do not go.

4) learned Kichwa in the jungle of Ecuador; learned K’iche Mayan in Guatemala.

Teach, Learn, Share

I want to learn your langauge and I can teach you mine and the ones I know very well

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Antarctica, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, El Salvador, England, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guam, Guatemala, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macao, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Monaco, Mongolia, Myanmar, Namibia, Netherlands, North Korea, Northern Mariana Islands, Norway, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, San Marino, Seychelles, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Sweden, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, United States Minor Outlying Islands, Uzbekistan, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Japan, Taiwan, United States