answer: #Person1# learns Chinese online and #Person1# thinks some Chinese characters are similar to Japanese ones. #Person2# takes Spanish classes and #Person2# finds some Spanish words are similar to English ones.
documents: #Person1#: Which language do you speak? 
  #Person2#: Well, I studied French at school, but I've forgotten most of it. I learnt some Russian while I was studying there and now I study Spanish in evening classes. Do you speak Japanese at home with your pa 
  #Person1#: Yes, I do. I'm learning Chinese now on the internet. 
  #Person2#: How do you find studying a language on the internet? 
  #Person1#: It's not easy, particularly with listening and speaking, because sometimes the connection isn't too good. 
  #Person2#: I bet you find the character difficult to write! 
  #Person1#: Actually, many of the characters are the same or very similar in both Chinese and Japanese, so they're easy for me. 
  #Person2#: So , you can read and write much better than you speak and understand other speakers, right? 
  #Person1#: Yes. How are the Spanish classes going? 
  #Person2#: In a way, it's similar to your experience of learning Chinese. Some Spanish words are very similar to English ones. But I need to practise listening to native speakers and saying the words myself.