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| Snowflake Senior Member United States Joined 5957 days ago 1032 posts - 1233 votes  Studies: Mandarin | Message 9 of 13 29 March 2012 at 4:05pm | IP Logged |
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I also found some good chat partners using www.livemocha.com . I screened people by giving general information (location, job) plus language study goals, and then asking the same from them. That quickly whittled down the list to serious language learners.
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| guitarob Hexaglot Groupie CanadaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5085 days ago 95 posts - 138 votes Speaks: Spanish*, French, English, Danish, Portuguese, Italian Studies: German | Message 10 of 13 29 March 2012 at 4:24pm | IP Logged |
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The problem with most of these sites in my opinion (specially sharedtalk) is that a lot of the people that use it want to "learn" a language and not practice it. That means that sometimes they are not even conversational which makes thinks difficult.
Finding a good language partner is really hard in my opinion. I wish there was an easier way. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Quabazaa Tetraglot Senior Member United States Joined 5607 days ago 414 posts - 543 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, German, French Studies: Japanese, Korean, Maori, Scottish Gaelic, Arabic (Levantine), Arabic (Egyptian), Arabic (Written) | Message 11 of 13 29 March 2012 at 6:09pm | IP Logged |
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I've had more luck with offline methods - networking through friends, using my
university's resources to connect me with people. I think to get someone in your local area it might often be easier just to put up a notice at the nearest university or cultural club if it exists. That is if you actually want to meet up in person! 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Takato Tetraglot Senior Member HungaryRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5046 days ago 249 posts - 276 votes Speaks: Hungarian*, EnglishB2, GermanB2, Japanese | Message 12 of 13 30 March 2012 at 5:36am | IP Logged |
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@Quabazaa: do you mean that I should put a notice like "I'm X Y, I like this and that, I know Hungarian, and would like to learn Catalan in exchange. Contact me at habla@blabla.it" in my university? I don't think there are any Catalan speakers here... So I think localness isn't always an option.
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| Quabazaa Tetraglot Senior Member United States Joined 5607 days ago 414 posts - 543 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, German, French Studies: Japanese, Korean, Maori, Scottish Gaelic, Arabic (Levantine), Arabic (Egyptian), Arabic (Written) | Message 13 of 13 30 March 2012 at 6:02am | IP Logged |
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Yep exactly that. Of course it isn't always an option and depends on the languages you
are learning, but it can be surprising sometimes if you live in a decently sized town. I would say it's worth a try - even if they don't want to learn Hungarian, perhaps you will be able to find a Catalan speaker who would enjoy helping you with Catalan. I know I wasn't answering your question directly but I had tried websites and never managed to find anyone (especially not a serous language learner) from it. So that was just my experience! I don't see the harm in putting up a notice just to see - perhaps having "Catalan" or "Parles català?" in a large or eye catching way at the top. Who knows, maybe you'll be lucky? 1 person has voted this message useful |
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