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| sebngwa3 Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 6192 days ago 200 posts - 217 votes  Speaks: Korean*, English | Message 1 of 7 15 March 2012 at 2:00am | IP Logged | |||||
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What is the best way to be most helpful to each other in language exchange sessions?
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| Arekkusu Hexaglot Senior Member Canada bit.ly/qc_10_lec Joined 5409 days ago 3971 posts - 7747 votes Speaks: English, French*, GermanC1, Spanish, Japanese, Esperanto Studies: Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Estonian | Message 2 of 7 15 March 2012 at 2:36am | IP Logged | |||||
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Preparing your half the best you can. In my sessions, we are only responsible for our half, so it's important to
come prepared. Other than that, your motivation can also motivate the other. If you can, pay attention to your partner's most common mistakes and when these mistakes come up ( and you think they can fix it), give them a sign that something's wrong and allow them to correct it themselves or to rephrase anything odd. Be patient and show them they have all the time in the world to start over and over if need be. 3 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| TixhiiDon Tetraglot Senior Member Japan Joined 5492 days ago 772 posts - 1474 votes Speaks: English*, Japanese, German, Russian Studies: Georgian | Message 3 of 7 15 March 2012 at 3:23am | IP Logged | |||||
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If you are doing both languages in each session, it's a good idea to alternate the
language you start with week by week. The conversation inevitably tails off a bit during the second half, due to tiredness and simply to running out of things to talk about, so both partners need opportunities to practice their foreign language while things are still fresh. 3 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| tommus Senior Member CanadaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5894 days ago 979 posts - 1688 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Dutch, French, Esperanto, German, Spanish | Message 4 of 7 15 March 2012 at 2:31pm | IP Logged | |||||
If the exchange is unbalanced (one person speaks his/her target much better), then I think the weaker partner should always start first. Otherwise, all the easy things will have already been said. The strong person won't really get tired, and he/she will probably have lots to talk about. However, if the weaker person has planned the session well, he/she will have lots to talk about, regardless of who starts. 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Arekkusu Hexaglot Senior Member Canada bit.ly/qc_10_lec Joined 5409 days ago 3971 posts - 7747 votes Speaks: English, French*, GermanC1, Spanish, Japanese, Esperanto Studies: Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Estonian | Message 5 of 7 15 March 2012 at 2:40pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Which reminds me... some partners have the bad habit of reverting to English as soon as you struggle -- don't do that. I see that your L1 is Korean, so if the other is struggling, do all you can to help him get back on track, but don't spoil this special and rare opportunity he has to use Korean by using lots of English. Obviously, at the very beginning, you can't avoid it, but try to stay on track and push him to use the language more.
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| Wulfgar Senior Member United States Joined 4699 days ago 404 posts - 791 votes Speaks: English* | Message 6 of 7 16 March 2012 at 2:53am | IP Logged | |||||
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Recommend 30 min L2 followed by 30 min L1, or vice versa. If you don't set up strict time limits, your session can
degrade into a much less efficient code-switching free for all. Let eachother know what the purpose of your sessions are - conversation, grammar, etc? Let eachother know to what extent you like being corrected. Know that cameras are often the cause of reception problems.
Just curious - is your half your L1 or L2? 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Arekkusu Hexaglot Senior Member Canada bit.ly/qc_10_lec Joined 5409 days ago 3971 posts - 7747 votes Speaks: English, French*, GermanC1, Spanish, Japanese, Esperanto Studies: Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Estonian | Message 7 of 7 16 March 2012 at 2:56am | IP Logged | |||||
L2. My half is my learning half, the one I need to prepare and organize. For the other half, I am available for whatever my partner has prepared. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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