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| onebir Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6951 days ago 484 posts - 502 votes  Speaks: English*, Mandarin | Message 1 of 26 10 May 2005 at 7:06am | IP Logged | ||
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I only know three - described briefly below.
I'd be really interested to hear if anyone knows of any more good ones... www.mylanguageexchange.com - well established - $6 fee allows you to contact other members (for one month) - this sends an email to them, so you don't have to wait for them to log in - you can list yourself without paying a fee www.polyglot-learn-language.com - perhaps less well established - french-based - user interface is a bit clunky - no fee, but premium membership (unsure of cost) puts you at the top of search results - some members post their email addresses - some annoying web adverts http://www.friendsabroad.com I only just looked at this. It seems to be free and a bit more professional than polyglot, but - perhaps because of the name and an emphasis on posting members pictures - seems to attract more people interested in dating agency services. Edited by onebir on 11 May 2005 at 4:22am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| administrator Hexaglot Forum Admin Switzerland FXcuisine.com Joined 7164 days ago 3094 posts - 2987 votes 12 sounds Speaks: French*, EnglishC2, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian Personal Language Map | Message 2 of 26 10 May 2005 at 7:14am | IP Logged | ||
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How do you use such websites? Is there anyone here who tried that type of service?
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| onebir Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6951 days ago 484 posts - 502 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin | Message 3 of 26 10 May 2005 at 8:23am | IP Logged | ||
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You can either
a) post details of yourself - mainly your native tongue, & target languages. Then see if anyone contacts you - you may get an email via the site or a PM when you next log in or b) PM people on the site, or email the brave ones who've posted their email addresses When you've found someone you can meet them - preferable by far - or use email, chat or internet voice chat. I recently found someone this way. If your mother tongue's popular, you could probably set up a whole week or two of language exchange before going to visit a country using these websites! Edited by onebir on 10 May 2005 at 8:26am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Raistlin Majere Trilingual Hexaglot Senior Member Spain uciprotour-cycling.c Joined 6940 days ago 455 posts - 424 votes 7 sounds Speaks: English*, Spanish*, Catalan*, FrenchA1, Italian, German Studies: Swedish | Message 4 of 26 10 May 2005 at 8:43am | IP Logged | ||
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I just have to make a correction about Polyglot-Learn-Language, onebir: When a member receives a message from another one, he also receives a message on his e-mail to notify him.
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| onebir Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6951 days ago 484 posts - 502 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin | Message 5 of 26 10 May 2005 at 9:47am | IP Logged | ||
Hmm - I don't seem to get one, and I've had a few messages & filled in the email field... Plus one of the people who PM'd me apologized for taking so long because she hadn't logged on to that website for a long time. (But maybe I misunderstood the PM - it was in chinese). Anyway, I'm onebir there too, so you can try PMing me! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Raistlin Majere Trilingual Hexaglot Senior Member Spain uciprotour-cycling.c Joined 6940 days ago 455 posts - 424 votes 7 sounds Speaks: English*, Spanish*, Catalan*, FrenchA1, Italian, German Studies: Swedish | Message 6 of 26 10 May 2005 at 9:57am | IP Logged | ||
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I'll do that. Perhaps you should check in case your e-mail Inbox puts Polyglot messages into the undesired mail box. Edited by Raistlin Majere on 10 May 2005 at 9:58am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| victor Tetraglot Moderator United States Joined 7106 days ago 1098 posts - 1056 votes 6 sounds Speaks: Cantonese*, English, FrenchC1, Mandarin Studies: Spanish Personal Language Map | Message 7 of 26 10 May 2005 at 6:25pm | IP Logged | ||
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I also used the polyglot-learn-language service. Their chatroom is quite interesting, with discussions in different languages.
I have posted a profile there for a long time. It's hard to find someone who can really continue a correspondance with you. I left my email there and lots of 16-20 French girls keep adding me on MSN but never talk to me. And yes, they do send you an email when someone sends a message through the system. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| onebir Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6951 days ago 484 posts - 502 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin | Message 8 of 26 11 May 2005 at 4:23am | IP Logged | ||
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OK - I stand corrected on the "emails from polyglot issue" - looks like it was a corporate firewall issue. Edited by onebir on 13 May 2005 at 5:04am 1 person has voted this message useful |
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