{"id":14850,"date":"2020-04-07T08:13:47","date_gmt":"2020-04-07T12:13:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.pimsleur.com\/?p=14850"},"modified":"2025-11-20T14:21:59","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T19:21:59","slug":"online-language-practice-partner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pimsleur.com\/blog\/online-language-practice-partner\/","title":{"rendered":"Virtual Conversations &#8211; Taking Your Language Practice Online"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-our-guide-to-finding-a-language-practice-partner-online\"><strong>Our Guide to Finding a Language Practice Partner Online<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s our guide to finding a&nbsp;language practice&nbsp;partner online.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-why-practice-nbsp-languages-online-nbsp\"><strong>Why Practice&nbsp;Languages Online?&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Put simply, for&nbsp;the same reasons&nbsp;you\u2019d practice speaking in person!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking is one of the fundamental skills in learning a language.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Practice makes perfect.&nbsp;&nbsp;Speaking&nbsp;cements&nbsp;words and phrases&nbsp;in your memory. It promotes&nbsp;recall&nbsp;of words, not just recognition, and strengthens the neural pathways established in your&nbsp;Pimsleur&nbsp;program.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s encouraging to be able to&nbsp;speak to (and be understood by) a native speaker.&nbsp;This is why&nbsp;speaking practice is&nbsp;the perfect complement to&nbsp;Pimsleur\u2019s&nbsp;course materials.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you haven&#8217;t tried a Pimsleur course yet, we have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pimsleur.com\/free-lesson\/\">Free Lessons<\/a> in over 50 languages. Or try an entire Pimsleur course, <a href=\"https:\/\/subscription.pimsleur.com\/\">free for a week<\/a>. Afterward, it&#8217;s only $14.95 &#8211; $19.95 \/ month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Millions of people&nbsp;already&nbsp;practice languages&nbsp;online.&nbsp;They may do this for convenience, because they learn niche or minority languages and finding partners is difficult, or they may live in remote areas, away from the practice options of living in a city.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But it\u2019s not just for speakers of remote languages. Every language learner can benefit from virtual language practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-benefits-of-online-language-practice\"><strong>Benefits of Online Language Practice<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-1-fit-speaking-practice-in-around-your-schedule-nbsp\"><strong>1. Fit speaking practice in around your schedule&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>As long as&nbsp;your schedule can match up with your partner\u2019s, you are free to practice whenever you like! Are you a morning person? No problem. Night owl? Easy.&nbsp;Time zones&nbsp;are your friend \u2013 you can make a 7am speaking date with&nbsp;a partner&nbsp;in Europe, or a 10pm speaking date with a friend in Asia.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-2-anywhere-is-your-classroom-nbsp\"><strong>2. Anywhere is your classroom&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Virtual language exchange means you don\u2019t need to wait for the local&nbsp;caf\u00e9&nbsp;to open&nbsp;to meet&nbsp;your language partner&nbsp;\u2013 you can do it from your kitchen table!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-3-you-ll-discover-different-accents-and-cultures-nbsp\"><strong>3. You\u2019ll discover different accents and cultures&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The beauty of online communication is that it makes it possible to connect with anyone, anywhere.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meeting with native speakers across the world&nbsp;can introduce you to parts of the world you\u2019d never have thought to explore. You\u2019ll learn all about the regions where your language is spoken; how the accent sounds, local customs and cultures, what daily life looks like in that corner of the world.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019ve not&nbsp;tried online speaking practice&nbsp;before, lockdown could be&nbsp;the perfect opportunity to&nbsp;give it a go&nbsp;and reap the benefits.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-great-i-m-nbsp-convinced-so-nbsp-how-nbsp-do-i-nbsp-begin-finding-nbsp-a-nbsp-language-practice-partner-nbsp\"><strong>Great, I\u2019m&nbsp;Convinced. So&nbsp;How&nbsp;Do I&nbsp;Begin Finding&nbsp;a&nbsp;Language Practice Partner?&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Most of the&nbsp;ways to find a face-to-face&nbsp;partner&nbsp;are now out of bounds&nbsp;due to the Covid-19&nbsp;crisis. However, they will come in useful when we emerge from the crisis, so we\u2019ll&nbsp;mention&nbsp;them anyway.&nbsp;These include:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Meetup groups&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Classes held at caf\u00e9s and restaurants from your target language region&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Local Facebook language groups&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Study groups&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>University drop-in sessions&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Local adverts&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Drop-in sessions are especially useful if you want low-commitment options.&nbsp;However, it might be worth contacting the organizers up-front to ask whether your language is catered for \u2013 these sessions tend to attract learners of the main European languages.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now&nbsp;let\u2019s see what&nbsp;the best online resources are&nbsp;for finding language partners.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-best-online-language-exchange-resources-nbsp-for-finding-virtual-conversation-partners\"><strong>Best Online Language Exchange Resources&nbsp;for Finding Virtual Conversation Partners<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A quick safety note:<\/strong>&nbsp;Pimsleur&nbsp;supports safe&nbsp;online&nbsp;practice, so we recommend you&nbsp;never&nbsp;share&nbsp;details you\u2019re not comfortable with (e.g. phone numbers, email addresses, physical addresses, etc.) Create a separate account if you don\u2019t want to share your regular email address or Skype handle.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-italki-nbsp\"><strong>iTalki<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>iTalki&nbsp;has a free language exchange community where you can contact people who speak your&nbsp;target&nbsp;language.&nbsp;It\u2019s&nbsp;popular,&nbsp;with an&nbsp;easy-to-search&nbsp;website&nbsp;and&nbsp;there are native speakers available for&nbsp;all&nbsp;languages&nbsp;in the&nbsp;Pimsleur&nbsp;program.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To partner with someone, you\u2019ll need to send a&nbsp;message or&nbsp;friend request&nbsp;through&nbsp;the&nbsp;iTalki&nbsp;site,&nbsp;and arrange your sessions via Skype, Zoom or a similar teleconferencing tool.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-facebook-s-online-language-nbsp-learning-nbsp-communities-nbsp\"><strong>Facebook\u2019s Online Language&nbsp;Learning&nbsp;Communities&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>There are public groups on Facebook for people to find virtual language partners. Search for your language on Facebook to find your community and join the discussion or create a post of your own.&nbsp;Although this community is easy to access, Facebook profiles typically contain a lot of personal information, so beware of privacy settings when posting in public groups.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-my-language-exchange-nbsp\"><strong>My Language Exchange&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>My Language Exchange (MLE) is a classic case of \u201cdon\u2019t judge a book by its cover\u201d. Although the website looks somewhat tired, there is a wonderful, active community of language learners here just waiting to practice!&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;site has&nbsp;an easy-to-use filter to find people with the language pairs you need, and it automatically sorts by \u2018last online\u2019 so there\u2019s no need to worry about contacting dormant accounts.&nbsp;At the time of writing, there were over 300,000&nbsp;Spanish speakers on the site, with over 400 having logged in over the past 48 hours.&nbsp;It seems that during the pandemic everyone is turning to&nbsp;My Language Exchange!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In terms of arranging sessions, MLE doesn\u2019t have an integrated chat platform and you\u2019ll&nbsp;still need to exchange contact details for Skype&nbsp;or other conferencing tools.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-nbsp-language-learning-nbsp-community-nbsp-on-reddit-nbsp\"><strong>The&nbsp;Language Learning&nbsp;Community&nbsp;on Reddit&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Reddit has two communities that help with language learning.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The subreddit&nbsp;r\/language_exchange&nbsp;is an&nbsp;advertising board where&nbsp;you can post and respond to ads describing&nbsp;the&nbsp;languages you\u2019re looking for and&nbsp;the ones&nbsp;you can offer in exchange.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For a less formal arrangement,&nbsp;there\u2019s&nbsp;another section of Reddit, r\/languagelearning.&nbsp;Here you\u2019ll find&nbsp;a directory of&nbsp;Discord servers \u2013 online voice and text chat facilities \u2013 for most of&nbsp;Pimsleur\u2019s&nbsp;languages.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These&nbsp;servers&nbsp;work like an online drop-in: you join the server, chat with whoever is there and stay for as long as you like. It\u2019s the perfect way to practice when you have some&nbsp;free&nbsp;time on your hands because there\u2019s no need to arrange it in advance. These servers run 24\/7 and&nbsp;so you\u2019ll always have someone to practice with.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-a-quick-note-on-the-nbsp-common-nbsp-european-language-framework-nbsp\"><strong>A Quick Note on The&nbsp;Common&nbsp;European Language Framework&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In many of these resources, you\u2019ll probably see a&nbsp;bunch of&nbsp;alphanumeric references&nbsp;like&nbsp;A1, B1, C2,&nbsp;etc\u2026&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These are references to the&nbsp;Common&nbsp;European Language Framework, a&nbsp;way to&nbsp;measure someone\u2019s language ability.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although it was originally designed and implemented in Europe, it\u2019s&nbsp;become&nbsp;the unofficial&nbsp;standard&nbsp;among&nbsp;the&nbsp;language&nbsp;learning&nbsp;community&nbsp;for&nbsp;gauging&nbsp;proficiency.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s some&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.coe.int\/en\/web\/common-european-framework-reference-languages\/table-1-cefr-3.3-common-reference-levels-global-scale\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">further explanation of what each level means<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hopefully, there\u2019s something here that all our learners will feel comfortable trying.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Guide to Finding a Language Practice Partner Online &nbsp;&nbsp; Here\u2019s our guide to finding a&nbsp;language practice&nbsp;partner online.&nbsp; Why Practice&nbsp;Languages Online?&nbsp; Put simply, for&nbsp;the same reasons&nbsp;you\u2019d practice speaking in person!&nbsp; Speaking is one of the fundamental skills in learning a language.&nbsp; Practice makes perfect.&nbsp;&nbsp;Speaking&nbsp;cements&nbsp;words and phrases&nbsp;in your memory. 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