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Looking for suggestions on websites or apps where people learning a language can chat with native speakers.

QueenPotatoFace October 4, 2018 5:16 pm

Specifically, I'm trying to find an place appropriate for young language learners as my 10 year old has participated in a French immersion school for 6 years now but due to conflicts with a solitary professor it seems I'm soon to be home schooling him instead.

I speak no French whatsoever and plan to incorporate the language into our 'class time' by having him teach me but I also want him to be able to use the language and grow his knowledge so as not to have wasted these past 6 years.

The subject is open for alternative suggestions as well so please include anything that might be relevant. I'm sure there are countless users on this site trying to practice a new language who are older and don't have the same 'wholesome' concerns as mine.

Thanks in advanced!

Responses
    alecia15 October 4, 2018 5:43 pm

    Well.... I guess you can be proud of yourself ... my child will be 10 in April and looking at her English scores here ... eh let’s just say it’s going to be a while before we hop to another language

    fujiko October 4, 2018 6:05 pm

    https://www.italki.com/home

    There you go! I know many people that use it for Japanese.

    Jaitzche October 4, 2018 6:06 pm

    One thing that might not hurt and keep them from forgetting is an app called Duolingo. It's got tons of different languages, and it's completely free

    QueenPotatoFace October 4, 2018 6:43 pm
    Well.... I guess you can be proud of yourself ... my child will be 10 in April and looking at her English scores here ... eh let’s just say it’s going to be a while before we hop to another language alecia15

    Well, thank you! I wish I could take credit for his ability to just absorb information but considering my 3 year old child is noticeably delayed for no other reason than she had no interest in learning to walk/talk/feed herself/etc until she felt like it and my 2 year old is almost exactly on level in everything, I've come to the conclusion that kids just are who they are. Sure, genetics and the way they're raised play a role but kids who have all that in common can still be effected by it in completely different ways.

    bethanyb October 4, 2018 9:06 pm

    HelloTalk is a great app, its more like a social media for language learners