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Where to find language exchange partner ? (anyone wanna learn chinese)

Asked by CarterChen (123points) November 14th, 2010
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Hi, I am Chinese native speaker, who is trying to elevate English oral. I would like to have conversation exchange. Could you please tell me where can i find language exchange partner(Chinese/English) to practice English oral? or if you happened to learn Chinese I am very pleasure to share my Chinese language, culture, whatsoever with you. Please let’s be a linguist partner. :-) Contact me at didxga@gmail.com

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janbb's avatar

You might want to try the website livemocha.com. I believe that site pairs you up with a language partner online.

truecomedian's avatar

I worked for a Chinaman in Chicago and I managed a restaurant. I was immersed in the language every day for about two years. I remember one day two people were speaking cantonese and I understood everything they said, it was like someone flipped a switch, I could understand them. Like a fool I didnt keep it secret, so they began to treat me different.

Zyx's avatar

http://www.mylanguageexchange.com/

Bookmarked it a while back, hadn’t gotten around to using it yet.

Smashley's avatar

@truecomedian – “also, Dude, chinaman is not the preferred nomenclature” – Walt

truecomedian's avatar

@Smashley
how awesome, you quoted that movie. A classic, how’d you know that??

Smashley's avatar

@truecomedian – Didn’t. It’s just the first thing that comes to mind when someone uses that term.

truecomedian's avatar

@Smashley
You totally quoted The Big Lewbowski, see here
here http://www.bing.com/search?q=preferred+nomenclature&go=&form=QBRE&qs=n&sk=&sc=1-22
Is saying Chinaman bad??

Smashley's avatar

@truecomedian – Of course it was the Big Lebowski I was quoting. You said “how’d you know that?” and it seemed that I’d accidentally guessed something unwritten in your answer. I didn’t. You said “Chinaman” and it reminded me of John Goodman.

And is it bad? Well… it’s definitely out of favor, but probably isn’t universally considered a racist term (yet). I’d put it in the same category as terms like Oriental and Negro.

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