Here is an example of how you can collaborate at real time with your language partner online. And you can get it for free without having to download any application. To get started, you need to have:
- a good internet connection
- headset with speaker and
- a language partner
For this session, we are going to use a web based processor called the EtherPad . As Etherpad does not require prior signing up, you can invite as many people as you like to your public pad. My language partner was a native Beijing Chinese who happened to have contacted me to help him with his English Pronunciation.
My entries were highlighted in beige and his entries were in blue. It worked very much like a normal wordprocessing application except that we could both alter data simultaneously just as if we were in the same meeting room using a single whiteboard.
A chatroom widget can be seen on the right side which allows the other participants to raise questions or discuss on the side.
After the session closes, the participants can playback, fast forward or rewind the session to recap using a ‘Time Slider’ icon found at the menu bar. The session is also downloadable as HTML, public text, document or pdf format.
If you get disconnected, all you have to do is reenter the room again. It happened several times to my partner during our session but he said it was due to his internet connection.
This site was introduced by Kwan Tuck Soon. Thank you for sharing.
The best way to learn a language is to live in that language and avoid anyone that speaks your own. Language exchanges are very time consuming for learning pronunciation. terralinguas.com has created a very unique free language website that provides many unique features to help people learn how to pronounce things. We also provide a forum and chat room for people to connect ala language exchanges. We’re new and don’t have much activity yet, but with all the things we provide for free, it’s just a matter of time!
Hi, there. I visited your website and it looks promising. I agree that living in the language that we are learning certainly speeds up the process of achievement. There are a few areas to consider: adaptation to the language culture. Every language fashions itself around the culture of the individual it serves; English in England and English in America are different, so is Mandarin in China and Mandarin in Singapore, or Malay in Malaysia and Malay in Singapore. The first few steps towards living in the culture of the language do not consitute only speaking and learning the language, in fact it is about adaptation and willingness to compromise with different styles of speaking and expression of need. The journey of immersion is a path language learners cannot be reluctant to take.
Please keep us in touch with your progress. All the best.