Hello, I'm Yoko. I'm living in Tokyo with my husband and a daughter. I've just signed up this site about a week ago. I'm still figuring out what I should do next. I should send a message to someone but to whom.... I would like to meet people who are really serious about learning languages. I also signed up at Busuu.com. The site has chat function so you can talk with many people but some of them are not really serious about learning languages so I'm a little bit scared to talk with someone on Skype. I hope everyone on this site are really serious for learning languages and nice people. I'm looking for regular practice partner for French, Spanish and English. Acutally I'm forcusing on French study now but I also would like to improve my Spanish and English.
- French: Beginner. I have been studying French about four months. My French pronounciation is still terrible and I want a partner who can understand some English. When we get stuck for our communication, we need common language.
- Spanish: I can understand some but need to study more grammer and practice conversation.
- Englih: Advanced I can speak and I understand English drama or movie without subtitles. I would like to improve my speaking and pronunciation. Atucally I had lived in Canada for a year but that was a long time ago. My English gets rusty.
Right now twice a week, I do exchange lessons with a French guy who is learning Japanese by using Skype and e-mails. On Skype, we do 1 hour Japanse session and 1 hour French session. We always discuss what we would like to do for the next session and practice together. We also exchange writing and do some correcions by e-mails. I teach Japanese in Japanese or in English. From September, he will be busy so I'm looking for a new partner who can practice with me regularly on Skype. Before doing sessions on Skype, I would like to exchange a couple of messages to get know a person better. I hesitate and feel uncomfortable to talk somone who I really don't know on Skype immidiately without much infomation. I need some basic imfomation. If you could help me with French, Spanish or English, I would be happy to help you with Japanese in return. P.S.: If you find any mistake in my post, please correct. I would really appreciate for your help.