Language exchange
Mar 29th 2011, 4:45 am
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Hi all,
I was wondering if anyone knows of any language exchanges in Paris. Recently touched down here and am keen to learn French, just need to get talking.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanx,
I was wondering if anyone knows of any language exchanges in Paris. Recently touched down here and am keen to learn French, just need to get talking.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanx,
Last edited by Ka Ora!; Mar 29th 2011 at 5:19 am. Reason: Multiple threads on the same subject.
Mar 29th 2011, 5:17 am
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Re: Language exchange
Cant help you myself as im at the other end of France, But I will ask that you only start one thread on subjects please other wise responses become some what fragmented. Anyone looking here will look in the "Le Rendez-Vous" section as well.
Mar 29th 2011, 7:09 am
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Mar 29th 2011, 7:42 pm
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Re: Language exchange
There's a cool event called Franglish in Paris, it is a language exchange event, and it is based on the organization of speeddating (but it is not !) , only 1-to-1 conversations, you speak 7 min in French, 7 in ENglish with some random French speaker and then swtich table to met someone else . Great ambiance and in general people stay at the end to have a drink or dinner ...
Mar 30th 2011, 7:44 am
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Re: Language exchange
I believe one or more of the town halls in Paris runs language courses for expats at an extremely reasonable rate... Maybe somebody has more details?
Mar 30th 2011, 9:22 am
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Re: Language exchange
There's a cool event called Franglish in Paris, it is a language exchange event, and it is based on the organization of speeddating (but it is not !) , only 1-to-1 conversations, you speak 7 min in French, 7 in ENglish with some random French speaker and then swtich table to met someone else . Great ambiance and in general people stay at the end to have a drink or dinner ...
Mar 30th 2011, 4:56 pm
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Re: Language exchange
There's a cool event called Franglish in Paris, it is a language exchange event, and it is based on the organization of speeddating (but it is not !) , only 1-to-1 conversations, you speak 7 min in French, 7 in ENglish with some random French speaker and then swtich table to met someone else . Great ambiance and in general people stay at the end to have a drink or dinner ...
Still, that would be a pleasant surprise compared to Mam-In -Law!
Mar 31st 2011, 5:28 pm
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Re: Language exchange
phew I hope your mom in law isnt reading this tweedpipe!!
Mar 31st 2011, 7:51 pm
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Re: Language exchange
Knowing my luck, if I turned up at a Franglish language exchange event, my conversational partners would all look like THIS.........
Still, that would be a pleasant surprise compared to Mam-In -Law!
Still, that would be a pleasant surprise compared to Mam-In -Law!
Apr 1st 2011, 7:48 am
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Re: Language exchange
Thanks guys for all your help, with a bit of luck I'll pick up this language in no time. Keep you posted.
Thanx again
Thanx again
Apr 3rd 2011, 6:48 pm
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Re: Language exchange
If you fancy doing something online and with Skype you might like to try Sharedtalk
http://sharedtalk.com
http://sharedtalk.com
Apr 14th 2011, 11:50 am
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Re: Language exchange
www.conversationexchange.com is excellent, and I have met many people in London to improve my French.
Apr 26th 2011, 4:07 pm
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Bonjour. Puisqu'il s'agit d'une demande d'échange, je suppose que tu sais un petit peu parler français, donc je me fais plaisir et j'écris dans ma langue maternelle !!!
Je suis Maël, étudiant de 21 ans dans le sud de la France. Malheureusement, je n'habite pas à Paris... Par contre, j'habite à la campagne, dans un joli petit village. Je peux aussi habiter à Toulouse, une moyenne-grande ville.
Je suis aussi à la recherche très très active d'un correspondant anglais, dans le but principal de m'améliorer en anglais. J'ai cherché pour les états unis, mais j'ai abandonné il y a une semaine. Je cherche donc un correspondant anglais disponible pour un échange cet été. Je suis disponible du 25 juin au 1er octobre.
A bientôt !!!
In english :
I am Maël Valais, student of 21 in the south of France. Unfortunatly I'm not in Paris. However I live in the countryside, in a very nice place. I live also in Toulouse.
I'm looking for people for a language exchange ; my main goal being to improve my english. I was recently looking for a US exchange but I abandoned. Thus I plan to find an possibility for an exchange between France and the UK. It would begin the 06/25/2011 and end last up to 3 months later.
See you sooon
Maël
Je suis Maël, étudiant de 21 ans dans le sud de la France. Malheureusement, je n'habite pas à Paris... Par contre, j'habite à la campagne, dans un joli petit village. Je peux aussi habiter à Toulouse, une moyenne-grande ville.
Je suis aussi à la recherche très très active d'un correspondant anglais, dans le but principal de m'améliorer en anglais. J'ai cherché pour les états unis, mais j'ai abandonné il y a une semaine. Je cherche donc un correspondant anglais disponible pour un échange cet été. Je suis disponible du 25 juin au 1er octobre.
A bientôt !!!
In english :
I am Maël Valais, student of 21 in the south of France. Unfortunatly I'm not in Paris. However I live in the countryside, in a very nice place. I live also in Toulouse.
I'm looking for people for a language exchange ; my main goal being to improve my english. I was recently looking for a US exchange but I abandoned. Thus I plan to find an possibility for an exchange between France and the UK. It would begin the 06/25/2011 and end last up to 3 months later.
See you sooon
Maël
Last edited by Mael65; Apr 26th 2011 at 5:13 pm. Reason: I added a translation
Apr 26th 2011, 4:56 pm
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Re: Language exchange
Bonjour. Puisqu'il s'agit d'une demande d'échange, je suppose que tu sais un petit peu parler français, donc je me fais plaisir et j'écris dans ma langue maternelle !!!
Je suis Maël, étudiant de 21 ans dans le sud de la France. Malheureusement, je n'habite pas à Paris... Par contre, j'habite à la campagne, dans un joli petit village. Je peux aussi habiter à Toulouse, une moyenne-grande ville.
Je suis aussi à la recherche très très active d'un correspondant anglais, dans le but principal de m'améliorer en anglais. J'ai cherché pour les états unis, mais j'ai abandonné il y a une semaine. Je cherche donc un correspondant anglais disponible pour un échange cet été. Je suis disponible du 25 juin au 1er octobre.
A bientôt !!!
Maël
Je suis Maël, étudiant de 21 ans dans le sud de la France. Malheureusement, je n'habite pas à Paris... Par contre, j'habite à la campagne, dans un joli petit village. Je peux aussi habiter à Toulouse, une moyenne-grande ville.
Je suis aussi à la recherche très très active d'un correspondant anglais, dans le but principal de m'améliorer en anglais. J'ai cherché pour les états unis, mais j'ai abandonné il y a une semaine. Je cherche donc un correspondant anglais disponible pour un échange cet été. Je suis disponible du 25 juin au 1er octobre.
A bientôt !!!
Maël
Bon courage with your search!