Shared Talk - Perhaps one of the best places on the internet to practice a language. Learn English or help someone learn your language.

English Baby - This site specializes in idioms and slang. Great video and free lessons.

Wordsurfing - Video collections and opportunities to communicate with other students. Free.

Language Exchange - Find Language Exchange partners from around the world to practice and improve your language skills.

My Happy Planet - Learn other languages and share your language skills with peole around the world. Free site.

Conversation Exchange - Practice English with face-to- face conversation, find a penpal, or chat in text and voice. Free site but not a lot of members so far.

The Language Exchange - This site seems to have a lot of members who want to practice their English or teach someone else their language.

LiveMocha - Livemocha blends self-paced lessons, a vibrant community, and interactive tools to help you talk to the world. Definitely one of the best free sites out there.

Talk and Learn - Create your profile, upload pictures, make friends and chat with other members in English.

Language for Exchange - This is a language exchange community which allows people to make contact with users from other countries and organize their own exchanges to learn a native language.

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