IWTYAL 019: How to find someone to speak with

Steve asks: “The thing I most struggle with is not having anyone to speak with. I live in a rural part of the country so there are no Japanese language courses or classes.”

In this episode:

• Why it's important to start speaking
• Why you won't necessarily speak very much by taking a language class
• Where to find people to speak with locally
• Where to find people to speak with online

Resources featured in this episode:

• 60secondfluencytest.com – a video I made about the importance of starting to speak

Places to find language exchanges locally:

• Conversationexchange.com
• Meetup.com
• Craiglist.com

Places to find language exchanges and teachers online:

• iTalki.com
• Conversationexchange.com
• Wespeke.com
• Verbling.com
• Tandemexchange.com
• Mylanguageexchange.com
• Livemocha.com
• Languageforexchange.com

Today's featured resource:

• 12 steps to finding your perfect language teacher online – my step-by-step guide to getting set up with a speaking partner right now

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Olly Richards

Creator of the StoryLearning® Method

Olly Richards is a renowned polyglot and language learning expert with over 15 years of experience teaching millions through his innovative StoryLearning® method. He is the creator of StoryLearning, one of the world's largest language learning blogs with 500,000+ monthly readers.

Olly has authored 30+ language learning books and courses, including the bestselling "Short Stories" series published by Teach Yourself.

When not developing new teaching methods, Richards practices what he preaches—he speaks 8 languages fluently and continues learning new ones through his own methodology.