FriendsAbroad for language learning: One-on-one, a helping hand to success.

by dongguahehe on 2006-11-17 23:53:56

Forgive me for using such a俗title, but actually I just want to introduce friendsabroad to everyone. The reason why I thought of this title is because of an idea from one of my elementary school teacher's top students helping the struggling students. That is, each top student was assigned to be responsible for helping a struggling student improve their academic performance. The teacher called it "one-on-one help". Friendsabroad and my teacher's activity are pretty much based on the same concept: language learning through interactive friendships.

After registering on friendsabroad, you can choose your proficient language, the language you want to learn, and also the languages that interest you. Then, you can find a friend who is proficient in the language you want to learn and who also wants to learn the language you are good at (feels a bit awkward -_-|||).

Making friends while learning is quite interesting (seems like my elementary school teacher came up with this idea earlier, after all, in primary school 'good students' and 'bad students' were two opposing factions), but will it be very efficient? Doubtful, as learning ultimately relies on one's own self-discipline.

I chose English. If anyone is good at English, they can go to friendsabroad and contact me to teach me. I'm purely an English idiot!