I joined a group that Jakko created on whatsap and it's a blast (lots of fun)!

We're still experimenting since this is a new idea, but what we are planning to get together a couple of native speakers for a bunch of different languages. Each native speaker will record themselves saying the phrase or sentence of the day in their native language (Monday through Friday). All the other members then record themselves trying to say the words and the native speakers listen and help with pronunciation and answer questions. We will support and coach each other. From then on all of us will know how to say that sentence in all the languages! 

We are making a website where all the pronunciations are going to be stored for easy access to review. 

The other important part is that we chat with each other when we want to. Each day of the week is for different languages. So, since I know Spanish I will be able to chat as much as I want on "Spanish Day" with our two Spanish speakers and others who know enough Spanish to participate. This coming Monday is going to be "Chinese Day" so our members who speak Mandarin will be chatting. Eventually every member will be chatting every day when we learn enough! I can't wait for that day.

Everyone has at least a basic ability in English so that we can all communicate somewhat in English, but you don't have to be advanced. A lot of English chatting is thrown in too so everyone can still participate in English if you want to. You don't have to know other languages to join, you just have to be very motivated to learn and to help others to learn your native language. Don't worry about your level. That's not important at all. I am saying my first words in all but one of the languages I'm learning in the group.

You need to have whatsap to participate.

We expect that you will need to be able to dedicate about half an hour a day Monday through Friday to learning and participating and a little more on your native language day to correct people, answer questions about your language, record your native voice for us etc. You can silence whatsap when you do not want to participate. We would like two native speakers of each language in case one person isn't available on a certain day. Time zone differences don't seem to be making any kind of problem at all since you can look and listen whenever you want to.

So far we have a really nice group of very sweet and dedicated people, but we have room for more! I am posting this because there are a few languages that I personally really want to learn for which we have no members yet.

Here's a list of who we have and whether we need another. The ideal is to have 2 dedicated members from each language who participate fully. So far, here's what we have:
English - ME! There is another English speaker but he's not participating much so we are looking for another native English speaker as well. We had English Day yesterday and it was great fun.
Portuguese - We're handled there. Jakko, (the teacher who started the group) is Brazillian and there is another wonderful Brazillian member as well.
Spanish - We have two members who speak Spanish. One is from Uruguay and one is from Spain. Both are great!
German - We have one fantastic member, so there is an opening for another wonderful German person if anyone is interested.
Russian - We have one member who just started so there is room for another.
Mandarin - We have a member from Taiwan who joined the other day so there is room for another Mandarin speaker.
Italian - We have one member who is going to start soon, so there is room for another Italian speaker.

The other languages that I myself want to attract members for are:
French
Japanese
Hawaiian (if by some miracle we could find a native speaker I would jump up and down with glee!

If you speak a language not listed and want to join please post or write to me! We are very open to all ideas and language possibilities. 

Thanks!