How do you prepare for a language exchange? Hi everyone! I've been learning languages for a couple of years, and what I struggle with most is having a successful/productive language exchange. Quite often it goes so badly as to put me off learning altogether! Typically, speaking English (my native language) is ok as their ability would be good enough to have an open-ish discussion. Speaking their language (Mandarin at the time) with my limited ability was basically impossible as they didn't know my vocab/grammar level, so most of the conversation was spent asking "what does this word mean?" "What is the meaning of this sentence?" which was then followed by me failing to understand their explanation... I imagine this is due to a lack of preparation beforehand... Can anyone chime in on this? Thank you!