Language partners Hi everybody, I would like to make a special mention to a few persons, so-called language partners, that have been helping me out for the past 3 months. Firstly, I'd like to say that finding a language partner who shares the same rhythm and willing to study as you do isn't easy. Most of them, and I'm telling you about my experience, talk to you once or twice, until they do not stay in touch with you anymore. But that's ok, this way you can filter your partners to those people that are really interested in studying and sharing their skills. I'll describe some characteristics of these persons, who I'm really thankful for their contributions to improving my language skills. Mr. A was the first language partner I kept in touch with, since when I signed up to italki earlier in February. He is an American who is learning Portuguese. So we both exchange small talk's vocabulary in our target language. Mr. B is a Greek dude, he told me a lot of cool stuff about Greek culture, helped me out with my first Greek words and sentences, and he's also interested in Spanish and German. Mr. C is a compatriot of mine. He is an academic teacher, law-line professional, and a very gentle man (or gentleman?). Though we both are Brazilian (and I've gotta tell you guys, Brazilians do not like to study English with compatriots), we just have realized how exchanging tips and solving doubts by mixing English and Portuguese would help ourselves very much. From China, I had met Mr. D, who is a young Chinese student, who is in his last year in high school, and he intends to attend college next year. He has a rigid study routine, he's very dedicated and committed to his studies, and has been improving his languages skills through scholar exams, traveling abroad, and keeping in touch with other language learners on italki. Besides texting in English via a Chinese message app, he's giving me some tips about Chinese greetings. The last, but not the least, Mr. E is a young adult man from Sri Lanka. We both share the same professional line, which is IT. But he is the best so far. He has very good language skills, and an interesting professional background linked to that. He also is a very polite guy who has been helping me to improve my speaking/listening skills. I also would like to thank italki.com for creating this amazing virtual learning environment platform which spread knowledge worldwide, and all the people who eventually had been in touch with me, you guys helped me a lot.

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