Have I to leave from Italki?

I am American, so I would not say mates.  I would say Hi friends. ..  . I think you have a typo for with.  Here goes!   I am looking for people who would like a  Spanish/English language exchange (not interchange)  on a regular basis.  I am thinking of leaving this site because it is too difficult to find someone with whom I can have an exchange.  (who wantS to share their skills with others.)  I have only had one exchange here.  Does anyone know of a site where people actually get to have an exchange?  I have corrected the work of other people , but I have only had one or two of my writings corrected.

  Rafael

Hi Rafael, I think there are several reasons that it is difficult on Italki to find a language partner.  The real purpose of this site is to find a teacher, not find a language partner, although some people do.  I am an English teacher on here and I was asked so often about exchanges that I write on my profile that I do not do exchanges.  One of the big problems is that English partners are in high demand because so many people from so many other languages want to learn English so it is very easy for us to find partners on many sites, but maybe, for example,  Portuguese speakers  or another language that is not so much in demand   have trouble finding people, but those of us who speak English do not have trouble.  I assume that you speak Spanish which is also popular, but it is still difficult to find someone to speak English with because of the demand.  Even though I teach on here, I come here and take informal or conversations classes and prefer to pay than to depend on people who want exchanges. Often they are not consistent and show up sometimes and not others. Also you both have to be at approximately the same language level.  Many people want to take over the whole time and you are left with about 10 minutes to practice the language that you want.  I have had little success with the language exchanges., although   I have had a few that worked out well., but not from this site.  The sites I used are not in use anymore.   I don't take Spanish on here because I already speak it, but I study Italian, French, and Portuguese  here.  Many teachers do not charge that much and I prefer to pay for a class than deal with the problems with a language partner.  Good luck. In the meantime watch a lot of tv shows in English. However, try not to learn the slang because often a non-native speaker does not use it correctly and also it changes often.  That is why I don't recommend music on You Tube because so many slang expressions are used that may not even be used 2 months from now and bad grammar is very often used.  Read easy books.  I don't know where you live, but if you get a chance to practice with a native speaker "go for it".  For example, I was in a doctor's office the other day and an older woman was speaking to a younger woman in Spanish.  I went over to them and in Spanish, I said, "Oh, is this the Spanish corner?" ! Spanish speakers are especially friendly so I had no problem doing it.  Then we laughed and chatted for a long time and the women were grandmother and granddaughter.  The granddaughter wanted my phone number because she said she was bored living with her grandmother who only wanted to watch mass and only went out to church. So I made a new friend.  Don't be afraid to talk to English speakers every chance you get. Good luck!