Language Partners in Beijing

While you are here in Beijing, after Chinese class, instead of hanging out with foreign students and speaking English, why not try to find some Chinese friends?

You could then teach him or her about your language and culture, while learning at the same time about Chinese language and culture.

Why not learning Chinese with a language partner next to taking classes?

Here are some great reasons from www.ConversationExchange.com:

It's fun and you can make new friends from different cultures
You learn slang and colloquial expressions you don't usually learn in a language class
You practice both listening and speaking at the same time. If you also want to practice writing and reading, you can do so by exchanging emails with your language exchange partner
It's a very fast and effective language learning method

So what are you waiting for?

Here are some examples of websites that help people from different countries interact with each others: