About Bilingual Chat
Bilingual Chat is an online community of people around the globe who are learning foreign languages.
-Practice your language skills with native speakers completely FREE
-Help others learn your native language
-Learn about international culture & travel
-Email, enter chat rooms, IM, & video/voice chat
-Read interesting blogs & forums in other languages
-Browse and add language resources
-Make friends from around the world
-Advance your language proficiency in your own home & on your own schedule...
Instead of memorizing vocabulary words and performing tedious translations and verb conjugations, members of BilingualChat can practice their language skills with native speakers - in a relaxed, fun atmosphere without even opening a book or stepping foot outside their homes. Are you an English person wanting to improve your Russian, for example? No problem. Bilingual Chat will allow you to connect with someone in Russia who wants to practice his or her English in exchange for helping you with your Russian! All you have to do is create your free profile and start searching.
You can email, send instant messages, enter group chat rooms, and have one-on-one video and/or voice chats. There’s loads of other resources as well – you can also practice your foreign language by reading other members’ blogs, write on discussion boards, and read jokes and quotes. And even if you aren’t studying a foreign language but you are interested in international culture, you can still make friends from around the world, help others with their English, learn about foreign countries, and get some valuable travel advice. Bilingual Chat is a global initiative for language exchange that facilitates cultural understanding, promotes global communication, crosses virtual borders and breaks language barriers. Language swaps (tandems) with international pen pals are the best ways to improve your writing and speaking skills. Find a conversation partner today!
In The Press
What the press is saying about Bilingual Chat:
Eagle News (Florida Gulf Coast University)
Michigan Daily (University of Michigan)
The Pendulum (Elon University)
The Corsair (Santa Monica College)
Testimonials
"As a former English Language teacher at Aston English School in Jinan, PR China, I would like to fully endorse Bilingual Chat as the one stop shop for all my students to build on their lessons. It provides a free and easy to use online facility where they can engage with native speakers from around the world. I have traveled extensively around the world and am always amazed at the eagerness of people to learn English and communicate with people from different parts of the world. I believe Bilingual Chat will greatly aid in many people being able to achieve this." -J.D. Holmes, England
"Bilingual Chat is a great idea and I have always looked forward to joining some forum like this when i was learning German during college years. Great initiative." -Raji Hariharan, psychologist, India
"Hi Jamie! Thank you for this briliant idea. You are helping so many people around the world and me the most. All the best!" -Val Popa, Romania, member of Bilingual Chat
"I love the Idea a lot. Actually I'll start to publish & share the idea with my friends in my community (Univ. - Family - Friends - etc). It's a great experience we all should have to improve our language skills." -Mosab Mahmoud Amer, student of Foreign Language and Translation
"Bilingual Chat sounds like an amazing and interesting tool for language learners."
Miguel Fenton, Marketing Manager, International Association of Language Centres
"Found site set to be next big thing" -David Stoch, entrepreneur speaking of Bilingual Chat
"Muchas gracias por crear un sitio como este!! A los que aprendemos idiomas nos hace mucha falta!!!!" -Josep Nus, Spain, member of Bilingual Chat
"I would like to thank the person who made this site. All my respect for you Jamie" -Moustafa Salem, Egypt, member of Bilingual Chat
"Bilingual Chat fills a hole in the market place. it provides a solution to language learners globally seeking to enhance their skills, whether that is within a family or a global business environment" -Graeme McGowan, ex UK government official in Security and Intelligence
"From the bottom of my heart I want to say to you Jamie, thank you so much. Allow me to say that people like you make this world a better place for all. Once again thank you and may God richly bless you in all you do" -Lawrence, Trinidad and Tobago, member of Bilingual Chat
Nicole Librandi, an adjunct Italian professor at Elon University, said Bilingual Chat can serve as a nice supplement to classes or books. "It would be different from the classroom experience specifically because it would provide a real-life chance to use Italian"
"I would use it," said junior at Florida Gulf Coast University, Laura Binetti. "It would be good to use because people who don't know English would benefit from it too, and everyone would get a better understanding (for other cultures)."
"I think this will be really good for me to practice conversing with Spanish speakers before I go to South America in the summer," said Santa Monica College student Allison Ten. "I've heard that people can take Spanish for years in school but when they get to Mexico or Spain they struggle to understand."
