Language exchange pubs in Madrid

There are different ways of exchanging and practicing languages. You can meet someone individually (face to face or virtually), although, you can also join a group of people who usually meet in pubs or cafes purposely  to speak in foreign languages.

These groups usually organize activities with the aim of learning languages: encounters, dinners, cinema, parties, excursions, sports, cultural visits, wine tastings...

Joining them you'll know people who speak English, German, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese, Russian, French, Japanese or Spanish among other languages.

In Babelan, in the section of Language exchange in Madrid, some language groups posted messages about their activites. Here’s a list of some of them:

Club LTL
Offers conversation & cañas every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at 20.30 h. Mainly English and Spanish.
http://www.clubltl.com

Multilinkual
Cinema every Friday and right after language exchange at 4D pub. And other activities. Multilingual (English, German, Italian, Brazilian, Japanese, Spanish...).
http://www.facebook.com/groups/19988858992/

Downtown Madrid
Conversations in a bar every Thursday, from 18 to 23.30 h. Multilingual (English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish).
http://downtownmadrid.es/idiomas.html

Madridbabel
Every Wednesday (20.30 h) and Sunday (19 h) language exchange at a cafe. Weekends other activites such as films, dinners, excursions, sports, parties, etc. Multilingual.
http://madridbabel.weebly.com/

Paradise Uruguay Blog: Montevideo Language Exchange - Uruguayans, expats,...

Interesting language group in Montevideo, Uruguay. If you're around, want practice languages and have fun,   it's a good choice.

• Paradise Uruguay Blog: Montevideo Language Exchange - Uruguayans, expats,...: It’s Friday evening in the Montevideo neighborhood of Pocitos. I am approaching Costa Azul Café where the Montevideo Language Exchange is meeting. I see a long row of tables outside with more than 20 people sitting on each side. As I approach, the subtle humid scent of the city gives way to the smell of pizza.(...)

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Online language exchange

How do you become fluent in 11 languages?

Sometimes, people believes that they cannot learn a language, although they can. Read the following news from the BBC about a student who speak several languages. Amazing!

How do you become fluent in 11 languages?

BBC. 21 February 2012
Twenty-year-old Alex Rawlings has won a national competition to find the UK's most multi-lingual student.

The Oxford University undergraduate can currently speak 11 languages - English, Greek, German, Spanish, Russian, Dutch, Afrikaans, French, Hebrew, Catalan and Italian.

Entrants in the competition run by the publishers Collins had to be aged between 16 and 22 and conversant in multiple languages.

Alex drew on all his skills to tell BBC News about his passion for learning languages and how he came to speak so many.

Watch the video of Alex Rawlings talking about languages in 11 different languages: How do you become fluent in 11 languages?

In addition, you can meet people who is interested in practicing and exchanging languages in Babelan.

Languages of the World

Languages of the World is an excellent blog about languages. It's got posts and discussions about all the languages that you know as well as about others that you don't still know. It examines all the aspects regarding languages.

Asya Pereltsvaig, linguist and educator, is the author of the blog and she states: this site is intended to be a resource and place for discussion for those interested in languages, their histories and their interactions.

Among several posts I would like to recommend the first one I found and read: Languages of the World: Linguistic diversity in Africa and Europe: As can be seen from the map below, Sub-Saharan Africa is one of the world's hotbeds of linguistic diversity. Indeed, the Niger-Congo languag...

Enjoy the world of languages

• Languages of the World: http://languages-of-the-world.blogspot.com

Links

If you want to meet people and practice languages visit: Babelan, people learning, practicing or teaching languages.