meetups in Towson or DC are too far away. the one at Columbia library is only once a month. anyone interested? online? public place? i'm far from fluent, and am a 50 year old married guy just looking to speak more German.

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Medium_Reading_861 t1_iqqbmh3 wrote on October 2, 2022 at 9:36 AM

I’m a Spanish language learner and I know how tough it is to find a good language partner. Are used to use italki, but they eliminated their exchange feature and now they only support tutoring and lessons. I found this though which seems interesting and I think I’m gonna try it:

> Many people who use Couchsurfing are searching for a place to sleep in a foreign city. However, what’s lesser known is that the website can also be helpful in finding language partners. The majority of Couchsurfing members don’t actually host, but rather have their status set to “Coffee or a drink“. In the advanced search function you can find potential language partners simply by selecting your current city and setting “language” to your target language (in this case German). With over two million members on Couchsurfing, success is very likely. Plus, it’s free!

Maybe it’ll work for you too

penultimateNoob OP t1_iqswu3f wrote on October 2, 2022 at 9:14 PM

Thanks M_R_861, I will give this a shot!

Troophead t1_is3kz0t wrote on October 13, 2022 at 1:19 AM

YAAAAAY, GERMAN! /u/penultimateNoob, I just saw on a flyer that here's now another monthly World Languages Cafe meetup at Miller Library in Ellicott City. It's one Thursday a month. The next meetup is tomorrow, 10/13 from 7-8:45pm. (After that, the next meetups at Miller are Nov. 10th and Dec. 8th.)

The East Columbia Library monthly meetups are still ongoing, one Tuesday per month. (Upcoming: 10/25, 11/22, 12/13, 7-9pm.) So you could alternate and get your German fix every other week.

I'm in a German class currently that ends in November, but I should have more time for meetups next month!

penultimateNoob OP t1_itobck2 wrote on October 25, 2022 at 2:41 AM

ugh... sorry for not checking my emails, but thanks for the info for another WLC meetup on 11/10, will give that a shot! Also going to tomorrow's at hclibrary, maybe see you there! btw, ich heiße Todd.

Troophead t1_itqc097 wrote on October 25, 2022 at 3:09 PM

No problem, good to hear back from you! I can't make HCLibrary tonight, since my German class meets on Tuesdays of all things, but I definitely look forward to the WLC meetup on Thursday, 11/10! I'm gonna see if I can get anyone else from my German class to show up too. :D

penultimateNoob OP t1_itr8moo wrote on October 25, 2022 at 6:39 PM

What is the class you are taking?

I'm gonna skip out on tonight as well, caught a cold last week (not covid) and need to get some rest/sleep.

Troophead t1_iu05he8 wrote on October 27, 2022 at 4:03 PM

Hope you feel better! We're getting towards the end of my class, since it's a fall semester beginner German class at a local college. If you're ready to practice conversational German, you definitely know everything from the class already. :)