Sharing Language Knowledge

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In CouchSurfing there are many members who know more than one language, this means there is an opportunity for teaching and learning new languages. Example: Alice knows French and wants to learn Chinese, Andrea knows Chinese and wants to learn French. Could they meet via CouchSurfing and share their knowledge of languages?

This is a proposal for a new feature (connected with the CouchSurfing University). It is similar to the core reason of FriendsAbroad.com.

How could the feature work?

• a search interface when it is possible to find someone that knows the language we would like to learn or practice and would like to learn the language we know
• few simple technological tools for meeting and learning/teaching the new language
  • some way to agree on a skype (or other voice instant messagging) session on a particular date and time
  • the possibility to have an additional check box that says "Please correct" in the "create new message" screen and a text area in which it is possible to correct the previously sent message (this is the basic feature of FriendsAbroad.com)
• some tool to keep a collaborative list of words, sentences and a snapshot of your improvements.

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