How Can You Benefit From an Online Chemistry Tutor Center?

How Can You Benefit From an Online Chemistry Tutor Center?Many students enrolled in the online chemistry tutor center consider themselves to be lukewarm when it comes to the idea of such a center. Some have felt that there is something intellectually missing from the knowledge acquired through online tutoring, but they are also just concerned with the costs and safety of such an endeavor.The moment a student decides that he or she needs to take up this course online, the first question that pops into mind is whether or not it is safe to do so. Naturally, safety should always be a priority, and this course can be as well without as much trouble as the traditional kind. Still, there are those students who are apprehensive about taking up the online course.Although studying in the scientific field is not a new idea, it still presents a number of opportunities that allow the student to learn more. Aside from being able to improve his or her own skills and knowledge in chemistry, the scie nce would also prove to be a rewarding career, especially in the present global scenario. And why not? Just think of the number of people who contribute to the world via their contributions to science!Perhaps, the greatest benefit of studying in the online tutor center is that you can take the course at your own pace, whatever may be your schedule. By paying a small fee, the facility lets you select the time that you wish to take the course. Some students might choose to study all day, while others may take a break, while still others might have a preferred set of subjects to focus on.By enrolling in the online tutoring center, you are able to get the benefits of a virtual classroom, with a classroom leader that can guide you throughout the course. This way, you will be able to study in peace, without worrying about others around you. In addition, if you find that you are having difficulties in studying, then you will be able to reach out to the instructors and ask for help. Also, b ecause you can learn a great deal in the online chemistry tutor center, you will get the chance to gain a deeper understanding of the subject.The online tutor center would also provide the opportunity to interact with other students who have taken the same course, or have similar interests. You could ask them questions that may come to your mind and as well as discuss various problems that you may have in studying.In order to get all the benefits of the online chemistry tutor center, you should bear in mind the fact that you must come prepared. Once you have arrived at your location, you will still need to meet your instructor and make sure that you are ready to start the course.

Three Word Phrasal Verbs

Three Word Phrasal Verbs Ugh! I know MORE phrasal verbs. But they are so important! I recently read that a native English speaker uses 30 phrasal verbs in 5 minutes of speaking. So like it or not, if you want to understand us, youve got to learn phrasal verbs.This week we are looking at 3 word phrasal verbs. For example: feel up to, get over with, get along with, put up with, screw out of, talk down to, look forward to. You can see from the list that there is a verb + an adverb + a preposition. Watch the video to find out more about the 3 word phrasal verbs and the rules:Complete the sentence with the correct phrasal verb in the correct tense from the list above. Write your answer in comments and we will respond.1. I couldnt ___ __ ___ her complaining anymore. I finally just blew up and yelled at her.2. Im really _____ ____ __ meeting my new Yoga teacher. Ive heard great things about her.3. I was so sick over Thanksgiving that I didnt ___ __ __ eating any turkey.4. Im really stressed out about the interview. I cant wait to ___ it ___ ____.5. Do you ___ ____ ____ your in-laws?6. Even if you think the rules are unfair you have to ____ ___ ____ them. An 1. I couldn’t feel up to her complaining anymore. I finally just blew up and yelled at her. 2. I’m really looking foward to meeting my new Yoga teacher. I’ve heard great things about her. 3. I was so sick over Thanksgiving that I didn’t __? __ __ eating any turkey. 4. I’m really stressed out about the interview. I can’t wait to get it over with. 5. Do you get along (get on) with your in-laws? 6. Even if you think the rules are unfair you have to put up with them. LOIEnglish AnGood work.Question #1: put up with (cant stand, cant endure) Question #3: feel up to LOIEnglish PH Rodriguesphrasal verbs are always challenging. In December we will have a phrasal verb coming out daily. But here is a quick translationput up with-agüentarlook forward to-ansiosos parafeel up to-sentia ateget it over with-acabar com issoget along with-da r-se bem com Rafa 1. I couldn’t GET ALONG WITH her complaining anymore. I finally just blew up and yelled at her.2. I’m really LOOKING FORWARD TO meeting my new Yoga teacher. I’ve heard great things about her.3. I was so sick over Thanksgiving that I didn’t LOOK FORWARD TO eating any turkey.4. I’m really stressed out about the interview. I can’t wait to GET it OVER WITH.5. Do you GET ALONG WITH your in-laws?6. Even if you think the rules are unfair you have to GET ALONG WITH them. LOIEnglish Rafa thanks for answering. You had some difficulties with Question #1, 3, and 6. PH Rodrigues Thanks a lot. So let me try:1. I couldnt PUT UP WITH her complaining anymore. I finally just blew up and yelled at her. 2. Im really LOOKING FORWARD TO meeting my new Yoga teacher. Ive heard great things about her. 3. I was so sick over Thanksgiving that I didnt FEEL UP TO eating any turkey. 4. Im really stressed out about the interview. I cant wait to GET it OVER WITH. 5. Do you GET ALON G WITH your in-laws? 6. Even if you think the rules are unfair you have to PUT UP WITH them. LOIEnglish Nice work! Ilka 1)put ut to 2)looking forward to 3) feel up to 4) get it over with 5)get along with 6) put up with LOIEnglish IlkaThanks for answering.Question #1: put up with Good work! luca lattarini Hi, below I answered to list that you put forward me, but first of all id like to ask you a question.Has the phrasal verbs ( get it over with) a meaning equals to overcome?1-put up with 2-look forward to 3-feel up4-get it over with 5-get along with 6-put up withbye LOIEnglish Good work Luca. Question #3: Also needs to feel up to. The answer your question is, it is similar but could not be used in the same sentence. The definition for get something over with is to complete an unpleasant task.I need to get my dentist appointment over with. (to complete or finish an unpleasant task, in this case; dentist appointment)We need the power to overcome poverty and racial divisions in our country. (to succeed in dealing with a grand problem) Binh 1. put up with 2. look forward to 3.go in for4. 5. get on with 6.

English Idioms Related to Goals - English Lesson via Skype

English Idioms Related to Goals - English Lesson via Skype Today were going to look at common English idioms related to goals and to achieving goals.A new year is a great time to set out your goals for the future whether they are  personal or business orientated (connected to).It is important when setting goals to follow  some basic guidelines:you want to ensure that your goals are achievable (do not make them  too hard or too easy),you want to be able to measure them (need to have some way to  determine if you are successful or not) andyou should commit your goals to paper (write  them down) and place them somewhere you will see them everyday (on your fridge or your  desk) and finally review them regularly so there are no surprises (check your progress, do  you need to do something differently). Enjoyed this infographic? Here’s what you can do next: 10 English Idioms Related to Goals Before you start off on your goals we need to look at the preparation.1. BUCKLE DOWNWe use this to tell ourselves it is time to get to work and start your project.Example: Come on, its time to buckle down to these goals and get started.2. EXPLORE ALL AVENUESBefore you start it is a good idea to do your research and understand clearly what your goals are.Example: I really explored all avenues open to me and eventually decided that this was the best option.3. LAY THE FOUNDATIONSIf you wish to be successful at anything it is really important to prepare and get everything ready.It is like building a house. You would never build a house unless you prepare the ground first and dig your foundations.So before attempting any goal  make sure you lay the foundations, do your preparation and the goal should be achieved  more easily.4. HAVE A BEE IN YOUR BONNETto be obsessed by an idea, to be constantly occupied with thoughtsExample: Peter has a bee in his bonnet about healthy eating.5. DIG YOUR HEELS INto refuse to do something or change your mind about somethingExample: She dug her heels in and said she wouldnt speak with me anymore.7. GET YOU TEETH INTO SOMETHINGto put a lot of effort into somethingExample: She really got her teeth into the writing. English Idioms related to Goals - Infographic When you have finished your project and you can review whether you have succeeded or not  and whether you are satisfied with the results.If you are satisfied, you can use the following idioms for achieving goals:7. BEYOND MY WILDEST DREAMSIf you have really over achieved you will be absolutely  delighted and excited with your results.Example: I lost so much weight this time I am really happy it is beyond my wildest dreams!8. GO THE EXTRA MILEto put more work or effort than is expected of youExample: Sarah went the extra mile to achieve academic success last year.9. BLOOD, SWEAT and TEARSWhen you dedicated a lot of time and effort and energy into your project you can take even greater pleasure from any success.Example: I worked so hard at my goals, I gave it everything (I did as much as I could). I gave blood sweat and tears for this (I was 100% committed).10. AT ALL COSTSWhen you were determined to succeed no matter what it took you can say I did  it (or I was prepared to do it) at a ll costs.Example: When I set out on this project I was determined that nothing would get in my way. No matter how long I had to spend or how hard I had to work I was determined to succeed. I did it at all costs. Sometimes (occasionally) we are not as successful as we had hoped. In these situations we  can say we came up short or fell short of our desired goal. It is not a total failure but just  under the target we set out. From time to time the reason for our lack of success may be due  to someone else.For example, if in a work environment you are trying to achieve your sales  target but you miss out (fail) because your boss increased the targets half way through the  sales period then we can say:I missed my target because someone moved the goal posts! (the boss increased your target).If the reason why we did not succeed is due to our own  mistake then we might be accused of scoring an own goal! (we caused the mistake ourselves).ex. If you have a big sales target to achieve in the month and half way through the month you  take a few days holiday then you might be guilty of scoring an own goal! (literally an own  goal is a football expression which means you put (kicked) the ball in to your own goal by  accident and gave the advantage to the other team).Hope youve enjoyed this post. As always, I would appreciate if you could share these English Idioms related to Goals with your friends. Lets speak better English!

Georgia`s Black Families Replace Schools With Tutors

Georgia`s Black Families Replace Schools With Tutors Georgias black families now gravitate to tutoring and homeschooling. This fact is surprising because in the 1960, they fought a hard battle to gain access to the public school system. Today, this hard-won victory appears to be in vain as more and more black families leaving public schools and turn towards tutoring and homeschooling. One of these parents is Nikita Bush, former public school teacher, now homeschooling mom. She explains: Despite the promises of the civil rights movement, people are starting to realize that public education in America was designed for the masses of poor, and its intent has been to trap poor people into being workers and servants. If you dont want that for your children, then you look for something else, she says. This sentiment is statistically supported by a poll conducted by the Leadership Conference Education Fund which concluded: Nine-out-of-ten African Americans and 84 percent of Latinos disagree that students today work hard enough and instead believe that students should be challenged more to help ensure they are successful later in life. In another study the reading, math and language scores of black home-schooled and tutored students in Georgia was compared with back public schooled students. In all three categories students who received tutoring at home outperformed their counterparts by a large margin. Why are black students in the state of Georgia so successful? Cheryl Fields-Smith, a professor of education at the University of Georgia, knows the reason: Georgia has less bad regulations. Fields-Smith explains, While most states prohibit homeschooling parents from tutoring anybody except their own children, Georgia has no such restriction. That has given rise to co-ops, where, in essence, groups of parents serve as rotating tutors, based on their own skill sets, talents, and fortes. It is surprising how this relatively small piece legislative easement can give rise to better educated black students. Moreover, Georgias excellent tutors support this positive fact, many of whom now work on TutorZ. Georgia`s Black Families Replace Schools With Tutors Georgias black families now gravitate to tutoring and homeschooling. This fact is surprising because in the 1960, they fought a hard battle to gain access to the public school system. Today, this hard-won victory appears to be in vain as more and more black families leaving public schools and turn towards tutoring and homeschooling. One of these parents is Nikita Bush, former public school teacher, now homeschooling mom. She explains: Despite the promises of the civil rights movement, people are starting to realize that public education in America was designed for the masses of poor, and its intent has been to trap poor people into being workers and servants. If you dont want that for your children, then you look for something else, she says. This sentiment is statistically supported by a poll conducted by the Leadership Conference Education Fund which concluded: Nine-out-of-ten African Americans and 84 percent of Latinos disagree that students today work hard enough and instead believe that students should be challenged more to help ensure they are successful later in life. In another study the reading, math and language scores of black home-schooled and tutored students in Georgia was compared with back public schooled students. In all three categories students who received tutoring at home outperformed their counterparts by a large margin. Why are black students in the state of Georgia so successful? Cheryl Fields-Smith, a professor of education at the University of Georgia, knows the reason: Georgia has less bad regulations. Fields-Smith explains, While most states prohibit homeschooling parents from tutoring anybody except their own children, Georgia has no such restriction. That has given rise to co-ops, where, in essence, groups of parents serve as rotating tutors, based on their own skill sets, talents, and fortes. It is surprising how this relatively small piece legislative easement can give rise to better educated black students. Moreover, Georgias excellent tutors support this positive fact, many of whom now work on TutorZ.

Reading for Kids How to Motivate a Child to Read Books

Reading for Kids How to Motivate a Child to Read Books In our age of the mass media and the Internet children prefer to spend time watching TV or playing computer games. Very few juniors realize that reading a book may be just as exciting and breathtaking as watching a movie of the same story. However, experienced readers know that impressions after reading a good book may be even more breathtaking than after viewing an action movie.  Besides, reading is extremely useful for a young mind: reading develops imagination and emotional qualities, reading is brilliant gymnastics for the brain, reading improves memory and enlarges vocabulary, reading helps kids learn  attention focusing and patience, reading stimulates cognitive capacity, reading is a source of knowledge about the world. What can parents do to arouse a child’s interest in reading? It is very important to start  instilling a love of reading into children at infancy. This implies not just work on qualities of a small person but mostly work on your own laziness. It is much easier to allow a child to watch colorful cartoons instead of spending hours with the child reading books aloud. However, thoughtful parents may not neglect all of the benefits of raising an intelligent and clever child in spite of all additional efforts needed. The parents’ way of life is the best example of proper behavior for their children. So the best and easiest way for parents to teach children to love reading is to inspire them by personal example. Kids always imitate the behavior of their parents. If a baby often sees books in mother’s or father’s hands, the baby will want to have the same “toy” too. Books may become the favorite playthings of a child long before he or she learns to read. With the due diligence of  the parents there is even a chance that using books as toys will not necessarily lead to their destruction. The next milestone is to start to read aloud to a child as early as possible. This not only imparts reading skills to a baby, even if a baby cannot understand all the words yet this stimulates the development of auditory perception, curiosity and thinking abilities. If a child hears a new word or a new unclear fact or idea this evokes natural curiosity, incites a kid to ask questions and to get at the roots of things. There is an obstacle that prevents most children from reading books   television. Many children, as well as adults, can’t imagine life without TV. Of course, there are many useful and informative programs for children on TV and it is not possible to reject television completely. But it is necessary to make it clear to a child that a book contains advanced variants of a film version of a story. The main thing is that, before they watch a film version, children must develop their own vision of a story. So that the book has been imprinted in child’s memory as the original source and the child has developed his own cognitive experience. So beware that you must not allow children to spend too much time being glued to the TV. Another very important point is a selection of books for little listeners and readers but it is a rich topic which deserves to be reviewed in a separate article. In the beginning the major task is to detect genres and authors that holds a child’s attention most of all. Reading books is extremely useful on all stages of personal development from early childhood when children only begin to understand the world by listening to books read by their parents till the mature age when books provide knowledge needed for spiritual growth and adaptation to age crises. Books teach to love, to empathize, to analyze actions and to trace cause-and-effect relations between events. Reading books contributes to the development of a holistic and well-balanced personality. Help your child to grow up to be a reader! TutorZ.com, a nationwide tutoring referral service, offers a wide range of reading tutors in any US city: Los Angeles, Phoenix, Atlanta, Chicago, Philadelphia, New York, Portland, Houston, Miami or in any other city.

How to Start Off Your Fall Internship With a Strong Foundation

How to Start Off Your Fall Internship With a Strong Foundation via Interns Australia Internships are an extraordinary time to put what you have been learning into practice and to gain some experience in the working world, and hopefully, in the field you would like to work in someday. Interns often receive a lot of guidance and support from those who supervise their work and those who work alongside them that puts them in a good position to succeed after graduating. Like any new experience, there is initially some trepidation on the first day coupled with the goal of making a good impression. Making a good impression could mean a full-time job in the future as well as good references and lifelong friends. With that in mind, there are a few things you can do to ensure your internship is well-worth the time and effort. Seek the right internship opportunity Avoid getting into an internship just because some of the students in your class have one. If you do this, you will most likely take the first one you find and not receive the full benefit of such an experience. Begin your search by asking questions: How does this relate to my academic goals? Is this needed to receive class credit? Will I be able to use this experience on my resume and/or in the working world? Is the company I’m choosing worth the time and effort? Questions like these can help guide you to the right internship. Set personal goals and expectations for the experience The more goals you set for yourself, the more likely you are to succeed. The more expectations you set for yourself, the better you’re going to be at holding yourself to a certain standard. The company or organization has goals that you will be a part of achieving and setting your own goals inside the company goals means you can personally achieve too. Go into an internship expecting to do what your supervisor tells you, but also be prepared to take initiative and make the opportunity one that is worthwhile. Almost every situation can be a learning experience if we make it so. Meet the people you will be working with beforehand People help to make companies what they are so it is a good idea to reach out and connect with some of the people you’ll be working with. Doing so can help you learn more about the company, the type of characteristics it looks for in its employees, and the goals of the company. A face to face meeting is sometimes possible, but if not, simply research them. LinkedIn can be a very good source of information as well as a simple Google search of their name. Develop lifelong connections early Internships are an opportunity for you to develop connections with people that will last a lifetime. You will always be able to refer to those connections if you have a question or even if you need a recommendation. Further, you can place your internship on your resume for future job applications and count the skills you developed as part of your repertoire. Be prepared to do your best work Like anything in life, you must give it your very best shot. Those who make the best grades, many times, aren’t necessarily the smartest, but they work the hardest and are committed to doing excellent work. Giving your best isn’t just an activity; it is a state of mind and enhances your personal well-being. One reason is that when we do our best work, we not only help reach the overall goal and impress the boss, we also feel good about our performance. Seek out advice from your supervisor and coworkers Be ready and willing to ask questions. Many times, interns fear asking questions because they think it will come across as stupid or it will be overlooked because of their age. That is almost never the case. In most instances, people are willing to answer your questions and give you advice when and where you need it. Seeking advice and asking questions is part of what it means to learn. If we dont understand or know something, we ask. Even Google is willing and ready to give us answers; all we have to do is type in the question. Of course, it takes practice but over time, you will learn a lot more by overcoming that fear and reaching out. Internships, like most everything else, are what you make it. With classes and other duties, you can still make your experience a rewarding one with the suggestions above. Once you get past the first day, I promise, it will become easier. And if you’re not in your final year yet, you may want to consider doing another one for the fun, the connections, and the experience.

4 Brilliant Interactive Resources to Use in Your Language Learning

4 Brilliant Interactive Resources to Use in Your Language Learning 4 Types of Neat Interactive Tools for Learning a Language Online Humans need to interact.In our daily lives, we send each other pictures, text, chat, meet up for coffee and plan get-togethers.So why should language learning be any different?Books are great, but sometimes you need to add some fun, interactive resources into the mix!Interactive learning resources can mean a world of difference in your language learning.They can help create community, or simply provide feedback.Even online apps and tools can go a long way to making your learning feel relevant and connected.Theyre a breath of fresh air, and including them in your language learning journey will keep you motivated and having fun.So take a break from traditional learning methods, and start using some interactive resources online! 4 Types of Neat Interactive Tools for Learning a Language Online1. Journal with PurposeSome  of the coolest online resources are language-learning blogs and diaries. On these sites, you can post a blog entry in your target language, and native speakers will co rrect your grammar.Turnaround is quick, so you can often have your corrections within the same day. And since more than one native can correct your entry, you’ll often get more than one right way to express a conceptâ€"that’s great help in developing nuance. You also can ask them to clarify their corrections. All in all, it’s a great way to practice writing!Popular Journaling WebsitesLang-8: The most well-known journaling site, Lang-8 has a huge community, and you wont have difficulty finding native speakers to correct your work. Correct others entries in your native language to rack up points and increase your visibility on the site!italki: While italki is better known for its language exchanges and tutoring, it also provides a platform for those of us who want to focus on writing. The Notebook feature  works much like Lang-8, although the community often uses it more for asking questions about the target language.How to Maximize Online JournalsSo, you’ve decided to make an account on either Lang-8 or iTalki. Now what? How can you get the most out your language practice?Mix in SRSIf you use an SRS (spaced repetition system), you can enter corrected sentences into flashcards so that you review the corrections with regularity. You can enter the whole sentence with an English translation on the back, and you’ll remember the correction! If you get more than one correction, put both on the front of the card so you remember the variety. Simply seeing the corrected sentence over and over will solidify the correct grammar into your memory.If you enjoy SRS and want to make this tool as efficient as possible, you can combine this with Olly Richards Grammar Hero course, which is designed to help everyone master the building blocks of languages in a fun, easy way.Stick with a ScheduleWriting practice can be great, but youll reap more benefits if you stick with a schedule. Regular practice will help you improve far more than sporadic writing and feedback. Whethe r it’s daily, weekly or monthly, regularity  will ensure you make progress.Variety!This whole post is about adding interactive variety to your language learning, but we can add variety within these resources, too. To get the most out of online journaling, write about a host of different things. Diary entries are great and easy to compose, but they use limited vocab and grammar since you’re only talking about yourself and simple things that happened during the day.To branch out:Try writing book reviews for novels or comics you read in your target language.Summarize a TV episode or movie you watched.Type out your textbook exercises so that native speakers can correct them.If youre enrolled in a class, get feedback on your class assignments.Write faux (or real!) letters to friends, family, penpals, fictional characters, etc.And if you’re imaginative and creative, try your hand at writing short stories or poetry in your target language! Variety will stretch your linguistic muscles by forcing you to adapt to different styles and formats. The vocabulary youll use in a book review is vastly different than what you would use in a friendly letter. And variety means you wont get bored!Keep It AttainableIf journaling seems intimidating, keep your word count goals simple and attainable. If 200 or 300 words is all you can do on a weekly basis, that’s fine! Rememberâ€"consistency is better than sporadic wordiness.2. Learn Languages Through Interactive GamesGames are a great way to solidify vocab and grammar. They can make memorization fun by giving you achievable goals to strive for! Now, when you’re addicted to a game, at least you can say it’s educational.Popular Game-ified WebsitesDuolingo: Learn basic vocabulary and grammar by completing your Duolingo Skill Tree. Youll work through basic greetings to abstract concepts by taking quick and easy quizzes. Duolingo tracks your learning streaks if you play every day!FluentU: FluentU provides access to short snippe ts of native materials, along with all the resources you need to decipher and learn the language. Learn your target language through movie clips, trendy music and hilarious commercials!Memrise:  Memrise allows users create flashcard sets that take advantage of spaced repetition. There are plenty of language options, so Memrise is a great way to get started on a new language or to brush up on advanced vocabulary.How to Maximize Language Learning Games#goalsGet the most out of your gaming by, again, setting goals. If you commit to a certain number of lessons each day, the consistency is sure to pay off. Set alarms and reminders to make sure you put in the time!Play to Win!Many of these game sites tally your score in some fashion, which means you can compete! For example, Duolingo has its Lingot system where you rack up points for maintaining long streaks of consistency, Memrise tracks your points and posts them to your courses leaderboard and FluentU keeps track of what percentage of a video youve learned so far.Whether you compete against your real-life friends, strangers on the leaderboards or just yourself, youre sure to boost your progress! And if you cant find someone to compete with, check out point #4 on this list to find some language-loving friends to challenge.Dont Go OverboardAll that being said, games are supposed to be fun.  So, if you dont have much time to learn or are feeling stressed out, these game-ified methods will be most effective if you play in shorter spurts in between other tasks, language-related or otherwise, as opposed to forcing yourself to do a long stretch all at once.3. Hack Your Language ExchangesOnline language exchanges have never been more popular. Your speaking ability progresses by leaps and bounds when you can talk with a real live native speaker. The feedback and practice are priceless, and you can get all this without leaving the country!Popular Language Exchange WebsitesConversation Exchange: This is a general language e xchange website. You can search for conversation partners using a number of different criteria. Message someone who seems like a good bet, and go from there! This site is used only to contact people initiallyâ€"all speaking practice happens on Skype or a similar app. Conversation Exchange is great if youre looking for a long-term partner and regular practice.HelloTalk: HelloTalk is a twist on the traditional language exchange setup. With the HelloTalk app, you select your target language, and the app  gives you a list of matches for you to talk to. Choose one and start talkingâ€"no need to download Skype or anything else! HelloTalk is great for quickly finding someone to practice with; however, other language exchange sites might be better if youre looking for a long-term friendship.How to Maximize Your Language ExchangeFind a Great PartnerNo matter which resource you decide to use, including a language exchange in your study regimen really helps, especially after you’ve reached a n intermediate level or so. But finding a good language partner can be hard. A partner who has more in common with you will be easier to talk to than a random person.Consider:AgeCareer or field of studyMarried/single/kids/no kidsInterests and hobbiesLevel of language learning intensity (It’s hard to keep to a schedule if your partner is interested only in practicing when it’s convenient, and vice versa!)Get Some Conversation InspirationOnce you have a partner, you need to keep conversations going, and this can be difficult when there’s a language barrier and when you don’t quite know each other yet.Try questions from resources like Conversation Starters World. Sure, the questions are cheesy, but in language exchanges it keeps things varied and fun. It’s the same principle we talked about with language journalingâ€"you want to talk about a wide variety of topics to get the most out of your language exchange. Talking about the weather or what’s new isn’t going to keep yo u going for long!Connect to the CultureYou can also use your partner for native media suggestionsâ€"movies, music, books! When youre not a member of a particular culture, it can take time to get that “insider” level knowledge. With a new friend who’s grown up in it, you can access more pop culture!Take Notes and StudyAnd finally, take notes during your exchanges and review them regularly. SRS is helpful here, as always, but don’t let your conversations go by without digesting the helpful information you get.4. Take Advantage of Online Language Learning CommunitiesInteraction doesn’t have to come part and parcel with the resource itself. Instead, you can seek out interaction and community to support your language learning! We all know having a friend or two striving for the same goal keeps us all on track. But what if we can find more than that? There are a number of forums online with serious and newbie language learners alike. Commiserate with fellow newcomers and get adv ice from veterans. Everyone benefits!Popular Language Learning ForumsHow to Learn Any Language (HTLAL): This is the oldest and most popular language learning forum. These learners vary from people learning a language for work or study, to  serious hobbyists and polyglots.A Language Learners Forum: A sister site to HTLAL. The original forum had technical difficulties, so some users moved here to continue talking and practicing. The community, however, is not identical to HTLAL, and more recently, its grown into its own entity!Unilang: This site  has language-specific forums where people learning the same target language can share resources and advice. Whether youre learning Faroese or Spanish or Latin, youll find others who share your passion!How to Maximize Language Learning ForumsCompeteWhile the games listed in point #2 are great platforms on which to compete, these communities are where youll find fellow serious language learners. Language learning communities also get creative w ith their competitions, so dont feel limited to games that explicitly keep score!HTLAL and A Language Learners Forum regularly compete in Super Challenges where learners commit to watching a huge number of target language movies and reading a mammoth amount of target language books.For the less hardcore out there, there are six-week challenges, where learners keep score on Twitter. During a six-week challenge, learners commit to a goal they make themselves, and then try to put in the hours to achieve it within (obviously) six weeks. Learners with busy schedules are free to make achievable goals for themselves, while learners with more free time can shoot for the stars!Log Your ProgressAdditionally, language logs are an awesome feature of HTLAL and its sister site. The HTLAL and A Language Learners Forum logs can be found here and here, respectively. You can keep track of your language learning (goals, achieved goals, new materials, etc.) and other learners can comment. Iversen, an a ccomplished Danish polyglot, writes his log in multiple languagesâ€"use his example for inspiration!If youve decided to join Unilang, share your progress on one of the language-specific forums. Others will benefit from your breakthroughs.And if youre having a rough time, users can suggest resources or provide other help. It’s community at its finest!Keep trying out exciting interactive resources, and breathe new life into your studies!Experimentation is everything when it comes to learning a new language, so keep exploring and stay curious about all the great ways to learn and practice.