Spanish Conversation Groups in your area

I discovered this link for meeting with people in your area to converse in Spanish:

http://spanish.meetup.com/

I haven't tried it yet, but it looks like a good way to make local contacts with Spanish-speaking individuals.

Tony

Hola a todos. I've attended a number of Spanish Meet-up meetings this year, and for the most part I've enjoyed them. The one I belong to is an "intercambio": it welcomes both people trying to learn Spanish and native Spanish speakers trying to improve their English. Sometimes, it's VERY useful to have native Spanish speakers present, though often I find it a bit discouraging as well, since I generally have a hard time understanding them. For some reason, they don't speak as slowly and clearly as Mauricio .

One other problem I've had is that the group I belong to meets in a coffee shop that has music in the background and, at times, a fairly high noise level. I have no difficulty understanding what people say when they're speaking in English, but I need a much quieter environment when I'm trying to understand Spanish. Yes, I know, the real world isn't a quiet environment, but a quieter setting would really help many language learners. Still, on the whole, I've enjoyed these meetings and have found them somewhat helpful. I would definitely recommend that people try to find out whether there's a Spanish Meet-up near you. They exist all over the world, as you can see at the link Tony provided.

Yes, Bubba, I think you may want to practice a little more before going to a meeting.

I am glad you posted this link, I've found a meetup group in London and will hopefully attend a meeting there after I finish work on Friday 9th April. Bueno!

I am excited. :mrgreen:

I tried going to a Spanish meetup also. I highly recommend it. My Spanish is better than I thought--Rocket Spanish really made the difference.