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Conversation Sites

These sites offer the opportunity to speak in English online. Many sites also provide English teachers who can provide lessons for a fee. Other sites set up English speaking groups via Skype. All sites offer many opportunities for English conversation.
Speaking Practice Online for English Learners
Short listening exercises for beginning and intermediate level ESL learners to help them practice speaking.
How to Improve your English via the Internet
Poll about and discussion of how to use the internet to improve your English.
English, baby! - Find Friends
Find friends from around the world to practice your English. You can check out their profiles, read their blogs, and look at their photos, as well as get in touch and exchange ideas.
EnglishCafe
EnglishCafe provides a social network entirely dedicated to learning and improving English through communication. The site offers a number of resources such as groups, blogs, Skype chat and more. One of the most interesting tools is a suggestion tool that allows users to provide suggestions to improve your writing skills.
iTalki
italki is dedicated to helping those who want to improve their language skills by conversing with a native speaker. Those who wish to learn English can find native-English speakers and practice with them while sharing their own culture and language in return.
KanTalk
KanTalk connects English learners worldwide through free Internet telephony tool like Skype. KanTalk provides its users a fun space to practice spoken English, or any language. The practice is done over the user-generated, live conversations online, on a wide arrange of topics and in several proficiency levels.
SoZiety
SoZiety keeps a database of users with their native language, interests and the language they would like to learn. It's easy to find others to practice English, or native speakers to help you in exchange for help with your native language. If you'd like to work on your spoken English, this is an easy and free way to do so.

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