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I am going abroad in 2 weeks to Poland and I want to practice the language... So where can I find people who know the language?

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[–] [email protected] 62 points 1 year ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Might have even better luck in Chicago.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Came here looking for this comment.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I only made it because someone had to, and no one had yet.

[–] Mando 3 points 1 year ago

You might be on to something here

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago

https://szmer.info/ ? It's a Polish instance

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

A friend of mine said that he found looking for streamers on Twitch that stream something you're interested in with your target language. Cos they most likely have a discord server, and it gives you the opportunity to converse with their community, and you'll often be welcomed and helped out.

[–] cccc 4 points 1 year ago

You could try italki. I’ve not used it myself but it’s got a good reputation.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Also Polish discord servers are a good place to start. From top of my head I know streamer ones like JacexDowozWideo or ARHN.EU which both should be welcoming, and even though we're on lemmy I know that the subreddit r/polska also has a discord server as well, so it should be a nice place to start.

[–] Fondots 4 points 1 year ago

I don't know how active the polish community on it is in your area, but there's an app called Amikumu that exists to help connect people with people that speak the languages they are learning.

Depending on where you live, if theres a decent sized polish populationo you can also ask around at polish social clubs, churches, bars/restaurants, etc. Odds are that someone there either speaks at least some polish or knows someone who does.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Not sure if this is a universal concept but most larger cities around here have 'language cafes', both for learning the native tongue and for practicing a new language

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Wykop.pl is a Polish (centralized) social network and they will love someone who wants to learn the language.

https://wykop.pl/mikroblog/najnowsze

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

HelloTalk is an app that's designed for this. It basically just lets you message people who speak a certain language.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How did r/languageexchange work? I mean in terms of description, rules and community interactions

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I haven’t looked at polish specifically, but I’ve had success with practicing languages on discord servers for language. If you check disboard for language servers, the large ones have plenty of people who want to practice