As you look to make more new friends around the world who teach languages, and you want to chat with or get to know them before traveling and possibly meeting in their home (or yours), here is another free resource. www.LRNGO.com stands for Learning Referral Network Growth Organization.
It’s a website where people in over 190 countries around the world connect to teach skills, learn skills, and exchange free lessons, and over half of their members are learning and teaching languages. Users can meet on live video chat via Skype, or in person in their local communities.
You can use LRNGO to find and hire teachers, earn money teaching what you love, or click the Free Exchange option on the search bar to find language exchange partners. (I’ll teach you Spanish if you teach me English.) It takes seconds to sign up, and you can search and contact others at any time to invite them to TalkTalkBnb.
Eventually when you travel, we hope you will be able to meet your new friends in person. Making new friends on LRNGO may be a good first step.