Please advice. How to find a partner to learn English?

[Constantine_M]

To everyone thanks for councils.

Originally Posted by MrRational

Back in the day... IRC was a great venue to learn vocabulary, usage, grammar, etc.

Using Mirc or Ircle (macs) as clients you connect to an IRC server...
and then poke around the active channels for something of interest.

It is interesting to IRC. But at written communication the sound component of words is lost. I know that all English consists of exceptions. In it and complexity of studying of the dictionary. In Russian of language, as a rule, the word is read as well as it is written. It is necessary to know how to put an accent only. Besides, real-life communication motivates to studying of language.

Originally Posted by Summer_Rain

Yup! I used to play an online game that hosted their own IRC server. Lots of different channels for various "topics" and there were people from all over the world. Main language was English. Made tons of friends, some of whom I voice chatted with and/or met in person. Lots of native English speakers (US and UK mainly). Perhaps a more natural way of connecting, rather than just placing an ad, looking for a free English tutor. Not sure if it's still a thing though.

I have one big problem. I already half a year have ceased to play computer games)))

[MrRational]

Originally Posted by Constantine_M

It is interesting to IRC. But at written communication the sound component of words is lost.

Not at all. You need verbal experience as well...
but knowing which words to use and in what sequence is the same information.

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With a more correctly phrased statement the verbal aspect will follow:
It is interesting to think about doing language instruction by text and via IRC.
But with written communication the sound component of words less than when done verbally.

[Summer_Rain]

Originally Posted by Constantine_M

I have one big problem. I already half a year have ceased to play computer games)))

Oh no you don't need to play computer games to join IRC, there are different channel/chat topics available, for different interests. You could make friends who are English native speakers, then move from chats to Skype to improve your spoken English.