I agree with Polly. Many people have invited me to be friends with them, but the only thing in common we had was that I spoke English and they wanted to learn it. I am always delighted to help someone with English, but I would like help in the languages I am studying in exchange.

i think maybe they want to practice the language what they want to learn. I suggest you to find the person who wants to learn your language and his/her mother tongue is English.I just searched, there are many people want to learn that. I think the situation will be better.

I am also in agreement, as I found the same problems when I tried to chat to people in Italy. There was also a HUGE time difference problem. Australia is 9+ hours in front of Europe & 18 hours in front of America. When I'm at work, I can't stay up half the night talking as well.

Well, i agree with all what is said but i want to say: this site is 4 language exchange! when u invite some native english speaker to learn english he wouldn't benefit from tht ! but when u do with native english speaker who want to learn ur language it's different! both of u help & get helped ! P.S: sorry 4 my horrible english ....Wanna_learn........;-)

Yeah i agree with both of the previous members. Because it's valid for me too, I rarely use my mother tongue here because i want to improve my foreign languages skills. I think also that natives can help with someone intermediate or higher, because with a beginner it's hard and takes time to explain rules and basics kinda annoyin' :-) So I think that the solution is: -To learn a language and you are beginner, it would be better to practice it with a non-native speaker -If you are intermediate or better, you can improve your language and boost your linguistic abilities by practicing with natives. Peace Out :-)