Language Exchange Repository
Welcome to the Language Exchange Repository! On this page, you can find a variety of conversation itineraries, prompts, and icebreakers to help infuse your interactions with purposeful, communication-focused structures. Making the most of these resources is up to you, in more ways than one.
- Familiarize yourself with basic parts of speech in your target language! Knowing the “anatomy” of your language will give you the ability to name what you’d like to improve or practice, and identify which grammar tips may be helpful or not.
- Self-assess your language level. Having an accurate sense of your skill level will allow you to select prompts among these pdfs that are appropriately challenging. Each resource contains level-appropriate guidelines, based on the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)’s Proficiency Guidelines and the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
→ Click here to self-assess your level of proficiency and better navigate the Language Exchange Repository!
Conversation Itineraries for Novice, Intermediate, and Advanced Learners
Each Google Doc (links embedded in images below) contains guidelines that are
- Optional – Use content which you and your conversation partner find constructive and bypass the rest! Feel free to focus only on questions and prompts that interest you or advance your learning goals.
- Auxiliary – These resources are by no means a comparable replacement for language coursework, but can be used as a resource to supplement the linguistic forms and cultural insights you may have already learned.
- Open-ended – We know that real conversations in authentic communicative contexts don’t follow scripts. Our guidelines are interactive, designed to account for and facilitate the porosity and fluidity of real-life exchanges by allowing you to “choose your own adventure.”
