The modern world with its globalization and integration involves many ways to find friends of interest not only in their own country, but also abroad. Arm yourself with all available means, and your circle of friends will replenish with new acquaintances.
Instruction manual
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Register on social networks and use their services. If it is important for you to communicate with people who live abroad and speak foreign languages, give preference to global networks (Facebook, Myspace) or national services popular in the country of interest to you. Go through the registration and "knock on friends" to those who you like. To find as many penpals as possible, write the appropriate cover letter: "Hi, I live in Russia, I do this, I am fond of that, it would be very interesting to talk with you."
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Use the services for communication: icq, scype. Create your account and look for friends with similar interests. However, be prepared for the fact that foreigners sacredly respect privacy (personal space), therefore they will prefer e-mail for communication, because the letter can be answered when it is convenient, and instant messaging services require real-time correspondence. To make it interesting to talk with you, do not be faceless: introduce yourself in such a way that it is clear that they are in front of a real interlocutor, and not an Internet bot.
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Visit the thematic forums. If you are looking for friends to communicate on a specific topic, such as household and parenting, register in the appropriate online community. Directly for the exchange of language skills, there are special platforms: PenPalworld.com for finding penpals around the world, MyLanguageExchange.com for communicating with native speakers and others. Keep in mind that visitors to such sites are interested not only in teaching you, but also in gaining knowledge of your native language, so show yourself a competent person.
Useful advice
In order not to be a faceless user on the World Wide Web, fill out your profile as much as possible. Indicate your interests and hobbies, favorite books, films, works of art to find a soul mate.
