• At home?
  • Talking to your partner?
  • Talking to children/grandchildren?
• For pleasure?
  • Traveling abroad?
  • Buying things in stores and ordering food in restaurants?
  • Taking a taxi/other public transport and asking for directions?
  • Playing sports?
  • Joining hobby groups?
  • Listening to the radio and watching TV?
  • Going to the cinema/other shows?
• For socializing?
  • Having casual conversation with local people when abroad?
  • Talking to neighbours or friends?
  • Visiting friends abroad?
• In learning situations?
  • Talking to students?
  • Talking to teachers?
  • Reading material related to my study?
• In work situations?
  • Talking to colleagues?
  • Receiving or making phone calls?
  • Writing foreign correspondence?
  • Making travel arrangements?
  • Doing business abroad?
  • Reading material related to my work?

Our life is organized around different environments, situations, events, and people. The language we are using is made to reflect this. There are indeed 'themes' in the lexical semantics of any language: so there is the vocabulary of home, business, entertainment, learning, etc.

Think again about the situations you are most likely to use the new language and learn the relevant vocabulary. This is easy on FriendsAbroad.com. Try to find a really like-minded person. Search by age, profession, hobbies, etc. Find another student and talk about school, someone with a related job and talk business, or someone with whom you share similar hobbies and interests, like sports, books, music, art. You are going to make good friends - no doubt about that! At the same time, you gain access to real language, by real people with expert knowledge.