I am head over heels in love with Spanish. I've been learning it for a little over 5 years now, but I have never spoken to a native speaker. Just haven't been able to overcome the anxiety of initiating the conversation. Any advice?

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Meetup

Spanish meetups often have native speakers attending, and expect to be helping learners. See if there is one near you at meetup.com. If the meetup is at a bar, a couple of beers might help you lose your inhibitions. Not medical advice, your results may vary :).

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Italki

Also, check out sites like baselang.com and italki.com, where you can find teachers, tutors, or just people to talk with.

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My Language Exchange

I have had really good luck with mylanguageexchange.com. I have 5 friends in other countries now. We alternate half an hour English and a half hour in Spanish. It's fun because they want to speak English as much as you want to speak Spanish.

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