Advice

International Tandem Network - you work together with a learning partner from another country - by telephone, e-mail or other media

Warning to all parents:  please make sure that you monitor your child's use of chats and dicussion forums.  People participating in such discussions may not be using their own identies, and may have ulterior motives.

LINKS (in alphabetical order)

Chat  A chat room and many other interesting and useful links

Chinese-forums.com an online community of people with an interest in Chinese language and culture

Choose your topic  and chat in many languages - including Arabic, English, German, Japanese, Spanish, Chinese, French, Italian and Russian.  Downloadable software.

Huitalk - multi-lingual chat, forum, book reviews and articles

Learning Chinese Online - many links and directories to Chinese learning aids

Yahoo Clubs Many chat rooms. You can also start your own.