This presentation describes the outline of a semester-long assignment in which students of Arabic (intermediate level) were partnered with native speakers. The partnership was in the form of telecollaborative conversation that took place in multiple meetings online. Additionally, it looks in details at students' responses to questions related to the way this assignment was able to not only give them the opportunity to enhance their language skills and ability but also to inch them closer to the understanding of the issues that they discussed from the perspective of their partners. In addition to the detailed description, the presentation looks at a survey that the students completed after having completed the semester. The survey includes questions that help get an insight into the partnership from the students' perspective. The survey includes questions that help get an insight into the partnership from the students' perspective. Moreover, the presentation inspects the results obtained from mapping students' oral performance throughout the semester, looking specifically at vocabulary usage, length of the conversation, and sentence complexity. The information from the survey & the analysis help shed light on the outcome of this practice and may guide future similar practices.