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Language exchange in Berkeley

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Berkeley

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French

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Berber

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English

LEARNS

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Spanish

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German

Chinese (Simplified) Flag

Chinese (Simplified)

My favorite topics

The most topic I like to discuss about it is histor...

My language exchange partner is

Someone who likes to history geography literature and traveling

My learning goals

My goal Is to master 7 language. Actually I’m mastering 4. I would like to master more languages to use it in my professional career

David

David

Berkeley

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SPEAKS

Chinese (Simplified) Flag

Chinese (Simplified)

Shanghainese Flag

Shanghainese

English Flag

English

LEARNS

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Tagalog, Filipino

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Lao

Thai Flag

Thai

Ideal language community partner

Anyone...

My learning goals

MAKE MORE FRIENDS!

My favorite topics

An engineer working hard to get Master degree at UCB. It's exciting to meet everyone around the world.

Dennis

Dennis

Berkeley

SPEAKS

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English

LEARNS

Spanish Flag

Spanish

French Flag

French

Japanese Flag

Japanese

My learning goals

I would like to eventually be able to form sentences without...

My favorite topics

I enjoy discussing traveling, politics, history, pop culture, and food.

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Someone who is easy to talk to

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Tandem partners in Berkeley

Qi

Qi

Berkeley

SPEAKS

Chinese (Simplified) Flag

Chinese (Simplified)

LEARNS

English Flag

English

Spanish Flag

Spanish

Russian Flag

Russian

My favorite topics

travel, daily staff, music, news, et...

Perfect language exchange partner

Nice, educated, open to talk tons of topics.

My learning goals

English is for living and work. Other languages are maybe sometimes for travel, and new friends.

Kevin

Kevin

Berkeley

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SPEAKS

English Flag

English

Chinese (Simplified) Flag

Chinese (Simplified)

Chinese (Cantonese) Flag

Cantonese

LEARNS

Thai Flag

Thai

I want a conversation partner who is

Like-minded entrepreneur who loves traveling, learning and exploring...

My learning goals

Become fluent in Thai in one year

My favorite topics

Traveling food photography startup business entrepreneurship technology cooking

mei

mei

Berkeley

SPEAKS

Chinese (Cantonese) Flag

Cantonese

Chinese (Simplified) Flag

Chinese (Simplified)

English Flag

English

LEARNS

Japanese Flag

Japanese

My learning goals

Japanese: advanced speake...

My favorite topics

No romance please. I am looking for serious language exchange partner. 真面目な方と一緒に勉強したい

My language exchange partner is

Delicated. Consistent. Inspiring

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Brian

Brian

Berkeley

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SPEAKS

English Flag

English

Chinese (Simplified) Flag

Chinese (Simplified)

LEARNS

Spanish Flag

Spanish

Hindi Flag

Hindi

Punjabi Flag

Punjabi

My favorite topics

religion, social justice, math and scienc...

Ideal language community partner

ਤੋਹੀ ਮੋਹੀ ਮੋਹੀ ਤੋਹੀ ਅੰਤਰੁ ਕੈਸਾ

My learning goals

improve conversation, poetry a plus

Angel

Angel

Berkeley

SPEAKS

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English

Spanish Flag

Spanish

LEARNS

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Swedish

German Flag

German

American Sign Language Flag

American Sign Language

Ideal conversation exchange partner

I'm willing to talk with anyone! But I would much prefer to talk...

My learning goals

I want to improve as much as I can, and hopefully make a friend.

My favorite topics

I really like languages, and in particular I like helping people with pronunciation (I've studied Phonetics), but I also just like seeing people improve. I really like Snowboarding, Science (I used to be a tutor), and Fighting Games. I'm bilingual.

yajing

yajing

Berkeley

SPEAKS

Chinese (Simplified) Flag

Chinese (Simplified)

Chinese (Cantonese) Flag

Cantonese

Chinese (Traditional) Flag

Chinese (Traditional)

LEARNS

English Flag

English

Korean Flag

Korean

My learning goals

my vocabulary reaches -- 20,000 by this semeste...

My favorite topics

reading, literature, math, philosophy, cooking,travel comics(esp. one piece), sports(esp. shuttlecork, badminton, volleyball, long run) わたしは(労)ろうです。

Perfect language exchange partner

kind, friendly, warm-hearted, nice

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Troy

Troy

Berkeley

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SPEAKS

English Flag

English

LEARNS

Thai Flag

Thai

Hebrew Flag

Hebrew

Chinese (Simplified) Flag

Chinese (Simplified)

My favorite topics

History Technology and science Global Politics Anime DIY Looks...

I want a conversation partner who is

You!

My learning goals

Thai: I want to learn more language, learn about cultural norms, traditions, and pop culture. Hebrew: It's been a long time since I've spoken Hebrew and I am very rusty. I also want to refamiliarize myself with Israeli culture

Денис

Денис

Berkeley

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SPEAKS

Russian Flag

Russian

LEARNS

English Flag

English

My language exchange partner is

Any people which live in English speaken countries:...

My learning goals

To increase my level of conversational English

My favorite topics

Lifestyle, politics, movies, travelling, cultural life, food, technology, video games

Hallie

Hallie

Berkeley

SPEAKS

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English

LEARNS

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Spanish

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Norwegian

My learning goals

I want to practice speaking, improve my grammar and understanding...

My favorite topics

philosophy, feminism, books, movies, tv shows, politics

Ideal language community partner

a good listener/compassionate and supportive person who also wants to learn

Grace

Grace uses Tandem to feel connected to the world.

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"I have never made so many friends so fast. It’s really fun having all these people to learn languages with."

Diana

Diana

Berkeley

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SPEAKS

Russian Flag

Russian

English Flag

English

LEARNS

Kazakh Flag

Kazakh

My favorite topics

Technology, visual design, traditional Kazakh music, learning...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Anyone who's into talking and learning a different language, which should cover everyone here

My learning goals

I want to improve my Kazakh to the point where I am able to have a conversation with native speakers.

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yang

Berkeley

SPEAKS

Chinese (Simplified) Flag

Chinese (Simplified)

LEARNS

English Flag

English

Perfect language exchange partner

I hope we can keep talking like friends...

My learning goals

Improve my spoken English.

My favorite topics

Music,Movies,Travels,Geophysics...anything

Katherine

Katherine

Berkeley

SPEAKS

English Flag

English

LEARNS

Chinese (Simplified) Flag

Chinese (Simplified)

Chinese (Traditional) Flag

Chinese (Traditional)

Japanese Flag

Japanese

My learning goals

I would like to learn how to speak Mandarin because I am half...

My favorite topics

Music and concerts, TV shows (currently watching Game of Thrones and The Good Place), Fitness, and trying to get better at cooking!

I want a conversation partner who is

Preferably lives near Berkeley and wouldn’t mind meeting up over food e.g. having brunch together etc

Camilo Marin

Camilo Marin

Berkeley

SPEAKS

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Spanish

LEARNS

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English

My favorite topics

Sobre lugares, ciudades, historias, cultura,deporte me general...

My language exchange partner is

Pensaría alguien que me tuviera un poco de paciencia , alegre y con muy buena actitud.

My learning goals

Intentar defenderme en cualquier situación .

Luca

Luca

Berkeley

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SPEAKS

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Italian

English Flag

English

Spanish Flag

Spanish

LEARNS

English Flag

English

Spanish Flag

Spanish

Ideal language community partner

Fun, polite, international...

My learning goals

Improving conversation and getting new friends

My favorite topics

Business, news, sport, world's big things, new cultures

易庭

易庭

Berkeley

SPEAKS

Chinese (Traditional) Flag

Chinese (Traditional)

Chinese (Simplified) Flag

Chinese (Simplified)

LEARNS

German Flag

German

English Flag

English

French Flag

French

My learning goals

Pass test/Study aboard/Make friends around the world...

My favorite topics

swimming/music/travel/✍️writing/Watch series (of American, Korean, China, Japan...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Anyone who is good to chat with☺️

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Ari

Ari

Berkeley

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English Flag

English

LEARNS

Korean Flag

Korean

My favorite topics

I like discussing music, science, culture, and literatur...

Perfect language exchange partner

Not sure yet! 그냥 한국인 친구 만나면 좋겠어요! 반가워요

My learning goals

I want to practice my fluency with Korean. I hope I can learn to sound more natural. 더 자연스럽개 쓰고 얘기하고 싶어요.

Sharmesh

Sharmesh

Berkeley

SPEAKS

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Tamil

Malayalam Flag

Malayalam

English Flag

English

LEARNS

German Flag

German

I want a conversation partner who is

Friendly, cool , can spend time when you are free .. Jovial and...

My learning goals

To develop speaking in German .. To learn some diff German words and to correct my grammatical errors !!

My favorite topics

About anything, food , hobbies ,life culture , love , fun , party , musics ,sports .. I love to discuss any topics ;)

Lauren

Lauren

Berkeley

SPEAKS

English Flag

English

LEARNS

French Flag

French

My learning goals

I want to fine tune my accent and accelerate my vocabular...

My favorite topics

Culture, food, travel, environment, nature

My language exchange partner is

A flexible and kind native French speaker

Woojin

Woojin

Berkeley

SPEAKS

Korean Flag

Korean

LEARNS

English Flag

English

Chinese (Simplified) Flag

Chinese (Simplified)

Japanese Flag

Japanese

My favorite topics

Game, food, Die...

Ideal language community partner

Kind

My learning goals

To improve my language skills

Grace

Grace

Berkeley

SPEAKS

English Flag

English

LEARNS

Spanish Flag

Spanish

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Someone who wants to have fun conversations and lear...

My learning goals

Speak Spanish more fluently

My favorite topics

Food, hobbies, animals, tv shows

Danniel

Danniel

Berkeley

SPEAKS

English Flag

English

Indonesian Flag

Indonesian

LEARNS

Chinese (Simplified) Flag

Chinese (Simplified)

Chinese (Traditional) Flag

Chinese (Traditional)

Japanese Flag

Japanese

My learning goals

Learning as much as i can...

My favorite topics

Anything

Perfect language exchange partner

Friendly

Alden

Alden

Berkeley

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SPEAKS

English Flag

English

Spanish Flag

Spanish

LEARNS

German Flag

German

Italian Flag

Italian

My favorite topics

Food, nature, travel, current world events, and politics. Generally,...

I want a conversation partner who is

Someone who is able to balance having fun and engaging conversations about interesting subjects with helping me learn the language.

My learning goals

My top priority now is to learn a little bit of conversational Italian before my trip to Rome in late July. Longer term, I am also interested in learning German as well.

Sanjeev

Sanjeev

Berkeley

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SPEAKS

English Flag

English

Hindi Flag

Hindi

Marathi Flag

Marathi

LEARNS

Korean Flag

Korean

My language exchange partner is

Someone interested in everything...

My learning goals

Gain fluency, learn about culture and differences.

My favorite topics

I like to discuss culture, trivia, movies.

YUTING

YUTING

Berkeley

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SPEAKS

Chinese (Traditional) Flag

Chinese (Traditional)

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Emoji

Chinese (Simplified) Flag

Chinese (Simplified)

LEARNS

English Flag

English

My learning goals

Improving my spoken English...

My favorite topics

Everything

Ideal language community partner

Someone who are patient and willing to help me

Iso

Iso

Berkeley

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SPEAKS

English Flag

English

LEARNS

French Flag

French

My favorite topics

Food, travel, anything really just love to practice...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Someone who wants to help me learn French and who I can help learn English.

My learning goals

I am planning on moving to France so want to get comfortable speaking.

Mohamed

Mohamed

Berkeley

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SPEAKS

Arabic Flag

Arabic

LEARNS

English Flag

English

Perfect language exchange partner

Someone who wants to learn with m...

My learning goals

I want to improve my English,and help others with Arabic

My favorite topics

Movies and cultures and traveling

Sarah

Sarah

Berkeley

SPEAKS

English Flag

English

LEARNS

Spanish Flag

Spanish

French Flag

French

American Sign Language Flag

American Sign Language

My learning goals

Improving my gramma...

My favorite topics

Art, music, books, film, philosophy, linguistics, languages

I want a conversation partner who is

Anyone into sharing rad music/art/etc!

Looking for a Tandem conversation partner in Berkeley?

Tandem is the world's largest language exchange app. There are currently 88 speakers in Berkeley looking to learn together. Download the Tandem app for free to start practicing languages with locals!

Frequent City Questions

How many people are available for language exchange in Berkeley?

There are 88 members in Berkeley on Tandem.

Which other locations in United States other than Berkeley are available for language exchange on Tandem?

Tandem is also available in locations such as Chandler, Fort Worth, and Louisville.

What is Tandem and what is language exchange?

Tandem is the language learning app where millions of people teach each other. More than 500,000 people visit Tandem each month and 88 do it in Berkeley.