Learn English in Cape Town
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English
Cape Town
M i l o
Cape Town
33SPEAKS
English
Romanian
Arabic
LEARNS
Spanish
Turkish
Czech
My favorite topics
culture, language, nature, sunset. i travel for living, and i...
My language exchange partner is
who interested in deep conversation. please dont write me reference, i dont need those words
My learning goals
not limited in languages learning. my goal is to be tougher and stronger person, gain more experience of life, and explore so many abandoned islands
Quintin
Cape Town
8SPEAKS
Afrikaans
English
Emoji
LEARNS
French
Spanish
Italian
Ideal language community partner
Friendly, open-minded, curious people who are open to discuss...
My learning goals
C1 en français | Español nivel conversación | Want to learn some Italian and Russian too.
My favorite topics
Clouds | Sunsets | Travel | Coffee | Wine | Music | Ice Cream | Sport | Languages | Cities | Personalities | Helping others develop themselves | Profound conversations
Chelsey
Cape Town
SPEAKS
English
Afrikaans
Xhosa
LEARNS
Spanish
German
Korean
My learning goals
I want to become conversationally fluent in Korean by chatting...
My favorite topics
K-dramas, books, everyday life
Ideal conversation exchange partner
Someone who understands that I can't be on my phone twenty four hours a day since I'm a busy university student. I like people who are not shy and are not afraid to correct my mistakes.
Find more than
172
English speakers in Cape Town
Albertina
Cape Town
SPEAKS
English
Dutch
Afrikaans
LEARNS
French
Japanese
International Sign Language
My favorite topics
Sewing, animation, art, DnD, animals, books etc....
Perfect language exchange partner
Someone who likes all sorts of topics and enjoys discovering new things, places and people.
My learning goals
To fluently read, write and speak the language of my choice.
Wonga Nangu
Cape Town
3SPEAKS
English
LEARNS
Chinese (Simplified)
Dutch
French
My learning goals
Speak new languages and meet new and exciting cultured people...
My favorite topics
Travel, reading, spirituality, friendships, business, relationships, outdoor activities, sport, music, fun, entertainment
My language exchange partner is
Kind, honest, open, fun, patient, interesting, friendly and loving
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Adriaan
Cape Town
7SPEAKS
English
Afrikaans
LEARNS
Spanish
French
Russian
My favorite topics
Computer Programmer | Gamer | Crypto & Blockhain enthusiast |...
Ideal language community partner
I enjoy chatting with people. Getting to know others. Even if it is just helping people with English. LGBTQ+ friendly people️. I love learning about other cultures and ways of being oneself.
My learning goals
I want to improve my listening skills in my target languages that I’m learning. But mostly I just want to make some friends and have some great conversations with folks.
Jarah
Cape Town
7SPEAKS
English
LEARNS
German
Dothraki
Valyrian
Ideal conversation exchange partner
People who aren't too shy to have actual audio and video conversations....
My learning goals
I would like to improve my knowledge of German and learn phrases and expressions used by native speakers as well as help others with English. Meine Deutschkentnisse verbessern, neue redewendungen lernen und anderen mit Englisch helfen.
My favorite topics
I'm a physics and maths student and a climate activist. I've never been much of a language enthusiast but there is something about the German language that just draws me in. I can't get enough of it.
Mitchell
Cape Town
10SPEAKS
Afrikaans
English
LEARNS
French
Chinese (Simplified)
Icelandic
My learning goals
I would like to become fluent in French, Korean and Russian....
My favorite topics
I’m pretty much interested in everything, except sports (gross, no offense). I like art & I like learning about languages and how it affects the way people perceive things in life. I also love films! (especially if it was directed by Aronofsky or Nolan).
Perfect language exchange partner
Kind, patient, open-minded, introverted.
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Núha
Cape Town
2SPEAKS
Arabic
English
LEARNS
Korean
Japanese
Spanish
My favorite topics
Series/shows/dramas/movies ,Languages , Music , Scienc...
Ideal conversation exchange partner
A kind ,talkative person that would share my interests and communicate with me often
My learning goals
•Become intermediate in Spanish •Be confident in writing and communicating in Korean
Benjamin
Cape Town
SPEAKS
English
LEARNS
Spanish
Portuguese
Italian
Perfect language exchange partner
Someone who is friendly, talkative and willing to help me reach...
My learning goals
I want to be fluent in many languages so that I can talk to many people from around the world with ease!
My favorite topics
Culture, religion, life
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Unathi
Cape Town
SPEAKS
English
Zulu
LEARNS
Chinese (Simplified)
Korean
French
My favorite topics
music, movies, photography, literature, art !...
My language exchange partner is
just be friendly and chill, I’d like to make some friends, or at least close acquaintances lgbt welcome
My learning goals
improve my spoken mandarin, begin to learn basic korean and french :) let’s help eachother reach our goals and make new friends ( ◠‿◠ )
Thandy
Cape Town
SPEAKS
Xhosa
English
LEARNS
Spanish
French
Russian
Ideal language community partner
Patient, nice and helpfu...
My learning goals
To be able to communicate with other people who don't speak my native languages.
My favorite topics
My hobbies are reading, dancing, listening to music. I'm passionate about dancing and always learning.
St John
Cape Town
NEWSPEAKS
English
LEARNS
Italian
Hebrew
German
My favorite topics
I enjoy talking about all sorts of things - movies, sports, current...
Perfect language exchange partner
Someone friendly, looking to make friends, or just keen to chat.
My learning goals
I want to become more conversational in the languages I'm learning.
Erik
Cape Town
11SPEAKS
German
English
LEARNS
Spanish
Persian
Turkish
I want a conversation partner who is
doesn't matter! important is to meet people from all over the...
My learning goals
improve my english and learn some other languages :)
My favorite topics
I love it to travel that’s why I prefer to talk about travel :) but i also like to talk about music, sport , art , philosophy and psychology :)
Yash
Cape Town
SPEAKS
English
Hindi
LEARNS
Swiss German
Afrikaans
German
My learning goals
Ability to communicate in day to day lif...
My favorite topics
Traveling, Music, Movies, History, Entrepreneurship
My language exchange partner is
Someone who not only helps me with the language but someone I can enjoy conversation with :)
KP
Cape Town
SPEAKS
English
LEARNS
Xhosa
Arabic
Italian
My favorite topics
Aries rising. Gemini moon. Aquarius sun. ...
Ideal language community partner
Anybody. Just don’t be dumb. Dumb people need to play games for control and attention
My learning goals
I already play chess. Might as well get comfortable with a few languages.
Keanin
Cape Town
SPEAKS
Afrikaans
English
LEARNS
Xhosa
Dutch
German
Ideal conversation exchange partner
A friendly and talkative person. A person that share most of...
My learning goals
I want to be at an beginner to intermediate level in Dutch at the end of 2019!
My favorite topics
I enjoy talking about sports, Physics (astronomy mostly) and Computer Science.
Sindi
Cape Town
1SPEAKS
English
LEARNS
Korean
Spanish
French
My learning goals
To be fluent in writing and speakin...
My favorite topics
Mostly music books and nature and food mostly food over books
Perfect language exchange partner
Someone who is funny open minded and knows knows how to have a deep conversation when needed too and have endless conversations about food
Malea
Cape Town
SPEAKS
English
Tswana
Zulu
LEARNS
German
My learning goals
To speak fluent Deutsch would make for a great start.....
My favorite topics
Anything really, as long as it's interesting. Sport, Current Affairs, Books...
Ideal language community partner
Anyone committed to becoming fluent, easy going with a decent sense of humour...
Melissa
Cape Town
SPEAKS
English
LEARNS
Thai
Spanish
French
My learning goals
English language education and learning about other cultures...
My favorite topics
English language, music, movies, media, linguistics, travel, and social economics. I am an ESL teacher with 5+ years of experience.
I want a conversation partner who is
Attentive, interested, proactive
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