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Learn Spanish in Chicago

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Miguel

Miguel

Chicago

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Spanish

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Polish

My favorite topics

I enjoy writing poems and short stories. Other hobbies: music,...

My language exchange partner is

Passionate people who'd love to have a stimulating chat. Especially anyone with interest in learning more about spanish :)

My learning goals

Improve my language skills, while helping others.

Fafe

Fafe

Chicago

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Spanish

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English

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Emoji

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German

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Dutch

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Finnish

Ideal language community partner

I'd love to talk to someone who loves to travel, interested in...

My learning goals

Practice different languages and learn about other cultures.

My favorite topics

Languages, travel, photography, technology, green energies, biomaterials, techno. Ig: @fafegu

Arina

Arina

Chicago

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English

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Romanian

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Spanish

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Chinese (Traditional)

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Korean

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Portuguese

My learning goals

Having more courage to just speak/writ...

My favorite topics

Food, filmmaking, k-dramas, languages, cultures, music

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Someone serious about languages only

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Find more than

735

Spanish speakers in Chicago

Anjelica

Anjelica

Chicago

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English

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Tagalog, Filipino

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Spanish

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Korean

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Italian

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Japanese

My favorite topics

I enjoy talking about architecture, video games, travel/cultures,...

Perfect language exchange partner

My perfect tandem buddy would be someone I'd learn alot from to the point that we can talk and discuss in the language we are learning and make a personal connection with through that :)

My learning goals

I would like to learn a new language and make a friend

Diego

Diego

Chicago

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English

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Korean

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French

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German

I want a conversation partner who is

Somebody willing to share their personal stories or talk about...

My learning goals

I really just want to learn about people's experiences in or outside their culture. Language is a good bonus, though!

My favorite topics

Storytelling, video games, culture, traveling

Kanorha

Kanorha

Chicago

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Spanish

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English

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Portuguese

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Italian

My learning goals

Learn French, German and also improve my Englis...

My favorite topics

Movies, Dance, travel, sports

My language exchange partner is

Someone fun to have a nice conversation

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Whitney

Whitney

Chicago

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English

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Korean

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Japanese

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Chinese (Simplified)

My favorite topics

Movies, music , travel ,art...

Ideal language community partner

Can keep up a diverse conversation and not disappear

My learning goals

To be intermediate to fluent

Jessica

Jessica

Chicago

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English

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French

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Italian

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German

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Someone who also speaks in English so we can understand each...

My learning goals

Being able to understand the language and to express myself in another country. Also, to be able to read texts that were originally written in another language.

My favorite topics

Travels, movies, coffee, beach, emotionally talk. I'd really like to meet people and friends from all over the world.

Paola

Paola

Chicago

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English

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Arabic

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American Sign Language

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French

My learning goals

Learn enough to get by if neede...

My favorite topics

I enjoy discussing travel.

Perfect language exchange partner

Patient, open minded, and curious.

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Join a global community

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Learn what matters to you

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lis

lis

Chicago

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English

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Chinese (Simplified)

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Korean

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Japanese

My favorite topics

I like to play video games and I like to edit ☺...

I want a conversation partner who is

I want to feel comfortable with my tandem partner, I want them to feel comfortable around me ^.^ I want to be friends but also help me learn about the culture we are currently trying to help me become fluent in (sorry if I didn’t make sense.)

My learning goals

to learn the language well and speak and write properly in those languages

Ricardo

Ricardo

Chicago

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English

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Russian

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Italian

My language exchange partner is

Patient, cool and completely ope...

My learning goals

Speak as many languages as I can

My favorite topics

History, soccer, art, photography, video, movies, tv series

Kyungmi

Kyungmi

Chicago

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English

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Korean

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Japanese

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Chinese (Simplified)

My learning goals

I have a huge list of goals to achieve so I'll just put etc....

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K pop, music, I like to draw,sing,play piano and guitar. I'm learning korean I love to make korean friends because it helps with my learning and I love their culture . Basically I love making new friends from anywhere. I'm also bilingual spanish and Engli

Ideal language community partner

Anyone I can get along with hehe. Um specifically koreans, Japanese, Chinese, any other type of asians. Um anyone else in this world because there are many different races but that actually doesnt make us different:)

Simone

Simone uses Tandem to learn English skills required for her career.

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"I hadn't learnt English for 15 years and only a year ago I was A2, or rather holiday English. Now I'm preparing for the C1 exam! So if you want to brush up on a language, Tandem is the perfect app for you."

Esperanza

Esperanza

Chicago

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Chinese (Traditional)

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Korean

My favorite topics

Music, poems, singin...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Anyone is fine honestly I like making new friends

My learning goals

I want to get better at speaking chinese

Camelia

Camelia

Chicago

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English

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German

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Korean

Perfect language exchange partner

Open-minded people, here to learn and build friendships...

My learning goals

Comfortable conversational level

My favorite topics

Sports Lifestyle Design Art Health Food Politics

Julio

Julio

Chicago

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English

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Spanish

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Chinese (Simplified)

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Japanese

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Russian

My learning goals

Increased exposure to foreign languages and culture...

My favorite topics

Linguistics, video games, science, futurism, business, culture, movies, books

I want a conversation partner who is

A patient, well-educated person of similar age.

suji

suji

Chicago

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English

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Spanish

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German

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Korean

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Japanese

My favorite topics

Makeup, fashion, cartoon, anime, music, games, Pokémon, drawin...

My language exchange partner is

Someone who is interested in teaching me things about their culture! If people do cultural dances, that’d be great too!

My learning goals

Learn more colloquial language and make friends! I also want to learn about different points of view.

Felipe

Felipe

Chicago

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English

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Norwegian

Ideal language community partner

Simpática y cult...

My learning goals

Prácticas dia a dia

My favorite topics

Practicar English y hablar de viajes

Kiran

Kiran

Chicago

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Spanish

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Telugu

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French

My learning goals

Speak with natives with eas...

My favorite topics

Politics, travel, music, culture

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Motivated to learn, strives to improve

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Amaury

Amaury

Chicago

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Russian

My favorite topics

Sex, ideas, and Futur...

Perfect language exchange partner

Humble, real friend, and doesn't take advantage of you.

My learning goals

How to make international friends.

Micheal

Micheal

Chicago

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Cantonese

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Christian friend...

My learning goals

Making the kingdom of God

My favorite topics

Life

David

David

Chicago

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Spanish

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German

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Portuguese

My learning goals

Dominio y desenvolvimiento en un idioma extranjer...

My favorite topics

Leer, walking, fotografía, finanzas, videojuegos, musica

My language exchange partner is

Optimista, abierta

Darwin Gustavo Ruiz

Darwin Gustavo Ruiz

Chicago

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English

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Spanish

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French

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Portuguese

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German

My favorite topics

Music, movies, travel, sports, photography, games, professional...

Ideal language community partner

Smart and funny people.

My learning goals

Practice and perfect the language. Make some friends.

Alex

Alex

Chicago

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English

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Spanish

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French

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Korean

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American Sign Language

Ideal conversation exchange partner

I want to be friends with people of different cultures! Someone...

My learning goals

I would love to be able to talk casually in languages other than my native ones and be able to express myself easily about day to day things. I wish to travel around the world and make friends in different countries. ㅇㅅㅇ

My favorite topics

Life, cultures, learning new languages, music, arts, entertainment, and also dogs ....I love dogs :3

Raquel

Raquel

Chicago

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French

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English

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Portuguese

My learning goals

Hablar un nuevo idioma al menos lo básico para viajar a cualquier...

My favorite topics

Aprender idiomas, administrar mi negocio, viajar y compartir momentos inolvidables con mis seres queridos.

Perfect language exchange partner

Una persona interesada en aprender un nuevo idioma y cultura, pero a su vez interesada en enseñar con paciencia su idioma nativo. Persona graciosa, sociable y carismática.

Shaina

Shaina

Chicago

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English

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Portuguese

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Spanish

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French

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Korean

My favorite topics

Books, languages, movies, history, culture, and food. I love...

I want a conversation partner who is

Similar interests to mine because the conversation can keep flowing.

My learning goals

I want to be able to practice the language I am learning.

Norma

Norma

Chicago

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English

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Chinese (Simplified)

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French

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Italian

My language exchange partner is

a creative individual who is passionate, resourceful and ambitious...

My learning goals

how to do business with people all over the world

My favorite topics

Art, Business, Philosophy, Entrepreneurs

Matthew

Matthew

Chicago

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English

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Spanish

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Portuguese

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French

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German

My learning goals

Become a more confident and comfortable speake...

My favorite topics

Languages, sports, travel, music, history, books, food

Ideal language community partner

Eager to learn, friendly, not afraid to make mistakes

Xochitl

Xochitl

Chicago

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Spanish

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English

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Portuguese

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Turkish

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Korean

My favorite topics

I like to watch movies, dramas, listen to music and learn new...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

I'd like to talk to people that can help me with my Korean and Portuguese. But if you need help with Spanish or English, I can always help.

My learning goals

Un nivel de fluidez con el que pueda mantener un conversación del día a día sin problema.

Josie

Josie

Chicago

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Spanish

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Arabic

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Portuguese

Perfect language exchange partner

Likes the outdoors, the arts, owns their own business, self-starter,...

My learning goals

Keep up Spanish and learn new languages! Italian,Portuguese, Arabic, mandarin. Not necessarily in that order. Or anything else! I’m open.

My favorite topics

Culture, politics, science, education, conservation, travel.

Joe

Joe

Chicago

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English

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Spanish

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Italian

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Portuguese

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Arabic

My learning goals

I want to improve my grasp on fluency in foreign languages, specifically...

My favorite topics

Science, engineering, medicine, technology, politics, ethics, debate, languages, culture, going out, relationships

I want a conversation partner who is

Someone who is patient and understands that it takes time and continuous feedback to learn a language. Someone who is energetic, optimistic, and interesting. Overall, I hope we both share excitement for learning languages together!

Looking for an online language exchange partner in Chicago, United States?

Tandem is the world's largest language exchange app. There are currently 735 Spanish speakers in Chicago looking to learn Spanish together. Download the Tandem app for free to start practicing languages with locals!

Frequently Asked Questions

Do you know how many Tandem members are available for Spanish language exchange in Chicago?

In Chicago there are 735 members ready to have a Spanish language exchange.

Are there other locations in United States other than Chicago where I can find a Spanish language exchange partner?

You can also find a Spanish Tandem partner in Silver Spring, Detroit, and Bridgewater.

What is the Tandem app all about?

Tandem is a language exchange app where people teach each other their native language. Each month more than 500,000 people visit Tandem with 735 of them coming from Chicago.