Learn English in Chicago
Learn to actually speak English by making friends with native speakers
English
Chicago
Ava
Chicago
1SPEAKS
French
English
Haitian Creole
LEARNS
Korean
Japanese
German
My favorite topics
Les sujets dont j’aime beaucoup parler sont l’art, la danse classique...
My language exchange partner is
Je ne sais pas vraiment car je suis vraiment ouverte à tous.
My learning goals
C’est juste une passion que j’ai maintenant et qui me pousse à apprendre les mots et phrases dans une autre langue que la mienne à laquelle j’ai un fort intérêt.
Lynn
Chicago
SPEAKS
English
Finnish
Luxembourgish
LEARNS
French
Korean
Norwegian
My learning goals
To be with the right channel...
My favorite topics
Like talking about adventure and movies and vacation conversation how it was interesting
Ideal conversation exchange partner
Hummmmm I believe such is life and life is very short., as long as he got good heart and caring God fearing person
Find more than
735
English speakers in Chicago
Miguel
Chicago
1SPEAKS
Spanish
Emoji
English
LEARNS
French
German
Polish
I want a conversation partner who is
Passionate people who'd love to have a stimulating chat. Especially...
My learning goals
Improve my language skills, while helping others.
My favorite topics
I enjoy writing poems and short stories. Other hobbies: music, science, learning other cultures, politics.
Anjelica
Chicago
SPEAKS
English
Tagalog, Filipino
Spanish
LEARNS
Korean
Italian
Japanese
My learning goals
I would like to learn a new language and make a frien...
My favorite topics
I enjoy talking about architecture, video games, travel/cultures, anime, and honestly anything!
My language exchange partner is
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 :)
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Brandon
Chicago
NEWSPEAKS
English
French
German
LEARNS
Afrikaans
Arabic
Hindi
My favorite topics
Exploring the World and Learning Languages! ✈️, Political Science...
Ideal language community partner
Someone who loves the world, loves exploring, and someone who is open to all kinds of new people and experiences
My learning goals
Hope to learn more of the other languages I'm learning, and would love to help others with their English and French!
Change
Chicago
SPEAKS
English
Chinese (Traditional)
Cantonese
LEARNS
Japanese
Chinese (Simplified)
American Sign Language
Ideal conversation exchange partner
Friendly, good looking, down to earth and adventurous...
My learning goals
To be able to communicate and understand with others
My favorite topics
Learning process
Fafe
Chicago
1SPEAKS
Spanish
English
Emoji
LEARNS
German
Dutch
Finnish
My learning goals
Practice different languages and learn about other cultures...
My favorite topics
Languages, travel, photography, technology, green energies, biomaterials, techno. Ig: @fafegu
Perfect language exchange partner
I'd love to talk to someone who loves to travel, interested in learning not only about a language but culture and other topics. (To everyone basically) Feel free to talk!
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Lauryn
Chicago
SPEAKS
English
Emoji
LEARNS
Spanish
Italian
American Sign Language
My language exchange partner is
Understanding, I will make alot of mistakes so bear with me...
My learning goals
I wish to be fluent in both. My partner is mexican and they soeak spanish so I wish to be able to converse with them. They soeak english as well but more comfortably speak spanish. Also I'm travelling to italy next year and want to be abl to navigate.
My favorite topics
Sports, movies, music, anything really I jusy t need practice.
Joe
Chicago
3SPEAKS
English
Spanish
LEARNS
Italian
Portuguese
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
Ideal language community partner
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!
Grace uses Tandem to feel connected to the world.
"I have never made so many friends so fast. It’s really fun having all these people to learn languages with."
Diego
Chicago
5SPEAKS
English
Spanish
LEARNS
Korean
French
German
Perfect language exchange partner
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
This week's new learners
Julia
Chicago
SPEAKS
English
LEARNS
French
Spanish
American Sign Language
Ideal language community partner
Im looking for someone to do audio messages regularly! Je suis...
My learning goals
Fluency! Holding a conversation, humor and colloquial language
My favorite topics
looking for someone to talk with regularly. Above all I like to laugh. I like travel, rock climbing, camping and music.
Cindy
Chicago
SPEAKS
English
Cantonese
Chinese (Traditional)
LEARNS
Japanese
My learning goals
I want to pass the N1 test and can have meaningful conversation...
My favorite topics
Anything related to Japan excites me! I am trying to expand my knowledge on Japan :) 日本大好き
Ideal conversation exchange partner
Friendly, open to talk about anything, patient with my Japanese
John
Chicago
26SPEAKS
English
LEARNS
Italian
Spanish
Turkish
My favorite topics
TV, Relationships, Movies, Photography, Piano, Books, Travel,...
Perfect language exchange partner
Anyone with a good attitude who can help me practice Spanish or Italian while I help you learn English.
My learning goals
Be able to speak confidently and understand responses.
Ioana
Chicago
SPEAKS
Romanian
English
LEARNS
Portuguese
French
Italian
I want a conversation partner who is
Open minded insightful and funny people ☺️IG:ioanafantaa...
My learning goals
I want to learn as much as possible
My favorite topics
Psychology,social justice, writing, reading, working with kids, learning about different cultures and languages, travel, poetry, & teaching
Benjamin
Chicago
2SPEAKS
English
LEARNS
Japanese
Korean
Vietnamese
My learning goals
Build strong relationships and practice languages. I'm looking...
My favorite topics
Film 映画, animationアニメーション, drawingドローイング, photography撮影, music音楽, video gamesビディオゲーム
My language exchange partner is
Replies regularly, similar interests, helpful. We can share our favorite things, our daily life, our troubles, and talk about meaningful things.
Michael
Chicago
29SPEAKS
English
LEARNS
Spanish
French
Portuguese
My favorite topics
English and live in Chicago! I love discovering music and films...
Ideal language community partner
Preferably someone with similar interests but most importantly open-minded, friendly and passionate about learning and meeting new people
My learning goals
Develop my basic language skills and hopefully meet like-minded people along the way. I want to do something small each day to keep up my languages, even if every day isn't the same
Gabriel
Chicago
13SPEAKS
English
LEARNS
Spanish
German
Italian
My learning goals
Improve my language skill...
My favorite topics
Swiming, jogging, reading, working out and meeting new people. IG. @gabe.spindler
Ideal language community partner
People who are interested in improving their skills with English and Spanish, also to know more about their cultures and life stories, open minded, fun and kind people
Emmanuel
Chicago
SPEAKS
English
LEARNS
French
Spanish
German
My favorite topics
School, psychology, philosophy, books, music, food, culture,...
Ideal conversation exchange partner
My perfect Tandem partner will share interest in topics that I am interested in.
My learning goals
Learn more vocabulary and also learn more about other cultures.
Looking for an online language exchange partner in Chicago, United States?
Tandem is the world's largest language exchange app. There are currently 735 English speakers in Chicago looking to learn English 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 English language exchange in Chicago?
In Chicago there are 735 members ready to have a English language exchange.
Are there other locations in United States other than Chicago where I can find a English language exchange partner?
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.