Learn French in Chicago
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French
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.
Brandon
Chicago
SPEAKS
English
French
German
LEARNS
Afrikaans
Arabic
Hindi
Ideal language community partner
Someone who loves the world, loves exploring, and someone who...
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!
My favorite topics
Exploring the World and Learning Languages! ✈️, Political Science and International Relations , Neuroscience, Psychology, & Medicine ⚕️, Writing Letters & Sending Postcards ✒️✉️
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!
Ideal conversation 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 :)
Find more than
735
French speakers in Chicago
Claire
Chicago
SPEAKS
French
LEARNS
English
German
Italian
My favorite topics
I love to spend time with other people, discover new countries....
Perfect language exchange partner
Posso aiutare le persone francese che vogliono parlare Italiano con piacere. Vorrei anche discutere con delle persone che hanno la nationalità italiana.
My learning goals
I think I have a better level in Italian than in English. I would like to be fluent in English and to improve my language thanks to this app.
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Rachel
Chicago
SPEAKS
English
German
French
LEARNS
Korean
Spanish
Yiddish
Ideal conversation exchange partner
Someone funny, kind, easy to talk to, and who enjoys learning...
My learning goals
I want to improve my fluency in Korean (I believe I would classify myself as intermediate-low as I’m not a complete beginner).
My favorite topics
Music, books, history, and everyday life.
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
Perfect language 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
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Miguel
Chicago
1SPEAKS
Spanish
Emoji
English
LEARNS
French
German
Polish
My favorite topics
I enjoy writing poems and short stories. Other hobbies: music,...
I want a conversation partner who 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.
Emmanuel
Chicago
SPEAKS
English
LEARNS
French
Spanish
German
My learning goals
Learn more vocabulary and also learn more about other cultures...
My favorite topics
School, psychology, philosophy, books, music, food, culture, history
Ideal language community partner
My perfect Tandem partner will share interest in topics that I am interested in.
Aria uses Tandem in preparation for her student exchange program.
"I've been using this app for years! Before Tandem, I could barely even string a sentence together in French and now I can speak it without even thinking!"
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
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Alexandra
Chicago
SPEAKS
English
German
French
LEARNS
Swedish
Ideal language community partner
Understanding of my horrible gramma...
My learning goals
I am going to Germany and Sweden this summer so I would like to be able to hold some form of conversation with my family in Sweden.
My favorite topics
Books and sports
Julia
Chicago
NEWSPEAKS
English
LEARNS
French
Spanish
American Sign Language
My favorite topics
looking for someone to talk with regularly. Above all I like...
Perfect language exchange partner
Im looking for someone to do audio messages regularly! Je suis à la recherche de quelqu’un avec qui je peux parler régulièrement ! ¡Quiero compartir algunos mensajes de audio con frecuencia!
My learning goals
Fluency! Holding a conversation, humor and colloquial language
Michael
Chicago
29SPEAKS
English
LEARNS
Spanish
French
Portuguese
I want a conversation partner who is
Preferably someone with similar interests but most importantly...
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
My favorite topics
English and live in Chicago! I love discovering music and films to help me with my languages. My my recent project was to listen to music by each Spanish-speaking country. So let me know if you have a favorite to share!
Sabine
Chicago
SPEAKS
French
Chinese (Simplified)
English
LEARNS
Japanese
My favorite topics
Culture, food/gastronomy, music, movies, humor, manga/anime,...
Ideal language community partner
Extroverted people who are not afraid to get out of their comfort zone, and with a great sense of humour
My learning goals
Refreshing my language skills in Japanese before my trip to Japan in November
Sodbilguun
Chicago
3SPEAKS
Mongolian
English
LEARNS
Spanish
Japanese
French
My favorite topics
Art, philosophy, movies,chess, video games, music, anime, tourism...
I want a conversation partner who is
someone who has good ethics regardless their religion.
My learning goals
Every country has their cultural tradion in their language.So! I might be able to discover new nations without traveling.God is dead but I’m young enough to experience new things
Vasco
Chicago
SPEAKS
French
English
LEARNS
Russian
My language exchange partner is
Cool people who like to share :)...
My learning goals
Become as good as I can in Russian
My favorite topics
I'm a ski and snowboard instructor ❄️ Photographer and cameraman Trying to be an adventurer around the globe you can check my pictures on instagram : vascolopez
letourneur
Chicago
SPEAKS
French
LEARNS
English
Perfect language exchange partner
Peut être une personne qui ait le même niveau de langue que moi....
My learning goals
Je souhaiterais apprendre l'anglais de façon ludique et efficace.
My favorite topics
Je n'ai pas de sujet de discussion en particulier. J'aimerais pouvoir discuter de tout avec tout le monde.
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In Chicago there are 735 members ready to have a French language exchange.
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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.