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Ava

Ava

Chicago

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French

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English

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Haitian Creole

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Korean Flag

Korean

Japanese Flag

Japanese

German Flag

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.

Yan

Yan

Chicago

SPEAKS

Chinese (Simplified) Flag

Chinese (Simplified)

English Flag

English

Chinese (Traditional) Flag

Chinese (Traditional)

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Russian Flag

Russian

French Flag

French

Japanese Flag

Japanese

Ideal language community partner

People who like to have fun, travelling, sport...

My learning goals

Learn some language, make some friends

My favorite topics

Traveling, sports, technology

Lynn

Lynn

Chicago

SPEAKS

English Flag

English

Finnish Flag

Finnish

Luxembourgish Flag

Luxembourgish

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French Flag

French

Korean Flag

Korean

Norwegian Flag

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

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Tandem partners in Chicago

Arina

Arina

Chicago

SPEAKS

English Flag

English

Romanian Flag

Romanian

Spanish Flag

Spanish

LEARNS

Chinese (Traditional) Flag

Chinese (Traditional)

Korean Flag

Korean

Portuguese Flag

Portuguese

My favorite topics

Food, filmmaking, k-dramas, languages, cultures, musi...

Perfect language exchange partner

Someone serious about languages only

My learning goals

Having more courage to just speak/write

Miguel

Miguel

Chicago

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SPEAKS

Spanish Flag

Spanish

Emoji Flag

Emoji

English Flag

English

LEARNS

French Flag

French

German Flag

German

Polish Flag

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

Anjelica

Chicago

SPEAKS

English Flag

English

Tagalog, Filipino Flag

Tagalog, Filipino

Spanish Flag

Spanish

LEARNS

Korean Flag

Korean

Italian Flag

Italian

Japanese Flag

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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Zhang

Zhang

Chicago

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SPEAKS

Chinese (Simplified) Flag

Chinese (Simplified)

Emoji Flag

Emoji

Chinese (Traditional) Flag

Chinese (Traditional)

LEARNS

English Flag

English

Russian Flag

Russian

Japanese Flag

Japanese

My favorite topics

Student,major in law.Just a big boy.Talk to me casually ~ Basketball,big...

Ideal language community partner

Someone lives in Chicago. Because I may go to chicago for master of law this year.

My learning goals

Meet some people who can have voice call with me in chinese or English.

Zain

Zain

Chicago

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SPEAKS

Urdu Flag

Urdu

Telugu Flag

Telugu

Hindi Flag

Hindi

LEARNS

English Flag

English

Spanish Flag

Spanish

Arabic Flag

Arabic

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Extrovert Friendly Geeky Outgoing Adventurou...

My learning goals

Learn spanish Arabic

My favorite topics

Food Movies Music Tvshows

Brandon

Brandon

Chicago

SPEAKS

English Flag

English

French Flag

French

German Flag

German

LEARNS

Afrikaans Flag

Afrikaans

Arabic Flag

Arabic

Hindi Flag

Hindi

My learning goals

Hope to learn more of the other languages I'm learning, and would...

My favorite topics

Exploring the World and Learning Languages! ✈️, Political Science and International Relations , Neuroscience, Psychology, & Medicine ‍⚕️, Writing Letters & Sending Postcards ✒️✉️

Perfect language exchange partner

Someone who loves the world, loves exploring, and someone who is open to all kinds of new people and experiences

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Fafe

Fafe

Chicago

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SPEAKS

Spanish Flag

Spanish

English Flag

English

Emoji Flag

Emoji

LEARNS

German Flag

German

Dutch Flag

Dutch

Finnish Flag

Finnish

My favorite topics

Languages, travel, photography, technology, green energies, biomaterials,...

I want a conversation partner who is

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!

My learning goals

Practice different languages and learn about other cultures.

Matthew

Matthew

Chicago

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SPEAKS

English Flag

English

Spanish Flag

Spanish

LEARNS

Portuguese Flag

Portuguese

French Flag

French

German Flag

German

My language exchange partner is

Eager to learn, friendly, not afraid to make mistake...

My learning goals

Become a more confident and comfortable speaker

My favorite topics

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

Whitney

Whitney

Chicago

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SPEAKS

English Flag

English

Spanish Flag

Spanish

LEARNS

Korean Flag

Korean

Japanese Flag

Japanese

Chinese (Simplified) Flag

Chinese (Simplified)

My learning goals

To be intermediate to fluent...

My favorite topics

Movies, music , travel ,arts

Ideal language community partner

Can keep up a diverse conversation and not disappear

Jun

Jun uses Tandem to improve his English speaking and listening skills.

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"One of the reasons I’ve struggled to stay engaged in practicing languages is a lack of being able to talk to native speakers, so this app is a lifesaver."

Joe

Joe

Chicago

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SPEAKS

English Flag

English

Spanish Flag

Spanish

LEARNS

Italian Flag

Italian

Portuguese Flag

Portuguese

Arabic Flag

Arabic

My favorite topics

Science, engineering, medicine, technology, politics, ethics,...

Ideal conversation exchange 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!

My learning goals

I want to improve my grasp on fluency in foreign languages, specifically with using nuanced, regular language as well as a formal understanding of grammar and vocabulary. I want to speak as people do on a daily basis, as well as understand.

Michael

Michael

Chicago

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English Flag

English

LEARNS

Spanish Flag

Spanish

French Flag

French

Portuguese Flag

Portuguese

Perfect language exchange partner

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!

Change

Change

Chicago

SPEAKS

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English

Chinese (Traditional) Flag

Chinese (Traditional)

Chinese (Cantonese) Flag

Cantonese

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Japanese

Chinese (Simplified) Flag

Chinese (Simplified)

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American Sign Language

My learning goals

To be able to communicate and understand with other...

My favorite topics

Learning process

I want a conversation partner who is

Friendly, good looking, down to earth and adventurous.

Tshering

Tshering

Chicago

SPEAKS

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Dzongkha

English Flag

English

Chinese (Simplified) Flag

Chinese (Simplified)

LEARNS

Turkish Flag

Turkish

Arabic Flag

Arabic

Korean Flag

Korean

My favorite topics

#travel #language #art #design #history #culture #architectur...

My language exchange partner is

Friendly I guess? Lol

My learning goals

Idk

Chrissy

Chrissy

Chicago

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SPEAKS

Chinese (Simplified) Flag

Chinese (Simplified)

Emoji Flag

Emoji

English Flag

English

LEARNS

Italian Flag

Italian

Spanish Flag

Spanish

Norwegian Flag

Norwegian

Ideal language community partner

Open minded and interesting people...

My learning goals

Meet some interesting ppl and get to know different cultures

My favorite topics

Dogs and fashion

John

John

Chicago

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SPEAKS

English Flag

English

LEARNS

Italian Flag

Italian

Spanish Flag

Spanish

Turkish Flag

Turkish

My learning goals

Be able to speak confidently and understand responses...

My favorite topics

TV, Relationships, Movies, Photography, Piano, Books, Travel, Food, Cooking

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Anyone with a good attitude who can help me practice Spanish or Italian while I help you learn English.

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Suhail

Suhail

Chicago

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SPEAKS

Arabic Flag

Arabic

English Flag

English

LEARNS

Spanish Flag

Spanish

French Flag

French

German Flag

German

My favorite topics

science, history, soccer, photography, tennis, tv, book...

Perfect language exchange partner

Anyone with enthusiasm to learn a new language!

My learning goals

Mastering the basics in at least 5 languages

Vera

Vera

Chicago

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SPEAKS

English Flag

English

LEARNS

Spanish Flag

Spanish

Turkish Flag

Turkish

Russian Flag

Russian

I want a conversation partner who is

Funny, patient, and friendl...

My learning goals

Improve my language skills and meet some amazing people

My favorite topics

Travel, food, bicycling, piano.... INSTAGRAM: Verabriseis ❣️

Jonathan

Jonathan

Chicago

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SPEAKS

English Flag

English

LEARNS

Russian Flag

Russian

Turkish Flag

Turkish

Ukrainian Flag

Ukrainian

My learning goals

Meet new people and lear...

My favorite topics

Travel, books, science fiction, art, fashion

My language exchange partner is

Interesting, quick witted, sincere

yash

yash

Chicago

SPEAKS

Marathi Flag

Marathi

English Flag

English

Hindi Flag

Hindi

LEARNS

French Flag

French

My favorite topics

movies, music, books, sports, football, trave...

Ideal language community partner

Anybody who's humble and open to new experiences.

My learning goals

Basic conversation in French

Diego

Diego

Chicago

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SPEAKS

English Flag

English

Spanish Flag

Spanish

LEARNS

Korean Flag

Korean

French Flag

French

German Flag

German

Ideal conversation 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

Julia

Julia

Chicago

SPEAKS

English Flag

English

LEARNS

French Flag

French

Spanish Flag

Spanish

American Sign Language Flag

American Sign Language

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.

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!

Emmanuel

Emmanuel

Chicago

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English Flag

English

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French Flag

French

Spanish Flag

Spanish

German Flag

German

My favorite topics

School, psychology, philosophy, books, music, food, culture,...

I want a conversation partner who is

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.

Gabriel

Gabriel

Chicago

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SPEAKS

English Flag

English

LEARNS

Spanish Flag

Spanish

German Flag

German

Italian Flag

Italian

My language exchange partner is

People who are interested in improving their skills with English...

My learning goals

Improve my language skills

My favorite topics

Swiming, jogging, reading, working out and meeting new people. IG. @gabe.spindler

Kanorha

Kanorha

Chicago

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SPEAKS

Spanish Flag

Spanish

LEARNS

English Flag

English

Portuguese Flag

Portuguese

Italian Flag

Italian

My learning goals

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

My favorite topics

Movies, Dance, travel, sports

Ideal language community partner

Someone fun to have a nice conversation

Benjamin

Benjamin

Chicago

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SPEAKS

English Flag

English

LEARNS

Japanese Flag

Japanese

Korean Flag

Korean

Vietnamese Flag

Vietnamese

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,...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Replies regularly, similar interests, helpful. We can share our favorite things, our daily life, our troubles, and talk about meaningful things.

My learning goals

Build strong relationships and practice languages. I'm looking forward to your messages. よろしくお願いします!(๑˃̵ᴗ˂̵)

Casey

Casey

Chicago

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SPEAKS

English Flag

English

LEARNS

Spanish Flag

Spanish

French Flag

French

Korean Flag

Korean

Perfect language exchange partner

Someone who is patient lo...

My learning goals

Natural pronunciation, conversational fluency, vocabulary expansion

My favorite topics

I like talking about food, music, art, biology, sociology, and movies.

Sodbilguun

Sodbilguun

Chicago

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SPEAKS

Mongolian Flag

Mongolian

English Flag

English

LEARNS

Spanish Flag

Spanish

Japanese Flag

Japanese

French Flag

French

My learning goals

Every country has their cultural tradion in their language.So!...

My favorite topics

Art, philosophy, movies,chess, video games, music, anime, tourism and business

I want a conversation partner who is

someone who has good ethics regardless their religion.

Looking for a Tandem conversation partner in Chicago?

Tandem is the world's largest language exchange app. There are currently 735 speakers in Chicago 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 Chicago?

There are 735 members in Chicago on Tandem.

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

Tandem is also available in locations such as Bellevue, Clermont, and Charlottesville.

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 735 do it in Chicago.