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Benjamin

Benjamin

London

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English

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Hebrew

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Spanish

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French

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Italian

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Swedish

My favorite topics

Sports (Football), Cars, movies, technology, design and new...

My language exchange partner is

Friendly, smart talkative and knowledgeable

My learning goals

To be fluent in all the languages I chose to practice.

Stefano

Stefano

London

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English

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Italian

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Russian

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Chinese (Traditional)

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Japanese

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Korean

Ideal language community partner

Chilled, able to teach me the grammar of their languages and...

My learning goals

Being able to speak fluently and correctly. I am a hopeless perfectionist.

My favorite topics

Finance, trading, business, travelling, food, life goals, hobbies, gym, books. LOOKING for people who can teach me CHINESE, KOREAN, ARABIC AND GERMAN. I preferably like to teach Russian, French and Spanish

Elisa

Elisa

London

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English

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Italian

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Spanish

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Dutch

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Hebrew

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Swiss German

My learning goals

I'd like to be able to speak fluently and to hold a decent conversation...

My favorite topics

I enjoy pretty much everything, but I'm fond of art, design, electronic, trip hop, and rock music, old movies, TV shows, science, and books

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Someone who likes to talk about everything, and that also wants to try my Italian food!

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Find more than

4,826

English speakers in London

Rohan

Rohan

London

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English

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French

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Italian

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Chinese (Simplified)

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Norwegian

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Russian

My favorite topics

Travel, wildlife conservation, learning...

Perfect language exchange partner

People who are happy to take the time to learn and teach other languages

My learning goals

Enhance current skills to beyond intermediate level for all the languages I want to learn!

Michael

Michael

London

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Chinese (Simplified)

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Cantonese

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English

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German

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French

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Russian

I want a conversation partner who is

funny,interestin...

My learning goals

for fun

My favorite topics

Politics,history,food,books, movie

Reihan

Reihan

London

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English

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Arabic

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Bengali

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French

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Turkish

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Spanish

My learning goals

To become fluent and travel le monde!...

My favorite topics

Languages, Travelling, Rap Francais...

My language exchange partner is

More than welcome

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Moira

Moira

London

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English

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Welsh

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Tagalog, Filipino

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Portuguese

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Spanish

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Catalan

My favorite topics

Literally anythin...

Ideal language community partner

Open-minded with a good sense of humour

My learning goals

I’m studying abroad in a few months, so some confidence building would help a lot!

Thomas

Thomas

London

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Italian

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English

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International Sign Language

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German

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Spanish

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Greek

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Easygoing, patient, curious, open minde...

My learning goals

Hold a basic conversation and take it from there

My favorite topics

Food, travel, sex and everything in between - Instagram: _Aramil

Mai

Mai

London

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English

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German

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Vietnamese

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Korean

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Cantonese

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French

My learning goals

Become bette...

My favorite topics

Travel, Music, Life, Movies, Food

Perfect language exchange partner

Respectful, Easy going, Friendly

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Join a global community

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Learn what matters to you

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Have fun, engaging conversations

Lawrence

Lawrence

London

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Albanian

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English

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Italian

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Spanish

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French

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German

My favorite topics

Spirituality, Singing, Martial Arts, Meditation, Yoga, Psychology...

I want a conversation partner who is

friendly, open-minded, funny

My learning goals

I love languages and would like to improve my ability

Inayah

Inayah

London

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English

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Japanese

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Thai

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Portuguese

My language exchange partner is

Anyone who speaks the languages I'm trying to learn. If you have...

My learning goals

I want to speak Japanese fluently for a close friend of mine & I want to live in Japan for a bit. For Brazilian Portuguese and Thai, I want to learn them and learn more about the cultures as they have a huge influence on MMA and have interesting history.

My favorite topics

My greatest passion is MMA. I also love tech, movies, writing, graphic design, gaming and anything comic book related. TELL ME ABOUT YOUR CULTURE (ノ◕ヮ◕)ノ*✧

BGhost

BGhost

London

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Cantonese

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English

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Chinese (Simplified)

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German

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Japanese

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Spanish

My learning goals

Better English and Japanes...

My favorite topics

English and Japanese

Ideal language community partner

Can talk on skype

Kai

Kai uses Tandem to share their culture with other members.

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"This is my favorite app on my phone, hands down. Within minutes of downloading it, I'd found people to chat with."

Liliana

Liliana

London

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English

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Portuguese

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French

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Japanese

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Spanish

My favorite topics

Travelling, languages, culture, salsa, music, film, anime etc....

Ideal conversation exchange partner

People from other countries so I can learn something new. A native speaker who can talk abour various topics. P.S I am not Brazilian. I would also like to make friends from other cultures!

My learning goals

Practice and improve my French and Spanish and learn some basics in other languages. I would like to learn about other cultures too.

Reece

Reece

London

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English

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Emoji

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Korean

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Chinese (Simplified)

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Cantonese

Perfect language exchange partner

Kind, passionate, fun, open minded...

My learning goals

Become fluent in Korean (main focus), learn enough mandarin and Cantonese to get around. Would also like to make some friends in the process.

My favorite topics

大家好,我是上官枫. 안녕하세요 여러분, 저는 리스 입니다!!! I enjoy talking about music, food, movies, culture and life. Can anyone teach me Daegu dialect?

David

David

London

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English

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German

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Chinese (Simplified)

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Spanish

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French

My learning goals

I’d like to be able have conversations with my family in China...

My favorite topics

Food, art & design, music, fitness, fashion and more food

I want a conversation partner who is

A person that’s also a foodie and likes art, design and music. Casual to talk to and up for a drink.

Aicha

Aicha

London

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Wolof

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French

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German

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Spanish

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Japanese

My favorite topics

travels food musi...

My language exchange partner is

really FUNNY nice kind spontaneous

My learning goals

I wish I could speak german and spanish fluently

Youssef

Youssef

London

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English

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Arabic

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French

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Spanish

Ideal language community partner

Latin American native speakers ; hablantes nativos latinoamericanos;...

My learning goals

Is to be able to speak Spanish fluently

My favorite topics

Personal development Spiritually Philosophy History Poetry Hip hop

Ri

Ri

London

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English

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French

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Arabic

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Italian

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Russian

My learning goals

I prefer to speak to a fewer people more regularly than many...

My favorite topics

Music, culture, philosophy, physics, food or anything that is going to help me learn :). Recently ive started learning old italian songs on the guitar to help me learn the language in an exciting way

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Like-minded, open minded and ideally patient and eager to share knowledge

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Benson

Benson

London

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My favorite topics

Musi...

Perfect language exchange partner

Patient

My learning goals

To be confident conversationally in social contexts

Sergio

Sergio

London

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SPEAKS

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English

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Spanish

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Portuguese

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Dutch

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Arabic

I want a conversation partner who is

Someone who wants to speak a different language and make new...

My learning goals

Practising the languages I know (English, Spanish) and improving the ones I’m currently learning (Dutch, Portuguese). Ultimately, I’m here to make friends from around the world, no matter which language/s you speak.

My favorite topics

Travel, technology, language learning, free-time activities, religion, politics, economics, philosophy… An interesting conversation is always welcome.

Damola

Damola

London

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English

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French

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Spanish

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Yoruba

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Portuguese

My learning goals

Comunicar con la gente en su idioma, por aprender su manera de...

My favorite topics

La cultura latinoamericana, la literatura, los idiomas, el hip hop, las ideas políticas. Sobre todo me gusta reír y gustaría discutir cualquier tema con un vino en la mano!

My language exchange partner is

Le gusta reír y discutir conceptos abstractos!

Aditya

Aditya

London

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Hindi

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English

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Spanish

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Portuguese

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Italian

My favorite topics

LOVE different cultures of world.. different people,dance ,music...

Ideal language community partner

movies, series, Spanish culture, world history, love♥️

My learning goals

Im going to live in UK for for next two year, I would like to make friends from Europe,- spain, italy, france, Portugal, romania, Czech Republic. I want to learn basic language also want to make friends so we can actually do couch surfing.

Bruno

Bruno

London

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Portuguese

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Italian

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English

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French

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Russian

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Spanish

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Extrovert, friendly, intellectua...

My learning goals

Travel and work

My favorite topics

Travels, Intellectual discussions

Oliver

Oliver

London

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English

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Spanish

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French

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Portuguese

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Italian

My learning goals

to achieve relative fluency and learn lots of idiomatic expressions....

My favorite topics

travel, food and politics

Perfect language exchange partner

easy going, an engaging person who I can learn from and hopefully, a nice smile!

Deneka

Deneka

London

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English

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Spanish

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British Sign Language

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Catalan

My favorite topics

music, books, technology and culture - but we can talk about...

I want a conversation partner who is

people who are passionate about languages, where we can both learn from each other :)

My learning goals

I want to become completely fluent in Spanish!

Shiny

Shiny

London

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Chinese (Traditional)

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English

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Japanese

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French

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German

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Korean

My language exchange partner is

I’d like to talk to people who has same interests with me, I...

My learning goals

I’m thinking to at least be able to take the exam of French next year.

My favorite topics

I like history, cultures and learning language! I play games and music. I also love anime and dance.

Faycal

Faycal

London

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French

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Arabic

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English

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Italian

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Russian

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Turkish

My learning goals

Being able to communicate with more people in this worl...

My favorite topics

Football, history, politics

Ideal language community partner

Funny and crazy

Jay

Jay

London

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English

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Cantonese

My favorite topics

I like to talk ahout technology and gaming. Other cultures are...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Friendly and approachable

My learning goals

To learn Chinese :) both Cantonese and mandarin

Ceci

Ceci

London

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English

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Cantonese

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Chinese (Traditional)

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Japanese

Perfect language exchange partner

よかったら友達としてやりとり続けて行きたい.... I would love to work towards a genuine...

My learning goals

日本が大好きだから、日本語頑張ります!

My favorite topics

旅行、抹茶、本.... enjoying good food, watching game of thrones

Ace

Ace

London

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English

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Cantonese

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Japanese

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Chinese (Simplified)

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Thai

My learning goals

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

My favorite topics

I like to find out about your interest in holidays and your life style also your hobbies, so if we do have the same hobbies it will be great.

I want a conversation partner who is

Not sure yet but I can not read Chinese. I read English only, thank you.

Looking for an online language exchange partner in London, United Kingdom?

Tandem is the world's largest language exchange app. There are currently 4,826 English speakers in London 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 London?

In London there are 4,826 members ready to have a English language exchange.

Are there other locations in United Kingdom other than London where I can find a English language exchange partner?

You can also find a English Tandem partner in Leeds, Sunderland, and Birstall.

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 4,826 of them coming from London.