Language exchange in Philadelphia
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Philadelphia
Bowei
Philadelphia
NEWSPEAKS
Chinese (Simplified)
English
Chinese (Traditional)
LEARNS
Japanese
Dutch
French
My favorite topics
Feminism, intercultural topics, yoga, gardening, environmental...
My language exchange partner is
Anyone with an international background, and open minded. I also speaks mandarin and Shanghainese
My learning goals
Become fluent in Japanese colloquially
Jesse
Philadelphia
SPEAKS
Chinese (Simplified)
Chinese (Traditional)
English
LEARNS
Japanese
Korean
Spanish
Ideal language community partner
Someone can speak native language frequently and know some histories...
My learning goals
Know more other languages and become more frequent.
My favorite topics
Learning.life style. Cultural difference.food. Sports.travelling.video game.
Matthew
Philadelphia
SPEAKS
English
Spanish
Portuguese
LEARNS
French
Russian
Arabic
My learning goals
Have full conversations in a foreign language that are not just...
My favorite topics
LGBT rights, language learning (duh!), literature, film, Latin America, the Middle East, refugee rights, food, travel
Ideal conversation exchange partner
Someone open minded, out going, friendly, adventurous
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Tandem partners in Philadelphia
Jae-hoon
Philadelphia
9SPEAKS
Korean
LEARNS
Spanish
Japanese
Chinese (Simplified)
My learning goals
I would like to socialize and learn foreign language...
My favorite topics
I like soccer (arsenal), starcraft, civilization, kendrick Lamar, etc
My language exchange partner is
I would like to learn Spanish and some other foreign languages
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Kj
Philadelphia
4SPEAKS
English
LEARNS
Arabic
French
Spanish
Ideal conversation exchange partner
Someone who is around or slightly above my language level, patient,...
My learning goals
I would like to become advanced in languages other than my own.
My favorite topics
Religion, personal stories, day to day life, dreams, goals, books, embarrassing stories, jobs, school, current events, cities, sports, charities, science, history, philosophy, politics, movies, food, music, culture, travel, talents, economics, stereotypes
Andrew
Philadelphia
13SPEAKS
English
Albanian
LEARNS
Polish
Turkish
Bosnian
My learning goals
At the end of the day I just want to be able to have conversations...
My favorite topics
Movies, politics, culture, fitness
Perfect language exchange partner
Anyone who likes to learn about the world, share knowledge about their country/language, and are open minded.
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Join a global community
Learn what matters to you
Have fun, engaging conversations
Ty
Philadelphia
4SPEAKS
English
LEARNS
Japanese
Spanish
French
My favorite topics
Photography INSTAGRAM: thekidfromnorthphilly , Anime ,Cooking...
I want a conversation partner who is
Anyone who's open enough to talk freely about anything with me
My learning goals
Making new friends while learning a new language
PJ
Philadelphia
SPEAKS
English
LEARNS
Spanish
Korean
Chinese (Traditional)
My learning goals
I don't have a specific goal. I just want to make foreign friends...
My favorite topics
Language learning, acting, anything about sleep or food, anddd making a friendship.
Ideal language community partner
Someone who is really nice like me, very outgoing not afraid to be weird, and keeps up with the conversation. OH and they have to be my age or +1.
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Paris
Philadelphia
SPEAKS
English
LEARNS
Chinese (Simplified)
Chinese (Traditional)
Arabic
Perfect language exchange partner
Just nice, helping, keeps the conversation going, but be themselves...
My learning goals
Fluency. I don’t mind making a friend, but I want to speak your language so you can be more comfortable.
My favorite topics
Mainly your culture and language. But basketball, food, and daily life stuff is good!
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Many
Philadelphia
SPEAKS
English
LEARNS
Finnish
Latin
Russian
My favorite topics
Music, folk lore, fairy tales, nature, literatur...
My language exchange partner is
Anyone who can help me find texts to translate, especially ones involving fairytales, folklore, or mythology. Also similar music interests would be awesome (I regularly translate lyrics by Gogol Bordello and Russkaya, but love many genres).
My learning goals
I want to improve my reading abilities.
Lena
Philadelphia
SPEAKS
Indonesian
LEARNS
English
Chinese (Simplified)
Spanish
Ideal language community partner
Let's speak english and bahas...
My learning goals
Good in English and Mandarin
My favorite topics
Watch movie ,try new food lol , photography , design graphic , travelling , watch korean drama a lot ha ha
Mesbaul Haque
Philadelphia
SPEAKS
Bengali
English
Hindi
LEARNS
Persian
My learning goals
Comprehensive reading so that I can read poetries by Rum...
My favorite topics
Sufism, Poetry, Rumi, Culture, Shahnameh
Ideal conversation exchange partner
Anyone who reads a little poetry of Rumi and is interested in Sufism
Asaf
Philadelphia
NEWSPEAKS
English
Hebrew
Spanish
LEARNS
French
My favorite topics
I enjoy discussing movies/TV shows, politics, random biochemistry...
Perfect language exchange partner
Someone who I’m able to casually chat with, and who isn’t afraid to correct my mistakes
My learning goals
My ultimate goal is to be able to speak French at a high-intermediate level by next summer, when I study abroad.
Ambar
Philadelphia
SPEAKS
Spanish
English
LEARNS
Korean
Italian
French
I want a conversation partner who is
Don’t really have a “perfect” partner in mind. Maybe someone...
My learning goals
To at least be able to learn the basic communication skills
My favorite topics
I love talking about art and other types of hobbies out in the world. (ex. Music, writing, and reading.)
Shaipreeah
Philadelphia
NEWSPEAKS
English
LEARNS
Japanese
Spanish
French
My favorite topics
I love all forms of art and expression really? Mostly in art...
I want a conversation partner who is
Casual talks, share stories about our day, anything really lets just talk
My learning goals
I want to learn other languages to connect with others in a deeper way. Current focus is Spanish, got a deep love for Japanese and French would be cool to learn too
Daja
Philadelphia
SPEAKS
English
Emoji
LEARNS
Japanese
Korean
Chinese (Simplified)
My learning goals
learn more wordsbecome fluentperfect pronunciatio...
My favorite topics
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Ideal language community partner
nicefunnyentertaininggood friend
Hezi
Philadelphia
1SPEAKS
English
Spanish
Chinese (Traditional)
LEARNS
Thai
My favorite topics
Family, dancing, yoga, culture, love and relationships, food,...
Ideal conversation exchange partner
A person who knows how to enjoy life, relax, loves teaching, loves learning, likes dancing, yoga, a foodie, a person who likes culture, someone who has a connection with God
My learning goals
Greater language fluency, to help others, and to make friends
Kathryn
Philadelphia
21SPEAKS
English
LEARNS
Spanish
German
Italian
Perfect language exchange partner
Someone with a good sense of humor that I can easily chat with...
My learning goals
Understand the meaning/context of Spanish conversation besides typing proper grammar and vocabulary; would also like to learn more about Hispanic culture of person I'm speaking with. German, Italian, and Portuguese speakers can also chat with me.
My favorite topics
Books, music, movies, trivia, pop culture
yanting
Philadelphia
SPEAKS
Chinese (Simplified)
English
LEARNS
Cantonese
French
Japanese
My learning goals
Native Chinese mandarin speaker. However, I’ve live in the United...
My favorite topics
Love dog, music, northern Chinese skewer. New technology.
I want a conversation partner who is
A person who is humor, easygoing and nice.
Looking for a Tandem conversation partner in Philadelphia?
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Frequent City Questions
How many people are available for language exchange in Philadelphia?
There are 256 members in Philadelphia on Tandem.
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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 256 do it in Philadelphia.