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Learn English in London

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My favorite topics

Travelling, geography, history, politics, languages (+dialects,...

My language exchange partner is

A person who can explain his/her mother tongue, talkative, and want to practise and compare languages

My learning goals

To be able to speak all Slavic languages (Kashubian? Rusyn? Sorbian?), et améliorer mon français

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Ideal language community partner

I am looking for long term language partners, preferably people...

My learning goals

I would like to just have good conversation in a foreign language

My favorite topics

Music Sport Current affairs Culture Books

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My learning goals

I'd like to be able to reach a basic conversional level of Italian,...

My favorite topics

You, me, languages, travel, ambitions.. Whatever you like

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Just someone friendly, invested, easy to get along with.

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My favorite topics

I like to find out about your interest in holidays and your life...

Perfect language exchange partner

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

My learning goals

To be able to communicate and to understand other languages.

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I want a conversation partner who is

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?

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My learning goals

I want to speak Japanese fluently for a close friend of mine...

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*✧

My language exchange partner is

Anyone who speaks the languages I'm trying to learn. If you have pets send photos of them!

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My favorite topics

Traveling, Movies , sport, football, musi...

Ideal language community partner

I just need someone who can help me to practice my Italian

My learning goals

I want to speak Italian fluently

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Ideal conversation exchange partner

Don't really mind as long as they are nice and help me, don't...

My learning goals

When I'm older thinking about moving to Korea so I hope to be fluent one day

My favorite topics

I am looking for someone to teach me Korean and Japanese, I love culture and I would love for you to talk to me ❤️

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My learning goals

Build up confidence in communicating in German. Currently B2...

My favorite topics

Traveling, outdoor activities, nature, humans

Perfect language exchange partner

People serious about learning, and not just here to say hi how are you then disappear

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My favorite topics

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

I want a conversation partner who is

Friendly, smart talkative and knowledgeable

My learning goals

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

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Korean

My language exchange partner is

Uh, someone who’s helpful and kind...

My learning goals

To be able to speak at least one language!

My favorite topics

I like talking about anything really!

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My learning goals

My goal is to improve Arabic language and French...

My favorite topics

I’m a painter and photographer. I like traveling learning new stuff and experiencing different culture. I’m easy going person love having good time and having a laugh.

Ideal language community partner

Someone who listens, has patience and helps me when I’m stuck.

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My favorite topics

Almost anything! #openminded #chatterbox...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

I’m looking for someone who can speak some english, and they need to be patient with my very limited Italian.. ☺️

My learning goals

I’m moving to Italy - I need to Improve my Italian

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Perfect language exchange partner

people who are passionate about languages, where we can both...

My learning goals

I want to become completely fluent in Spanish!

My favorite topics

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

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London

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My learning goals

Become as fluent as possible and develop my linguistic skills...

My favorite topics

I enjoy talking about holidays it’s an interesting topic and comes up commonly when learning new languages

I want a conversation partner who is

Regularly online, helpful and gives good critique

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My favorite topics

Films, literature, trave...

My language exchange partner is

Excited by language (including nerdy grammatical aspects), and patient with the incompetence of others

My learning goals

My current goal is to be able to read a book in Italian. Haven't looked beyond that yet

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"Fantastic app full of fantastic people. I’ve made many friends and I’m even planning trips to see them. It’s turned my life around!"

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Ideal language community partner

A native Arabic or Spanish speake...

My learning goals

Talking to people, reading, watching videos

My favorite topics

Travelling, books, countries, food

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My learning goals

I want to practice Korean more, and also learn Japanese (한국어를...

My favorite topics

Art, music, travel and culture (예술, 음악, 여행, 문화)

Ideal conversation exchange partner

I’d like to make friends with someone kind, funny and open minded (친절한 친구를 사귀고 싶어요)

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French

My favorite topics

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

Perfect language 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'm . 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.

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I want a conversation partner who is

Motivated and down to eart...

My learning goals

Become fluent and learn culture and history

My favorite topics

Travel, News, Finance, Technology, Food

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My learning goals

Be able to hold a conversation comfortably discussing a range...

My favorite topics

Sport. Health. Travels. Cultures.

My language exchange partner is

Anyone who is willing to support and correct me as I make mistakes, inevitably forcing me to improve

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My favorite topics

How life is random stuff like somebody is your diary really and...

Ideal language community partner

Kind sociable and understanding and in now way rude!!!

My learning goals

To understand people accent and fooooooood!!

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Ideal conversation exchange partner

Someone friendly who is keen to help with a language exchang...

My learning goals

Make Thai friends and improve my language skills!

My favorite topics

Travel, culture, fitness, books, movies

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My learning goals

I want to improve my french and meet new people...

My favorite topics

music, food , travelling.

Perfect language exchange partner

You have to be funny, love foood and my dad is trippie redd

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My favorite topics

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

I want a conversation partner who is

Friendly and approachable

My learning goals

To learn Chinese :) both Cantonese and mandarin

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My language exchange partner is

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

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My learning goals

More conversational practic...

My favorite topics

Films, books, exercise, current affairs, sport.

Ideal language community partner

Patient, interesting, talkative

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My favorite topics

Travel, art and London. But anything really...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

I would like to speak half and half English and French, so if you want my fab professional vocab and nice English accent you’ll need to be ready to put up with my French efforts too

My learning goals

To improve my french speaking.

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Perfect language exchange partner

A buddy who is engaged with the conversatio...

My learning goals

I hope to become more comfortable with using my current Dutch language skills and improving them

My favorite topics

Music, movies, tv shows, current events, culture

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My learning goals

To understand Spanish when spoken fast by native speakers. To...

My favorite topics

All I want to do is learn/have conversations to better my Spanish! Nothing else

I want a conversation partner who is

Patient, easygoing and like to help educate.

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 <a href=/learn/english/brighton />Brighton, <a href=/learn/english/ipswich />Ipswich, and <a href=/learn/english/norwich />Norwich.

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.