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Culture difference Real Daily life in your country ...

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She or he likes to know Chinese culture. We can talk about Chinese traditional culture, medicine, Taoism. Chinese food and so on.

My learning goals

Oral Communication in French and Arabic

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热情,耐心,活泼的...

My learning goals

再考HSK6级。也想学习手语!

My favorite topics

音乐,电影,艺术,食物,旅游, 文化。我也喜欢爬山看看星星与月亮。抖音:amandaplease

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My learning goals

I hope to communicate with people from other countries.The purpose...

My favorite topics

My interests are quite extensive. Movies, TV shows, cartoons, Musical Instruments, painting, studying or chatting are all acceptable!!!

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Anyone who is interested in Chinese culture can come to me!!I welcome everyone!!As long as you talk to me, I will be very happy!!!

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Bonjour my name is Choyi, I live in Shanghai now. I wanna learn...

Perfect language exchange partner

Humour, optimiste and friendly.

My learning goals

I wanna learn French and I hope I can talk without any obstacles.

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I want a conversation partner who is

Nice Kind Helpful Positiv...

My learning goals

Meet new friends from different countries

My favorite topics

Movie Music Photography Pets Travelling

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Learning and making friend...

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Everything is ok

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Fun and enthusiastic

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Ideal language community partner

Easy talk

My learning goals

Interesting

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My learning goals

I enjoy making friends and share my life.

My favorite topics

Latin Music.Art.Cultural.Design.Language.Photograph.Food.Taylor Swift. Mariah Carey

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Travel, shoot, fitness, healthy lifestyle, movie, music, environment protection, technology, volunteer

Perfect language exchange partner

She/he is interesting, easy to get along with, life-loving, sports-loving, bursting with curiosity

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Anything really, come and be goofy w/ me ;...

I want a conversation partner who is

Open minded and fun to talk to

My learning goals

Probs going to move to Frankfurt next year for uni so it would be nice to improve my German

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能够互相交流,周末可以相约一起去喝一...

My learning goals

通过学习语言可以和对方流利的交流,感受对方文化

My favorite topics

各国饮食,文化,生活,社交,也欢迎在上海的外国友人来交流

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Make new friends and learn about countries....

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Sports, culture, food, travelling, language exchange.

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Friendly, talkative , keen learners, keen travellers, open minded people.

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open-minded

My learning goals

better German, some Spanish and Cantonese.

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I like to chat with open minded people, who have a lot of passion...

My learning goals

I would like to improve my skills in writing and also speaking! I'm currently studying in China, and I want to be able to hold daily conversations freely. I'll appreciate all your patience and time with me! And I'm also not afraid of criticism.

My favorite topics

I like to travel a lot and make new friends. As well I like to spend time with some books or good music. Moreover, I also like to cook. :)

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Make more friend...

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music, TV program, history, food,movie, anything you like.

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polite,talkative and humorous.

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My language exchange partner is

Talkative and warm hearted

My learning goals

To be able to use words correctly To speak up

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"I have never made so many friends so fast. It’s really fun having all these people to learn languages with."

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帅 话多 有礼貌 衣品好 善...

My learning goals

能更加流利的跟别人沟通 不要让语言成为我们沟通的障碍

My favorite topics

电影 文学 穿搭 还有衣服的搭配 护肤方面

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Ideal conversation exchange partner

Sense of humour Talkative

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Architecture, City and urban issues, Design, Data, Computer,...

Perfect language exchange partner

Anyone and everyone. Smart guys preferred.

My learning goals

Talk freely with natives

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Learn a new language, make friends

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Movies, trips, scenic places

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Travelling,music,pets,food

My language exchange partner is

Love pets,can help me improve English,want to learn Chinese

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Ideal language community partner

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My learning goals

好好study and speak English

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Smart and kind of weird ( I hate average and typical kind of...

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Be able to speak Chinese fluently, Travel all over china and why not to other countries, find people to do music with

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Football, Music , Arts, Philosophy

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Being able to have normal business and lifestyle conversation...

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Business, cooking, travelling

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Patient and good at giving feedback

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Someone who is talkative

My learning goals

To become fluent and to one day read the Chinese newspaper

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日本語をペラペラ喋れるようになりたい。

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‍/音楽/ファッション/芸術/etc. いろいろ話しましょう☺️

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Why don’t we talk about our fantasy ?

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Humorous,positive and outgoing

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Ideal conversation exchange partner

Will listen to the pronunciation and teach the definition of the word and let me have a conversation with them.

My learning goals

To learn the basics of korean, and be fluent at it.

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Business Communication

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Food, International Relationship, High technology

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Get at least intermediate level in korean...

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Music, reading, writing, mysteries, life itself. I love learning new languages and simply love South Korea. 在上海的拉丁小弟!多爱交友!我会说西班牙语/英语 还想学韩文

I want a conversation partner who is

I’d love to meet open minded non judgmental friends. You can talk to me in English/Spanish and Chinese.

Looking for an online language exchange partner in Shanghai, China?

Tandem is the world's largest language exchange app. There are currently 11,159 English speakers in Shanghai 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 Shanghai?

In Shanghai there are 11,159 members ready to have a English language exchange.

Are there other locations in China other than Shanghai where I can find a English language exchange partner?

You can also find a English Tandem partner in <a href=/learn/english/sanya />Sanya, <a href=/learn/english/suqian />Suqian, and <a href=/learn/english/ningbo />Ningbo.

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 11,159 of them coming from Shanghai.