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Learn Japanese in Chicago

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My favorite topics

Literature, Art and culture, movies, relationship, gender study,...

My language exchange partner is

Consistence, respective for different sexual orientations, some interest in common.

My learning goals

Be able to speak some everyday Korean language

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Ideal language community partner

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.

My favorite topics

Les sujets dont j’aime beaucoup parler sont l’art, la danse classique (ou aussi les danses classiques), les langues en général, les cultures des peuples, la géographie, etc. Je suis prête et ouverte à parler de beaucoup de choses différentes.

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My learning goals

Making the kingdom of Go...

My favorite topics

Life

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Christian friends

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My favorite topics

Traveling, sports, technology...

Perfect language exchange partner

People who like to have fun, travelling, sports

My learning goals

Learn some language, make some friends

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I want a conversation partner who is

My perfect tandem buddy would be someone I'd learn alot from...

My learning goals

I would like to learn a new language and make a friend

My favorite topics

I enjoy talking about architecture, video games, travel/cultures, anime, and honestly anything!

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My learning goals

m now working in Japan, so I can also help you with Japanese...

My favorite topics

Fashion, Makeup, Language. I can talk about everything. Feel free to message me:)

My language exchange partner is

One who loves making friends, and eager to learn new languages.

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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.

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Ideal conversation exchange partner

Someone who loves the world, loves exploring, and someone who...

My learning goals

Hope to learn more of the other languages I'm learning, and would love to help others with their English and French!

My favorite topics

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

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My learning goals

Talk with Native english speaker Fluentl...

My favorite topics

Culture exchange , traveling

Perfect language exchange partner

The person who are interested in Japanese culture and language

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My favorite topics

Sports, cooking, language, scienc...

I want a conversation partner who is

Friendly, people who want to learn Japanese

My learning goals

I want to speak English fluently

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My language exchange partner is

The perfect tandem buddy would be willing to converse with me...

My learning goals

I want to be more comfortable with speaking with someone and being understood with my thoughts.

My favorite topics

I love discussion about music, food, and travel.

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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

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Learn what matters to you

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Have fun, engaging conversations

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My favorite topics

Art, philosophy, movies,chess, video games, music, anime, tourism...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

someone who has good ethics regardless their religion.

My learning goals

Every country has their cultural tradion in their language.So! I might be able to discover new nations without traveling.God is dead but I’m young enough to experience new things

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Perfect language exchange partner

Friendly, open to talk about anything, patient with my Japanese...

My learning goals

I want to pass the N1 test and can have meaningful conversation in Japanese. ペラペラになりたい!

My favorite topics

Anything related to Japan excites me! I am trying to expand my knowledge on Japan :) 日本大好き

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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

I want a conversation partner who is

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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How to speak good and communicat...

My language exchange partner is

Great

My learning goals

To be able to communicate with others great

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Aria uses Tandem in preparation for her student exchange program.

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"​​I've been using this app for years! Before Tandem, I could barely even string a sentence together in French and now I can speak it without even thinking!"

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Ideal language community partner

I want to be friends with people of different cultures! Someone...

My learning goals

I would love to be able to talk casually in languages other than my native ones and be able to express myself easily about day to day things. I wish to travel around the world and make friends in different countries. ㅇㅅㅇ

My favorite topics

Life, cultures, learning new languages, music, arts, entertainment, and also dogs ....I love dogs :3

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I have a huge list of goals to achieve so I'll just put etc....

My favorite topics

K pop, music, I like to draw,sing,play piano and guitar. I'm learning korean I love to make korean friends because it helps with my learning and I love their culture . Basically I love making new friends from anywhere. I'm also bilingual spanish and Engli

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Anyone I can get along with hehe. Um specifically koreans, Japanese, Chinese, any other type of asians. Um anyone else in this world because there are many different races but that actually doesnt make us different:)

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My favorite topics

Comics, especially One piece, Naruto taking a photo...

Perfect language exchange partner

Any kinds of person. If any, I would like considerate person

My learning goals

To be able to use English in my job, to make good friends regardless of their nationality

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I want a conversation partner who is

My perfect partner doesn’t exist because I don’t ride bike...

My learning goals

I want to be able to fluently speak so I can teach other African people how to speak

My favorite topics

I love talking about relationships and tv shows or movies. I’m also very interested in learning about Africa

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My learning goals

Learn more colloquial language and make friends! I also want...

My favorite topics

Makeup, fashion, cartoon, anime, music, games, Pokémon, drawing

My language exchange partner is

Someone who is interested in teaching me things about their culture! If people do cultural dances, that’d be great too!

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My favorite topics

Hiking, traveling, Comedy/medical/detective/supernatural TV shows,...

Ideal language community partner

An adventurous and open minded person.

My learning goals

Practice speaking and writing korean, Japanese and Chinese. 중국계 미국인 이에요. 9게 월중도 어학당 다니면서 서울을 구경했어요. 그래서 한국어로 대화중도 할수 있어요! 쓰기는 좀 못하지만, 듣기는 잘한 편이에요. 말 걸어 오세욬ㅋㅋㅋ 잘 부탁이에요! 2年間くらい日本で住んでいましたが、日本語力をもっと上達したいです。是非ご連絡を!

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Ideal conversation exchange partner

Creo que estará bien chido para hacer amigos con alguien de un...

My learning goals

Quiero mejorar mi vocabulario en español y también tener más confianza cuando hablando. Te puedo ayudar con el inglés.

My favorite topics

Me gusta hablar sobre todo y conocer personas nuevas. Cosas que me encanta son salir con mis amigos, probar comidas nuevas, viajar, y montar bicicleta.

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I want to be able to speak Spanish with native speakers just...

My favorite topics

Biking, Music, urban gardening, The Sims, Sim City, movies, Netflix, and culture.

Perfect language exchange partner

Someone from a different country who wants to make friends.

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Travel, self improvement, careers, current events, books, religio...

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Someone who enjoys talking about self-improvement, someone patient who speaks slowly, preferably a female my age

My learning goals

Higher fluency, what else?

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I want to feel comfortable with my tandem partner, I want them...

My learning goals

to learn the language well and speak and write properly in those languages

My favorite topics

I like to play video games and I like to edit ☺️

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My learning goals

Build strong relationships and practice languages. I'm looking...

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, video gamesビディオゲーム

Ideal language community partner

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

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Trabajo música amigos fiestas lugare...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Inteligentes divertidos mente abierta

My learning goals

Dominar el idioma mejorar pronunciación y audición

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Someone who is nice and willing to be my frien...

My learning goals

Achieve a level of at least elementary in chinese

My favorite topics

I love talking about pretty much anything

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I really just want to learn about people's experiences in or...

My favorite topics

Storytelling, video games, culture, traveling

I want a conversation partner who is

Somebody willing to share their personal stories or talk about social issues with lots of sass! (Well maybe... up to you.)

Looking for an online language exchange partner in Chicago, United States?

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

In Chicago there are 735 members ready to have a Japanese language exchange.

Are there other locations in United States other than Chicago where I can find a Japanese language exchange partner?

You can also find a Japanese Tandem partner in <a href=/learn/japanese/littleton />Littleton, <a href=/learn/japanese/las-vegas />Las Vegas, and <a href=/learn/japanese/mission-viejo />Mission Viejo.

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 735 of them coming from Chicago.