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Austin

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English

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Spanish

My favorite topics

Exploring Washington DC, True crime podcasts, boxeo cryptocurrency,...

My language exchange partner is

Happy people who are trying to learn English and are patient with a Spanish beginner.

My learning goals

I want to be able to hold basic conversations in Spanish. It will benefit me while traveling in Spanish speaking countries and cities (and also in my local community).

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H.

Austin

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Korean

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English

Ideal language community partner

I want to meet friendly and kind friend. I am good at speaking...

My learning goals

To get a job and have friends.

My favorite topics

Travel, Politics, Animals, Small Talk, Language, Job

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C.

Austin

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English

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French

My learning goals

Be able to enjoy French movies and have basic conversations...

My favorite topics

Books, movies, culture, and food

Ideal conversation exchange partner

A person who is patient and knows French well

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A.

Austin

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English

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French

My favorite topics

Sports, culture, music, world news and pretty much anything...

Perfect language exchange partner

Someone who can teach me and have fun doing so. Someone who wants to learn English.(:

My learning goals

To be fluent in multiple languages.

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D.

Austin

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Fluent

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English

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Spanish

I want a conversation partner who is

Fun, kind, helpful, flexible, speaks mexican or central American...

My learning goals

I want to learn the past tense congugations for spanish. I am only starting to learn Arabic and would like to learn basic phrases/greetings.

My favorite topics

Weather, veganism, food, cooking, politics, art, music

C.

C.

Austin

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Spanish

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English

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French

My learning goals

To be able to communicate fairly fluently in Italian...

My favorite topics

Culture, food, movies, vacation spots, music

My language exchange partner is

Anyone wanting to learn new words/phrases and willing to share some as well.

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R.

Austin

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Fluent

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English

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Spanish

My favorite topics

Shopping, landmarks, culture, night lif...

Ideal language community partner

Someone who wants to speak frequently and is also patient.

My learning goals

To become fluent enough to hold conversations in a native-speaking country.

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M.

Austin

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English

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Russian

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Someone who shares my interests and is easy to talk to...

My learning goals

I want to get better at communicating in Russian

My favorite topics

Literature, society, TV shows and movies, language

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A.

Austin

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English

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Arabic

My learning goals

- better my spoken Portuguese - learn Portuguese slang - quicken...

My favorite topics

travel, cooking, reading, exercising

Perfect language exchange partner

Someone who can help with my Portuguese skills

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N.

Austin

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English

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Vietnamese

My favorite topics

Follow my music Instagram at nate_r_music! I like swimming, music,...

I want a conversation partner who is

Someone who isn’t too busy and can talk often and is easy to talk to, funny, and kind.

My learning goals

Would like to help people learn English and learn some languages myself.

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T.

Austin

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English

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Japanese

My language exchange partner is

Any type really, I just like to talk to new people and make lasting...

My learning goals

Learn Japanese and Polish

My favorite topics

I enjoy talking about different books, movies, different ideas, cultures and history.

A.

A.

Austin

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English

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Hindi

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Turkish

My learning goals

Ability to converse in different languages and know new cultures...

My favorite topics

Books, Politics, Technology, Sports and English TV series

Ideal language community partner

A young active person who is actively interested in learning and exploring new things.

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F.

Austin

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English

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Korean

My favorite topics

서울대 我會說中文和英文~ 중국어랑 영어를 할수있어용 語言交換和交朋友/언어교환/language exchange...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Someone that has similar interests and great humor and personality. People that are openminded to different cultures are great too.

My learning goals

안녕하세요 저는 파리예요~ 미국사람이에요. 지금 서울대에 한국어를배워요~ 제 한국말 잘못하지만 요즘 열심히 공부하고있어요 ㅋㅋ중국어도 할수있어요.

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R.

Austin

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English

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Spanish

Perfect language exchange partner

Someone who encourages me to speak the language as much as possible,...

My learning goals

Greater fluency in any language i can get my hands on, greater cultural understanding and international friends

My favorite topics

Cultural differences, general conversation, where things come from and how they originated, things like that

J.

J.

Austin

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English

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Portuguese

My learning goals

I want to achieve fluency in Portuguese. Also, I’d like to learn...

My favorite topics

I love to discuss traveling,languages, and cultures. I want to talk about Brazil. Oh, and capybaras.

I want a conversation partner who is

A person who can help me learn, while I can help them learn. Someone to teach me Portuguese. Ideally, you would be a capybara.

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L.

Austin

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Chinese (Traditional)

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French

My favorite topics

Anything. I’m interested in a lot of different things, such as...

My language exchange partner is

Talkative, nice, respectful, willing to help me with English, French or Japanese. Barvarde, gentil, prêt à m’aider mon français. Also, if u r a dad jokes lover, hit me up! I got tons to share

My learning goals

I want to learn some Japanese, if it’s possible I’d like to study there! I know very basic words & phrases only!! Je voudrais apprendre/pratiquer mon français, faire des amis, et bien connaître la culture francophone.

Simone

Simone uses Tandem to learn English skills required for her career.

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"I hadn't learnt English for 15 years and only a year ago I was A2, or rather holiday English. Now I'm preparing for the C1 exam! So if you want to brush up on a language, Tandem is the perfect app for you."

S.

S.

Austin

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Fluent

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English

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Hindi

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Tagalog, Filipino

Ideal language community partner

Adventurous and fun lovin...

My learning goals

Learning portuguese, french and tagalog

My favorite topics

Qualquer pessoa impressionada com Caminhos da Índia pode ficar à vontade para me deixar uma mensagem. adoraria compartilhar sobre cultura ..I can help you to practice English and I would like to improve my Portugues.. Let's to talk?

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A.

Austin

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Fluent

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English

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American Sign Language

My learning goals

I would like to learn better vocabulary and better communication...

My favorite topics

Movies, TV shows, music, dance, Creative Writing, Art

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Someone who likes humor, marvel, cartoons, tv shows and movies, and creative hobbies would be preferred, but I’ll talk to anybody

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K.

Austin

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Fluent

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Spanish

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Korean

My favorite topics

Fitness, criminal law, and foreign languag...

Perfect language exchange partner

Someone who's nice and easy to talk to.

My learning goals

I want to reach my goal of learning other languages and breaking the language barrier.

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B.

Austin

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English

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Portuguese

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German

I want a conversation partner who is

My ideal Tamdem partner would be someone who is helpful and interesting...

My learning goals

I just started taking Czech in my Uni; looking for a partner! I speak Spanish(intermediate) and Portuguese(I lived in Bahia, Brazil for a year). I would love to practice Spanish and German too! Primarily Czech! I can help you with English! From Texas.

My favorite topics

Fitness, music, art, travel, language, movies, tennis, surf, books, writing

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J.

Austin

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Fluent

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English

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Spanish

My learning goals

I hope to one day be conversational in Spanish, and I want to...

My favorite topics

I'm a nerd, I like science and reading and learning. I like music a lot, and some movies. I like cooking and talking about food, and I like hiking and being outside!

My language exchange partner is

Anyone who is kind and patient.

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Q.

Austin

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Fluent

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English

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Emoji

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Russian

My favorite topics

I like sports, fitness, languages, etc...

Ideal language community partner

I don't know... anybody lol (учитель)

My learning goals

I just want to put what I know into practice. I'd like to help others learn

C.

C.

Austin

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Fluent

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English

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Spanish

Ideal conversation exchange partner

People with similar interests and want to learn English...

My learning goals

Understand native speakers when speaking.

My favorite topics

Sports, food, technology, music, cinema. All the good stuff.

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J.

Austin

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English

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Spanish

My learning goals

I want to gain conversational speaking and writing in Arabic....

My favorite topics

I want to learn everything I can about Morocco and the culture there. Let’s help one another learn.

Perfect language exchange partner

Someone locally in Morocco who would love to talk about life there and what it is all like.

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S.

Austin

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English

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Spanish

My favorite topics

Dibujar, los musicales, la comunidad LGBTQ+, patinar, star trek,...

I want a conversation partner who is

Personas que son pacientes y quieren ayudar y/o aprender // People that are patient and want to help and/or learn

My learning goals

Quiero poder hablar español fluidamente // I want to be able to speak Spanish fluently

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K.

Austin

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English

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Japanese

My language exchange partner is

I would love to speak with someone that is on the nerdy/geeky...

My learning goals

I want to be comfortable speaking and understanding spoken, conversational Japanese. I would also like to improve my grammar, and focus on N5-N4 JLPT material at first.

My favorite topics

Film, games, professional wrestling, music, coding, etc.

K.

K.

Austin

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English

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French

My learning goals

Practice Farsi. Learn more French. Learn other languages...

My favorite topics

Math, Computers, Music, Food, Games, Traveling

Ideal language community partner

Passionate about something

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W.

Austin

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English

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Spanish

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Russian

My favorite topics

Travel, music, history, food, good books, current events.....

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Anyone who's patient enough to help me with my accent.

My learning goals

Reading and speaking fluently; cultural exchange

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S.

Austin

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Chinese (Traditional)

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German

Perfect language exchange partner

Just someone who want to enjoy chatting together...

My learning goals

Perfect in English , learning Korean ,France , German

My favorite topics

Exercise ,read ,watch movies, make friends!!!!!!

J.

J.

Austin

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Spanish

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Portuguese

My learning goals

I wanna speak as fluently as possible in different languages....

My favorite topics

Like cooking, reading, traveling, learning about cultures, places and people's life in their countries.. I've lived in Australia, Brazil, Malta and Colombia.

I want a conversation partner who is

Someone who wants to practice on a semi regular basis. I'd like to practice Speaking and Listening. Also can message me on Ig: jaimechavesm

Looking for a Tandem conversation partner in Austin?

Tandem is the world's largest language exchange app. There are currently 343 speakers in Austin looking to learn together. Download the Tandem app for free to start practicing languages with locals!

Frequent City Questions

How many people are available for language exchange in Austin?

There are 343 members in Austin on Tandem.

Which other locations in United States other than Austin are available for language exchange on Tandem?

Tandem is also available in locations such as <a href=/language-exchange/united-states/tucson />Tucson, <a href=/language-exchange/united-states/north-bergen />North Bergen, and <a href=/language-exchange/united-states/limerick />Limerick.

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 343 do it in Austin.