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Berkeley

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English

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My favorite topics

The most topic I like to discuss about it is histor...

My language exchange partner is

Someone who likes to history geography literature and traveling

My learning goals

My goal Is to master 7 language. Actually I’m mastering 4. I would like to master more languages to use it in my professional career

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D.

Berkeley

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Shanghainese

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English

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Tagalog, Filipino

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Thai

Ideal language community partner

Anyone...

My learning goals

MAKE MORE FRIENDS!

My favorite topics

An engineer working hard to get Master degree at UCB. It's exciting to meet everyone around the world.

J.

J.

Berkeley

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German

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English

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Spanish

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Japanese

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Polish

My learning goals

I would to improve my language skills! Feel free to correct...

My favorite topics

hiking, mountains, languages, animals (dogs), rainforest, climate change, pollution, books, nature

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Language lovers, adventurers, sunny smiles, nature lovers

D.

D.

Berkeley

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English

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Spanish

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French

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Japanese

My favorite topics

I enjoy discussing traveling, politics, history, pop culture,...

Perfect language exchange partner

Someone who is easy to talk to

My learning goals

I would like to eventually be able to form sentences without having to spend long periods of time trying to translate English to another language.

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Q.

Berkeley

Fluent

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Chinese (Simplified)

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English

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Russian

I want a conversation partner who is

Nice, educated, open to talk tons of topics...

My learning goals

English is for living and work. Other languages are maybe sometimes for travel, and new friends.

My favorite topics

travel, daily staff, music, news, etc

K.

K.

Berkeley

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English

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Cantonese

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Thai

My learning goals

Become fluent in Thai in one yea...

My favorite topics

Traveling food photography startup business entrepreneurship technology cooking

My language exchange partner is

Like-minded entrepreneur who loves traveling, learning and exploring the tech world.

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M.

Berkeley

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Cantonese

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Chinese (Simplified)

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English

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Japanese

My favorite topics

No romance please. I am looking for serious language exchange...

Ideal language community partner

Delicated. Consistent. Inspiring

My learning goals

Japanese: advanced speaker

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B.

Berkeley

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English

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Hindi

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Punjabi

Ideal conversation exchange partner

ਤੋਹੀ ਮੋਹੀ ਮੋਹੀ ਤੋਹੀ ਅੰਤਰੁ ਕੈਸ...

My learning goals

improve conversation, poetry a plus

My favorite topics

religion, social justice, math and science

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A.

Berkeley

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English

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Swedish

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German

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American Sign Language

My learning goals

I want to improve as much as I can, and hopefully make a friend...

My favorite topics

I really like languages, and in particular I like helping people with pronunciation (I've studied Phonetics), but I also just like seeing people improve. I really like Snowboarding, Science (I used to be a tutor), and Fighting Games. I'm bilingual.

Perfect language exchange partner

I'm willing to talk with anyone! But I would much prefer to talk to someone who would be willing to talk regularly (once a month, once every 2 weeks, once a week, etc). I sometimes get really busy, so I prefer to set a block of time when we can just talk.

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Y.

Berkeley

Fluent

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Cantonese

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English

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Korean

My favorite topics

reading, literature, math, philosophy, cooking,travel ...

I want a conversation partner who is

kind, friendly, warm-hearted, nice

My learning goals

my vocabulary reaches -- 20,000 by this semester

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T.

Berkeley

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English

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Thai

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Hebrew

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Chinese (Simplified)

My language exchange partner is

You...

My learning goals

Thai: I want to learn more language, learn about cultural norms, traditions, and pop culture. Hebrew: It's been a long time since I've spoken Hebrew and I am very rusty. I also want to refamiliarize myself with Israeli culture

My favorite topics

History Technology and science Global Politics Anime DIY Looks like I’m getting famous on here for my love of Thai songs and culture. I don’t know what’s wrong with me, I just love Isaan songs ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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I.

Berkeley

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English

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French

My learning goals

I am planning on moving to France so want to get comfortable...

My favorite topics

Food, travel, anything really just love to practice!

Ideal language community partner

Someone who wants to help me learn French and who I can help learn English.

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A.

Berkeley

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English

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Korean

My favorite topics

I like discussing music, science, culture, and literatur...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Not sure yet! 그냥 한국인 친구 만나면 좋겠어요! 반가워요

My learning goals

I want to practice my fluency with Korean. I hope I can learn to sound more natural. 더 자연스럽개 쓰고 얘기하고 싶어요.

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D.

Berkeley

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Russian

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English

Perfect language exchange partner

Any people which live in English speaken countries:...

My learning goals

To increase my level of conversational English

My favorite topics

Lifestyle, politics, movies, travelling, cultural life, food, technology, video games

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A.

Berkeley

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Italian

My learning goals

My top priority now is to learn a little bit of conversational...

My favorite topics

Food, nature, travel, current world events, and politics. Generally, I enjoy meeting interesting people and learning about other cultures.

I want a conversation partner who is

Someone who is able to balance having fun and engaging conversations about interesting subjects with helping me learn the language.

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M.

Berkeley

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Arabic

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English

My favorite topics

Movies and cultures and travelin...

My language exchange partner is

Someone who wants to learn with me

My learning goals

I want to improve my English,and help others with Arabic

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K.

Berkeley

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English

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Japanese

Ideal language community partner

Preferably lives near Berkeley and wouldn’t mind meeting up over...

My learning goals

I would like to learn how to speak Mandarin because I am half Chinese but I was born in raised in Canada. I’ve only visited China once, however I wasn’t able to understand anything or communicate with my relatives.

My favorite topics

Music and concerts, TV shows (currently watching Game of Thrones and The Good Place), Fitness, and trying to get better at cooking!

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M.

Berkeley

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Arabic

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English

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Russian

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Spanish

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Hebrew

My learning goals

Speak Spanish more fluentl...

My favorite topics

Bicycles, Sports, Traveling, Politics, Music, and Life.

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Funny, Open Minded, Interesting

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Y.

Berkeley

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Chinese (Traditional)

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Emoji

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Chinese (Simplified)

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English

My favorite topics

Everything...

Perfect language exchange partner

Someone who are patient and willing to help me

My learning goals

Improving my spoken English

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S.

Berkeley

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English

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Hindi

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Marathi

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Korean

I want a conversation partner who is

Someone interested in everything...

My learning goals

Gain fluency, learn about culture and differences.

My favorite topics

I like to discuss culture, trivia, movies.

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S.

Berkeley

Fluent

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Tamil

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Malayalam

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English

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German

My learning goals

To develop speaking in German .. To learn some diff German words...

My favorite topics

About anything, food , hobbies ,life culture , love , fun , party , musics ,sports .. I love to discuss any topics ;)

My language exchange partner is

Friendly, cool , can spend time when you are free .. Jovial and easy going ,chatter box :D

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G.

Berkeley

Fluent

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English

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Spanish

My favorite topics

Food, hobbies, animals, tv show...

Ideal language community partner

Someone who wants to have fun conversations and learn

My learning goals

Speak Spanish more fluently

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L.

Berkeley

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Italian

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English

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Spanish

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English

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Spanish

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Fun, polite, international...

My learning goals

Improving conversation and getting new friends

My favorite topics

Business, news, sport, world's big things, new cultures

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D.

Berkeley

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Russian

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English

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Kazakh

My learning goals

I want to improve my Kazakh to the point where I am able to have...

My favorite topics

Technology, visual design, traditional Kazakh music, learning languages, Hawaii, surfing, entrepreneurship, photography, digital nomadism

Perfect language exchange partner

Anyone who's into talking and learning a different language, which should cover everyone here

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Berkeley

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Korean

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English

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Japanese

My favorite topics

Game, food, Die...

I want a conversation partner who is

Kind

My learning goals

To improve my language skills

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D.

Berkeley

Fluent

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English

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Indonesian

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Chinese (Simplified)

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Japanese

My language exchange partner is

Friendl...

My learning goals

Learning as much as i can!

My favorite topics

Anything

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Y.

Berkeley

Fluent

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Chinese (Simplified)

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English

My learning goals

Improve my spoken English...

My favorite topics

Music,Movies,Travels,Geophysics...anything

Ideal language community partner

I hope we can keep talking like friends.

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S.

Berkeley

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English

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Spanish

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French

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American Sign Language

My favorite topics

Art, music, books, film, philosophy, linguistics, language...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Anyone into sharing rad music/art/etc!

My learning goals

Improving my grammar

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Y.

Berkeley

Fluent

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Chinese (Traditional)

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Chinese (Simplified)

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German

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English

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French

Perfect language exchange partner

Anyone who is good to chat with☺...

My learning goals

Pass test/Study aboard/Make friends around the world

My favorite topics

swimming/music/travel/✍️writing/Watch series (of American, Korean, China, Japan...

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L.

Berkeley

Fluent

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English

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French

My learning goals

I want to fine tune my accent and accelerate my vocabular...

My favorite topics

Culture, food, travel, environment, nature

I want a conversation partner who is

A flexible and kind native French speaker

Looking for a Tandem conversation partner in Berkeley?

Tandem is the world's largest language exchange app. There are currently 88 speakers in Berkeley 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 Berkeley?

There are 88 members in Berkeley on Tandem.

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

Tandem is also available in locations such as <a href=/language-exchange/united-states/racine />Racine, <a href=/language-exchange/united-states/leominster />Leominster, and <a href=/language-exchange/united-states/wilmington />Wilmington.

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 88 do it in Berkeley.