Language exchange in Oakland
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Oakland
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N.
Oakland
Fluent
English
LEARNS
Persian
Azerbaijani
Tajik
My favorite topics
MBTI (ENTP), Travel, Cultures, Music, Food, Astronomy, Politics,...
My language exchange partner is
Anybody who enjoys having an interesting conversation, sharing ideas and getting to know other cultures and peoples.
My learning goals
Understanding different cultures, learning languages, getting to know people from around the world.
A.
Oakland
Fluent
English
LEARNS
Portuguese
Ideal language community partner
Someone interested in practicing languages....
My learning goals
Have at least one voice call per week in French or Portuguese. Learn enough Spanish to have a conversation. Fazer pelo menos uma chamada por semana em português.
My favorite topics
Travel, culture, languages, music, history, books, podcasts, food
D.
Oakland
Fluent
Vietnamese
English
LEARNS
French
My learning goals
Understand natives say, read languages by mysel...
My favorite topics
Culture, business, food, drink, clothes, festival, custom
Ideal conversation exchange partner
Funny, nice, positive, loyalty, hospitality, hard-working, tall, sincere, energetic
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Tandem partners in Oakland
K.
Oakland
Fluent
English
LEARNS
Spanish
My learning goals
I hope to get better at speaking different languages and meet...
My favorite topics
Learning new things, travelling, exploring, movies, tv, reading. But I enjoy talking about anything! Currently living in California and trying to improve my Turkish and Spanish.
My language exchange partner is
Someone with a positive attitude, who likes to learn new things
F.
Oakland
Fluent
English
LEARNS
Spanish
Ideal conversation exchange partner
Someone who is ok with being awkward and weird at times and can...
My learning goals
I just want to be more confident in speaking other languages
My favorite topics
Anything! I like current affairs, sports, motorcycles, music. I am open to anything as long as I know something about it!
Speaking is the fastest way to fluency
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G.
Oakland
Fluent
French
LEARNS
English
My learning goals
Développer mon niveau de grammaire et de construction de phrase...
My favorite topics
Creativity, Human being, Traveling, Visual Arts, Communication, Philosophy, Alternative Culture, Social Science, Psychology, Film production, Scriptwriting, TV Series, Politics, Art Therapy, Movies, Ecology
Perfect language exchange partner
À un être humain passionné, curieux et amoureux de la vie. À un être humain ouvert d’esprit qui s’efforce à rester optimiste, malgré la situation globale du monde dans lequel on vit!
E.
Oakland
Fluent
English
LEARNS
Spanish
My favorite topics
school, theatre, food, youtub...
I want a conversation partner who is
idk just be nice and be willing to learn and help others learn ig
My learning goals
i want to be fluent in spanish and conversational in italian (i literally don’t know any italian but my cousin speaks it)
S.
Oakland
Fluent
English
Chinese (Traditional)
LEARNS
Spanish
My learning goals
Achieve a basic level of Spanish fluenc...
My favorite topics
Travel, culture, sports, hobbies, lots of things
Ideal language community partner
Someone who is outgoing, eager to help and be helped, and also understands how language learning works.
Connect with learners around the world
Join a global community
Learn what matters to you
Have fun, engaging conversations
M.
Oakland
Fluent
English
Spanish
LEARNS
Chinese (Simplified)
My favorite topics
Music, politics, entrepreneurship (and startups), tech, food,...
Ideal conversation exchange partner
Someone patient, yet informative with high attention to details and nuances. And, who simply loves to help people grow and learn (in anything, not just languages).
My learning goals
Be conversationally fluent in Mandarin Chinese (中文).
K.
Oakland
Fluent
English
Spanish
LEARNS
Japanese
Perfect language exchange partner
I would like to talk with anyone who wants to talk in Japanese...
My learning goals
I would like to meet someone who speaks Japanese and who wants to improve their English so that we can have a mutually beneficial language exchange friendship :)
My favorite topics
Cats, animals, writing, martial arts, politics, music, current events, law (I am a law student), reading
Aria uses Tandem in preparation for her student exchange program.
"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!"
S.
Oakland
Fluent
English
Spanish
LEARNS
Arabic
My learning goals
Improve my Spanish skills. Also, learn Portuguese...
My favorite topics
Traveling, food, nature, hiking, football (soccer), music, art, architecture and many more!
Ideal conversation exchange partner
Someone who is outgoing, is curious about the world and loves learning
C.
Oakland
Fluent
Emoji
LEARNS
Spanish
My favorite topics
Food, Anything Funny, Psychology, Love, Dating, New Things, Art,...
Ideal language community partner
Someone who is fluent, patient and speaks slowly.
My learning goals
I want to stop using my translator and really try making mistakes. I’m trying to learn past and future tense.
I.
Oakland
Fluent
Bengali
LEARNS
French
My learning goals
To be able to carry on conversation...
My favorite topics
Philosophy, travel, food, art, movies, music, sports, books, politics, dreams, goals
Perfect language exchange partner
Anyone interesting, into politics, arts, food, travel, passionate about life
C.
Oakland
NEWFluent
English
LEARNS
German
My favorite topics
Art, Fitness, Society (gossip -_- lol), metaphysics...
I want a conversation partner who is
Quiero hablar con gente que está paciente. Mi español es no bueno. Haha, pero vamos reír juntos!
My learning goals
Espero a mantener mejores conversaciones en español que en inglés.
T.
Oakland
Fluent
Russian
LEARNS
English
Perfect language exchange partner
Friendly and easy going person. And very kin...
My learning goals
I want to speak English very well. And find many friends all over the world :)) and of course I will help you to learn Russian
My favorite topics
My Instagram: @hellotati_
A.
Oakland
Fluent
English
LEARNS
Spanish
My learning goals
At the very least, maintain my level of Spanish. Would be great...
My favorite topics
Language, culture, travel, philosophy, politics, comedy
I want a conversation partner who is
Well traveled, kind, open, interested in learning a variety of new things,
Looking for a Tandem conversation partner in Oakland?
Tandem is the world's largest language exchange app. There are currently 62 speakers in Oakland 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 Oakland?
There are 62 members in Oakland on Tandem.
Which other locations in United States other than Oakland are available for language exchange on Tandem?
Tandem is also available in locations such as <a href=/language-exchange/united-states/jersey-city />Jersey City, <a href=/language-exchange/united-states/syracuse />Syracuse, and <a href=/language-exchange/united-states/bridgewater />Bridgewater.
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 62 do it in Oakland.