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Language exchange in Oakland

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N.

Oakland

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Fluent

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English

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Persian

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Azerbaijani

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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.

A.

Oakland

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Fluent

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English

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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

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D.

Oakland

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Fluent

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Vietnamese

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English

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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

A.

A.

Oakland

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Fluent

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Spanish

LEARNS

English Flag

English

My favorite topics

Me encanta admirar los paisajes ⛰ Me encanta viajar Me encanta...

Perfect language exchange partner

Gente que quiera aprender español

My learning goals

Pasar de inglés básico a medio

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K.

Oakland

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Fluent

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English

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Spanish

I want a conversation partner who is

Friendly, outgoing, funny, easy-goin...

My learning goals

Improve fluency by talking on the phone or through voice messages!

My favorite topics

Travel, food, outdoor and recreational activities

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K.

Oakland

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Fluent

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English

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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

A.

A.

Oakland

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Fluent

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English

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Emoji

LEARNS

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Chinese (Simplified)

My favorite topics

Programming, music, peopl...

Ideal language community partner

Someone who makes me feel happy

My learning goals

Being able to speak a few phrases

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F.

Oakland

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Fluent

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English

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Español Flag

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!

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G.

Oakland

Fluent

Français Flag

French

LEARNS

English Flag

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!

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E.

Oakland

Fluent

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English

LEARNS

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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)

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Y.

Oakland

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Fluent

English Flag

English

LEARNS

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Korean

My language exchange partner is

A nice person...

My learning goals

I want to become fluent in korean and also make a korean friend so I can write books in korean.

My favorite topics

I love writing books. I’m working on my first book right now~!

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M.

Oakland

Fluent

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English

LEARNS

中文 (简体) Flag

Chinese (Simplified)

My learning goals

I'd love to learn conversational Russian, Japanese, and Mandari...

My favorite topics

Swing dancing, culture, travels

Ideal language community partner

Down-to-earth, curious people!

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Join a global community

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Learn what matters to you

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Have fun, engaging conversations

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I.

Oakland

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Bengali

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French

My favorite topics

Philosophy, travel, food, art, movies, music, sports, books,...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Anyone interesting, into politics, arts, food, travel, passionate about life

My learning goals

To be able to carry on conversations

M.

M.

Oakland

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Fluent

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English

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Spanish

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Chinese (Simplified)

Perfect language exchange partner

Someone patient, yet informative with high attention to details...

My learning goals

Be conversationally fluent in Mandarin Chinese (中文).

My favorite topics

Music, politics, entrepreneurship (and startups), tech, food, travel, philosophy... I have a wide range of interests.

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K.

Oakland

Fluent

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English

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Korean

My learning goals

I want to become more fluent in Korea...

My favorite topics

Music, movies, fashion, anything

I want a conversation partner who is

Anyone located in San Francisco Bay Area who wants to meet up!

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C.

Oakland

Fluent

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English

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German

My favorite topics

Art, Fitness, Society (gossip -_- lol), metaphysics...

My language exchange partner 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.

Aria

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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I.

Oakland

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Fluent

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English

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Italian

Ideal language community partner

Anyone with a story to share...

My learning goals

Confidence with forming thoughts and ideas in Italian... not just translating.

My favorite topics

Landscapes, cities, design, ideas, culture, love.

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T.

Oakland

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Russian

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English

My learning goals

I want to speak English very well. And find many friends all...

My favorite topics

My Instagram: @hellotati_

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Friendly and easy going person. And very kind

C.

C.

Oakland

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Fluent

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English

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French

My favorite topics

Music, sports, pop culture, reading, singin...

Perfect language exchange partner

Fluent French and Igbo speakers who are learning English

My learning goals

Gain French and Igbo skills

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K.

Oakland

Fluent

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English

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Spanish

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Japanese

I want a conversation partner who is

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

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J.

Oakland

Fluent

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English

LEARNS

Français Flag

French

My learning goals

Practice my French (Adv), Spanish (Basic), and Korean (SUPER...

My favorite topics

languages, studying, gymnastics, kpop ✨

My language exchange partner is

Likes to learn and practice languages, patient, and outgoing :)

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S.

Oakland

Fluent

English Flag

English

中文 (繁體) Flag

Chinese (Traditional)

LEARNS

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Spanish

My favorite topics

Travel, culture, sports, hobbies, lots of thing...

Ideal language community partner

Someone who is outgoing, eager to help and be helped, and also understands how language learning works.

My learning goals

Achieve a basic level of Spanish fluency

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A.

Oakland

Fluent

English Flag

English

LEARNS

Español Flag

Spanish

Ideal conversation exchange partner

A out going, people person, enjoy life and appreciates nature...

My learning goals

I want to be fluent in Spanish

My favorite topics

Traveling, science, current events, music.

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K.

Oakland

Fluent

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English

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中文 (繁體) Flag

Chinese (Traditional)

My learning goals

Fluently speaking and writing...

My favorite topics

Politics, business, legal, health and music

Perfect language exchange partner

Fun, patience, grammatically correct, dedication, easy to understand, professional

A.

A.

Oakland

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Fluent

English Flag

English

LEARNS

Español Flag

Spanish

My favorite topics

Language, culture, travel, philosophy, politics, comed...

I want a conversation partner who is

Well traveled, kind, open, interested in learning a variety of new things,

My learning goals

At the very least, maintain my level of Spanish. Would be great to improve my Spanish vocabulary and overall fluency. Learn more portugués and start to learn Italian. All for casual conversation and day to day life uses/context

C.

C.

Oakland

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Fluent

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Emoji

LEARNS

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Spanish

My language exchange partner is

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.

My favorite topics

Food, Anything Funny, Psychology, Love, Dating, New Things, Art, Magic, Money, Adventures, Travel

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R.

Oakland

Fluent

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English

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French

My learning goals

I’d like to actually be able to hold a 5 minute conversation...

My favorite topics

Culture, travel, and life goals

Ideal language community partner

Someone who’s not quick to correct. Someone who’s laid back and is ok with me making a bunch of mistakes.

K.

K.

Oakland

Fluent

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English

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Italiano Flag

Italian

My favorite topics

Music (classical, rock, rap), working out, sports, dogs, politics,...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Patient, good sense of humor, helpful, friendly

My learning goals

Improve my Italian language skills and meet new people!

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D.

Oakland

Fluent

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English

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Chinese (Simplified)

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German

Perfect language exchange partner

A foreign adventurer with a varied opinio...

My learning goals

Speak german, make friends

My favorite topics

Politics, culture, science, adventure.

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S.

Oakland

Fluent

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English

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Spanish

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العربية Flag

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!

I want a conversation partner who is

Someone who is outgoing, is curious about the world and loves learning

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/tulsa />Tulsa, <a href=/language-exchange/united-states/louisville />Louisville, and <a href=/language-exchange/united-states/eugene />Eugene.

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.