Language exchange in Portland
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A.
Portland
Fluent
English
LEARNS
Spanish
My favorite topics
I like drawing, learning languages, growing vegetables/cacti,...
My language exchange partner is
People interested in fun TPRS. TPRS means: 1) telling short stories. 2) describing pictures. 3) asking and answering questions about the stories and pictures.
My learning goals
Practice listening and speaking without overthinking. Learning to understand and recognize different accents.
R.
Portland
Fluent
English
LEARNS
Chinese (Simplified)
My learning goals
Improve my conversational Mandarin. Learn more Chinese sayings...
My favorite topics
Bicycles腳踏車, piano tuning鋼琴調音, cryptocurrency加密貨幣, black tea紅茶, oolong tea烏龍茶, matcha抹茶, vegan/vegetarian cooking 素食
Ideal conversation exchange partner
Anyone who can message back and forth throughout the day. 可以跟我偶爾交流訊息的人。
L.
Portland
Fluent
Spanish
English
LEARNS
Portuguese
My favorite topics
I would like to talk about any topic, I enjoy watching horror...
Perfect language exchange partner
Eu quero melhorar meu português. Depois eu gostaria de aprender francês e italiano
My learning goals
Conocer muchas personas y aprender portugués.Y quizás, aprender otro idioma
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159
Tandem partners in Portland
N.
Portland
Fluent
English
LEARNS
Spanish
I want a conversation partner who is
Funny people who are serious about learning and teaching...
My learning goals
To speak Portuguese fluently!
My favorite topics
Social issues, TV shows, documentaries, cultural differences, life stories, and food. Languages are my passion!
P.
Portland
Fluent
English
LEARNS
French
My favorite topics
Music, Art, Dance, Books, Languages, Culture, Geography, Daily...
Ideal language community partner
Everyone! I enjoy chatting with all sorts of people
My learning goals
I want to practice my German conversation skills and start learning Spanish
E.
Portland
Fluent
English
LEARNS
Spanish
Ideal conversation exchange partner
Someone with patience, because I am very beginner with Spanish!...
My learning goals
I have many plans to visit Mexico soon, and my partner’s family is Mexican. I would like to be able to converse with them and ideally become fluent someday.
My favorite topics
I’m a photographer and visual artist, hoping to travel to Mexico and Peru soon. I love learning, history, playing music, comedy, and all kinds of art!
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K.
Portland
Fluent
Japanese
LEARNS
English
My favorite topics
General topics, Computer science. I’m really good at table tennis...
Ideal conversation exchange partner
No preference. Just someone really fun to talk to. I would love to help you with Japanese!
My learning goals
Being able to speak English just like native speakers
S.
Portland
Fluent
English
LEARNS
French
My favorite topics
J’aime dessiner, parler avec mes amis, étudier les maths et les...
My language exchange partner is
J’aime parler avec tout les personnes! Je peux vous aider avec votre anglais, et vous pouvais m’aider avec mon français :)
My learning goals
Je veux pouvoir visiter la France dans quelques années et pouvoir parler en français « normally »
Kai uses Tandem to share their culture with other members.
“I love Tandem Pro. When I’m taking a trip to a new place, I always check out the “Travel” section to see if there is anyone who looks interesting there. It’s like having a local guide who teaches you a bit of their language!”
J.
Portland
Fluent
English
LEARNS
Chinese (Traditional)
Ideal language community partner
Hmm someone who is interested in learning and in teaching...
My learning goals
I want to be fluent in Mandarin one day!
My favorite topics
Music, movies, philisophy, comedy, language, cultural differences, hobbies, passions.
D.
Portland
Fluent
Spanish
English
LEARNS
Chinese (Simplified)
My learning goals
My goal is to learn Chinese and french, and meet new people along...
My favorite topics
Science, history, tech, curious facts, politics and pretty much any topic.
Ideal conversation exchange partner
Anyone who wants to practice spanish or english, and willing to share his/her culture (and language) any age, any gender (:
C.
Portland
Fluent
English
LEARNS
Norwegian
My favorite topics
I like talking about various languages, technology, health, piano...
Perfect language exchange partner
Mexican Spanish native learning English. Mandarin Chinese native learning English and a Norwegian native or someone non-native who also needs to practice speaking in conversation.
My learning goals
I want to be able to easily understand any movies in the languages I'm learning and carry a deep conversation with people when I travel.
M.
Portland
Fluent
English
Spanish
LEARNS
German
My learning goals
I want to be fluent in as many languages as possible. I’m looking...
My favorite topics
Biology, theatre, music, musical theatre, cooking, guitar, medicine
My language exchange partner is
Someone who is passionate about what they’re talking about, can correct me when I’m wrong, and is okay with being corrected.
V.
Portland
Fluent
English
LEARNS
Arabic
My favorite topics
Really anything I do like talking about dream jobs and accomplishments....
Ideal language community partner
Someone who is outgoing, funny, awkward and understanding like I am. Someone who can talk about all sorts of things. So if you’re nice, that’s good too. Oh and if they’re okay with sarcasm. There will probably be a lot of that.
My learning goals
I just really want to improve my knowledge of these languages. I wanted to click more but the limit is three. Which I think is just silly. But I’d love to be able to have conversations and understand more.
D.
Portland
Fluent
English
LEARNS
Japanese
My learning goals
To get better at speaking Japanese and learn more vocabulary....
My favorite topics
Music, anime, food, video games, animals, art, cars etc. I can converse about most subjects though. 音楽、アニメ、食べ物、ビデオゲーム、動物、芸術、カルマ。私はほとんどの科目について話すことができます。
Perfect language exchange partner
Someone who has similar interests as I do, isn't timid and can make me laugh. 私と同じような興味を持っていて、私を笑わせることができる人。If you live near by hmu! I'm always looking to meet new people and have more practice time
H.
Portland
NEWFluent
English
LEARNS
Swedish
My favorite topics
Music, psychology, travel, metaphysics, art, fun...
I want a conversation partner who is
Someone who loves to have fun and be silly!
My learning goals
I would love to learn to be pretty fluent for travels and being able to connect to people on another level.
A.
Portland
Fluent
English
LEARNS
Samoan
My favorite topics
I can talk about pretty much anything, I’m only an expert when...
Ideal conversation exchange partner
Patient, encouraging, and humorous.
My learning goals
I want to communicate with some of the families in my community by speaking more comfortably in their native language as well as learn a language in general.
P.
Portland
Fluent
English
German
LEARNS
Spanish
My learning goals
To be able to hold a conversation with a native speaker and improve...
My favorite topics
Travel, food, music, books, TV shows, languages
I want a conversation partner who is
A fun, light-hearted Spanish speaker who will correct my mistakes and help me improve my speaking and writing skills.
Looking for a Tandem conversation partner in Portland?
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Frequent City Questions
How many people are available for language exchange in Portland?
There are 159 members in Portland on Tandem.
Which other locations in United States other than Portland are available for language exchange on Tandem?
Tandem is also available in locations such as <a href=/language-exchange/united-states/provo />Provo, <a href=/language-exchange/united-states/tacoma />Tacoma, and <a href=/language-exchange/united-states/new-orleans />New Orleans.
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 159 do it in Portland.