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Language exchange in Raleigh

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Raleigh

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Fluent

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English

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Portuguese

My favorite topics

Travel, culture, languages, music, history, books, podcasts,...

My language exchange partner is

Someone interested in practicing languages.

My learning goals

Have at least one voice call per week in French or Portuguese. Fazer pelo menos uma chamada por semana em português.

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K.

Raleigh

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English

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Spanish

Ideal language community partner

¡Tú! Quiero hacer nuevas amigos :) ...

My learning goals

Quiero ser fluente en todo de español (Hablando, Escuchando, Escribiendo, y Leyendo)

My favorite topics

Comida, culturas, música y más. ¿Cual es su historia?

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S.

Raleigh

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Fluent

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English

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한국어 Flag

Korean

My learning goals

Get better at reading sentences and writing them quickl...

My favorite topics

Music, food, singing, YouTube, art, learning new things

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Likes music, funny, positive vibe, talkative

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A.

Raleigh

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Spanish

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English

My favorite topics

I love listening to music and I would like you to recommend me...

Perfect language exchange partner

Language learners. People who like to travel and to talk about their countries and cultures.

My learning goals

To increase my vocabulary

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Tandem partners in Raleigh

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Z.

Raleigh

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Fluent

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Chinese (Simplified)

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Emoji

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English

I want a conversation partner who is

Anyone, if you wanna talk...

My learning goals

Improve my English and learn some German and Spanish.

My favorite topics

Music, NBA and cars. Yes I am in a frat, I listen to a lot of rap, I like Drake. But I am not a frat boy lol

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S.

Raleigh

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Fluent

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English

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العربية Flag

Arabic

My learning goals

Learn about culture and masculinity in culture...

My favorite topics

Culture, Food, Film, Books, Traveling, Comedy

My language exchange partner is

Easy going, dedicated, informed, good sense of humor, knowledge of pop culture

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D.

Raleigh

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Fluent

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Spanish

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French

My favorite topics

Soy profesor de Español y de inglés Spanish teacher).I like crossfit...

Ideal language community partner

I would love to talk to people who enjoy languages as much as I do. I would like to share stories and have a good time talking about anything :v.

My learning goals

I want to practice English and French. If you want, I can teach you Spanish. I am very open-minded, so we can talk about anything.

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I.

Raleigh

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Fluent

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Spanish

LEARNS

한국어 Flag

Korean

Ideal conversation exchange partner

I like someone that is kind, honest and with similar interests...

My learning goals

I would like to speak fluently.

My favorite topics

I like to talk about music, movies, travel, exercise, fitness and I like to learn about cultures from other countries around the world.

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B.

Raleigh

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Fluent

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French

English Flag

English

LEARNS

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Portuguese

My learning goals

Make friendships with people from abroad and improve my english...

My favorite topics

Music, sports, trips, news

Perfect language exchange partner

Open minded, nice, friendly

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P.

Raleigh

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Fluent

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English

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Bengali

LEARNS

Español Flag

Spanish

My favorite topics

I love talking about / discussing food, anime, movies, and music....

I want a conversation partner who is

I'd like to talk to YOU. Your life, your country. Your language and culture. What excites you, and why. Your dreams, small and big. Tell me. Tell me everything.

My learning goals

I'd like to learn conversational Japanese. I'm planning a trip to Japan in May 2021 and would like to be able to navigate to the best ramen store :) Also want to visit Colombia, so Spanish conversational help! :)

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A.

Raleigh

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Fluent

English Flag

English

LEARNS

中文 (简体) Flag

Chinese (Simplified)

My language exchange partner is

Someone social and understanding, patient and fun...

My learning goals

To better my conversation skills!

My favorite topics

Hobbies, culture, relationships.

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P.

Raleigh

Fluent

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English

LEARNS

Français Flag

French

My learning goals

I want to learn the basics and hopefully become at least slightly...

My favorite topics

Trending topics, everyday conversation, everything really

Ideal language community partner

Friendly, encouraging, optimistic

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H.

Raleigh

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Fluent

English Flag

English

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Japanese

My favorite topics

Movies, tv, video games, politics, joke...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Cool, funny, down to earth and makes learning fun

My learning goals

For now, I'd like to be able to watch foreign shows without subtitles

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E.

Raleigh

Fluent

English Flag

English

LEARNS

Português Flag

Portuguese

Perfect language exchange partner

They would be understanding regarding the mistakes I make and...

My learning goals

I would like to improve my fluency in all the languages I speak. With Spanish, I am looking to gain more confidence speaking because even though I am at an advanced level in Spanish I still get nervous speaking with native speakers.

My favorite topics

Hey everyone! My name is Emily and I am from the United States. Besides English, I speak Spanish and Portuguese and I’m learning Italian. I’m looking to practice all of these languages but especially Portuguese before I go to Brazil for a couple months

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G.

Raleigh

Fluent

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English

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中文 (繁體) Flag

Chinese (Traditional)

My learning goals

Language exchange, friendshi...

My favorite topics

I like Music, travelling, learning different cultures, discussing tv shows.

I want a conversation partner who is

Nice, funny, smart, adventurous

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N.

Raleigh

Fluent

English Flag

English

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Deutsch Flag

German

My favorite topics

Music, video games, books, horror, science, technology, philosophy...

My language exchange partner is

I'd like to talk to someone who is friendly, able to talk on a variety of subjects, and is able to teach me both formal and colloquial ways of speaking the language. But most important is just being an exciting and down to earth person so we can learn abo

My learning goals

I would like to get to the point where I can have a conversation with someone (both written and oral) about in-depth topics, be able to understand and use humor, and just gain an ability to effortlessly communicate in 99 percent of situations.

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."

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V.

Raleigh

Fluent

English Flag

English

LEARNS

Español Flag

Spanish

Ideal language community partner

Someone fluent in Spanish that has at least some knowledge of...

My learning goals

Working on developing my colloquial vocabulary of Spanish and Italian and becoming as close as I can to a native speaker.

My favorite topics

Science, Technology, Culture, Social Issues, Economics, etc.

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D.

Raleigh

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Fluent

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English

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Russian

My learning goals

Хочу говорить как носитель) Люблю иностранную музыку, особенно...

My favorite topics

Обычный парень и путешественник из США, который по какой-то непонятной причине решил изучать русский. こんにちは!ダンです、どうぞよろしく ^_^ キューバは出身ですでも、アメリカに住んでいます。英語とスペイン語とロシア語が話せます。

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Anyone who wants to practice Russian/English/Spanish. 8 лет работаю медбратом. Учусь на психиатра.

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T.

Raleigh

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Fluent

Español Flag

Spanish

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English Flag

English

My favorite topics

Animals Culture Medicine Travel...

Perfect language exchange partner

A fun person, happy and above all who likes to talk...

My learning goals

I want to learn more English, I want to improve my listening and my speaking..

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A.

Raleigh

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Fluent

English Flag

English

LEARNS

Español Flag

Spanish

I want a conversation partner who is

Someone who is eager to learn the English language while helping...

My learning goals

To become comfortable being conversational in Spanish and to expand my vocabulary.

My favorite topics

Music Hobbies Learning about each other Exchanging funny stories

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M.

Raleigh

Fluent

English Flag

English

LEARNS

Español Flag

Spanish

My learning goals

I want to improve my Spanis...

My favorite topics

I’m down to talk about whatever!!!

My language exchange partner is

Someone fun and who is always willing to talk

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W.

Raleigh

Fluent

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English

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French

My favorite topics

I’m an artist so I like talking about art. Filmmaking, Photography,...

Ideal language community partner

Someone who isn’t a perfectionist and definitely patient. I like learning quickly but that can mean a lot of mistakes.

My learning goals

I want to take my French from conversationally functional to fluent

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V.

Raleigh

Fluent

Español Flag

Spanish

LEARNS

English Flag

English

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Una persona que tenga mucho que contar, que sea divertida, que...

My learning goals

Un nivel conversacional fluido

My favorite topics

Viajar, hacer nuevos Amigos, correr.

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K.

Raleigh

Fluent

中文 (简体) Flag

Chinese (Simplified)

LEARNS

English Flag

English

My learning goals

Speak like native speake...

My favorite topics

Food, travel and computer science

Perfect language exchange partner

Easy-going, love to share

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L.

Raleigh

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Fluent

English Flag

English

LEARNS

Français Flag

French

My favorite topics

Anything really, but I love talking about music, FOOD, life in...

I want a conversation partner who is

Someone who is interested in making friends in America and is open minded about cultural differences, as well as someone who would happily talk about their own culture.

My learning goals

For French I really just want to feel more comfortable speaking casually, but with Chinese and Japanese I hope to gain a basic foundation. I’m learning Japanese to communicate with some of my family and Chinese for the heck of it.

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B.

Raleigh

Fluent

English Flag

English

LEARNS

Español Flag

Spanish

My language exchange partner is

Anyone interested in talking in Spanish and English...

My learning goals

Improve my Spanish and help others with English.

My favorite topics

Running, reading, cooking, drawing, writing.

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A.

Raleigh

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Fluent

Español Flag

Spanish

LEARNS

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Japanese

My learning goals

Quiero terminar de aprender inglés escribirlo, hablarlo, y escucharlo...

My favorite topics

Aprendo muy rápido, soy flexible con los temas a hablar, me gusta hablar sobre mis series favoritas dragon ball super y Naruto shippuden; me encantan las películas de marvel y DC entre otras. moda y me encanta leer. Amo los animales. I❤️Pokémon Go

Ideal language community partner

Una persona llena de energía y positiva, que me impulse a completar mis metas sobre los nuevos lenguajes que quiero aprender

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L.

Raleigh

Fluent

English Flag

English

LEARNS

Deutsch Flag

German

My favorite topics

Culture, art, nature, books, politics, social issues, dreams...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Someone mindful and open.

My learning goals

I’d like to practice basic conversation about life and travel.

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M.

Raleigh

Fluent

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English

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Slovak

Perfect language exchange partner

Patient, female, not borin...

My learning goals

Conversational Slovak and Dutch

My favorite topics

Normal small talk, basic level conversation

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A.

Raleigh

Fluent

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English

LEARNS

中文 (简体) Flag

Chinese (Simplified)

My learning goals

- Speak Mandarin more fluently - Be able to converse in Mandarin...

My favorite topics

- Food - Traveling - YouTube - Technology - Current Events

I want a conversation partner who is

- Nice - Open - Patient - Understanding

Looking for a Tandem conversation partner in Raleigh?

Tandem is the world's largest language exchange app. There are currently 70 speakers in Raleigh 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 Raleigh?

There are 70 members in Raleigh on Tandem.

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

Tandem is also available in locations such as <a href=/language-exchange/united-states/newark />Newark, <a href=/language-exchange/united-states/reston />Reston, and <a href=/language-exchange/united-states/austin />Austin.

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 70 do it in Raleigh.