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Learn Chinese (Simplified) in Oakland

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Korean

My favorite topics

Music, business, news, colleg...

My language exchange partner is

Nice, friendly

My learning goals

Learn Korean (can understand and speak it)

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English

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Ideal language community partner

Someone who is outgoing, eager to help and be helped, and also...

My learning goals

Achieve a basic level of Spanish fluency

My favorite topics

Travel, culture, sports, hobbies, lots of things

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Oakland

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French

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German

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

Ideal conversation 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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Oakland

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German

My favorite topics

Politics, culture, science, adventure...

Perfect language exchange partner

A foreign adventurer with a varied opinion

My learning goals

Speak german, make friends

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Chinese (Simplified) speakers in Oakland

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Oakland

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English

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Tagalog, Filipino

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Japanese

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Russian

I want a conversation partner who is

Down-to-earth, curious people...

My learning goals

I'd love to learn conversational Russian, Japanese, and Mandarin

My favorite topics

Swing dancing, culture, travels

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N.

Oakland

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English

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My learning goals

Understanding different cultures, learning languages, getting...

My favorite topics

MBTI (ENTP), Travel, Cultures, Music, Food, Astronomy, Politics, History, Philosophy, Exercise, anything!

My language exchange partner is

Anybody who enjoys having an interesting conversation, sharing ideas and getting to know other cultures and peoples.

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Oakland

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Vietnamese

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French

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My favorite topics

Culture, business, food, drink, clothes, festival, custo...

Ideal language community partner

Funny, nice, positive, loyalty, hospitality, hard-working, tall, sincere, energetic

My learning goals

Understand natives say, read languages by myself

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A.

Oakland

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English

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Emoji

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Chinese (Simplified)

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Someone who makes me feel happy ...

My learning goals

Being able to speak a few phrases

My favorite topics

Programming, music, people

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J.

Oakland

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English

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French

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Korean

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Spanish

My learning goals

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

My favorite topics

languages, studying, gymnastics, kpop ✨

Perfect language exchange partner

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

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Oakland

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English

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French

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Japanese

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Spanish

My favorite topics

Culture, travel, and life goal...

I want a conversation partner who is

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

My learning goals

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

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A.

Oakland

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English

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Portuguese

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Spanish

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. 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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K.

Oakland

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English

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Japanese

My learning goals

I would like to meet someone who speaks Japanese and who wants...

My favorite topics

Cats, animals, writing, martial arts, politics, music, current events, law (I am a law student), reading

Ideal language community partner

I would like to talk with anyone who wants to talk in Japanese and English about anything :)

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English

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My favorite topics

Politics, business, legal, health and musi...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

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

My learning goals

Fluently speaking and writing.

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Oakland

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English

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Perfect language exchange partner

Someone with a positive attitude, who likes to learn new thing...

My learning goals

I hope to get better at speaking different languages and meet cool people!

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.

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Oakland

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English

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My learning goals

I want to be fluent in Spanis...

My favorite topics

Traveling, science, current events, music.

I want a conversation partner who is

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

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Oakland

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English

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My favorite topics

Anything! I like current affairs, sports, motorcycles, music....

My language exchange partner is

Someone who is ok with being awkward and weird at times and can be silly but enjoys serious conversations as well

My learning goals

I just want to be more confident in speaking other languages

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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Oakland

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English

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Ideal language community partner

Well traveled, kind, open, interested in learning a variety of...

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

My favorite topics

Language, culture, travel, philosophy, politics, comedy

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Oakland

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English

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Portuguese

My learning goals

Learn Portuguese well enough so I can travel to Brazil and feel...

My favorite topics

Art Travel Pop culture Films Food News

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Someone who is interested in what’s going on in the world. Someone well travelled.

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English

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About relationshi...

Perfect language exchange partner

Honest and nice person

My learning goals

Learn Spanish French Chinese and Arabic

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Oakland

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English

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Chinese (Simplified)

I want a conversation partner who is

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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Oakland

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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

My language exchange partner is

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

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English

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Korean

My favorite topics

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

Ideal language community partner

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.

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Russian

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English

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Korean

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Ideal conversation 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_

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Oakland

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English

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会说英文一般的生活用语...

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我是中國人,我想通过学习英文交朋友。

Perfect language exchange partner

他是会说或者想学習普通话的美國人。

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

I want a conversation partner who is

Fluent French and Igbo speakers who are learning English

My learning goals

Gain French and Igbo skills

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English

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Italian

My language exchange partner is

Outgoing, smart, and interested in the world. Someone who is...

My learning goals

To speak fluent Spanish or at least hold a conversation!

My favorite topics

Politics, art, books

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Oakland

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English

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Italian

My learning goals

i want to be fluent in spanish and conversational in italian...

My favorite topics

school, theatre, food, youtube

Ideal language community partner

idk just be nice and be willing to learn and help others learn ig

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Oakland

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English

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My favorite topics

Places to travel , sites to see in new cities , best restaurant...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Nice happy person positive

My learning goals

Full conversations about the world, cities

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Oakland

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Perfect language exchange partner

Funny, Talkative, Smar...

My learning goals

Improve my language

My favorite topics

Tech, Travel, Stories

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My learning goals

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

My favorite topics

Travel, food, outdoor and recreational activities

I want a conversation partner who is

Friendly, outgoing, funny, easy-going

Looking for an online language exchange partner in Oakland, United States?

Tandem is the world's largest language exchange app. There are currently 62 Chinese (Simplified) speakers in Oakland looking to learn Chinese (Simplified) together. Download the Tandem app for free to start practicing languages with locals!

Frequently Asked Questions

Do you know how many Tandem members are available for Chinese (Simplified) language exchange in Oakland?

In Oakland there are 62 members ready to have a Chinese (Simplified) language exchange.

Are there other locations in United States other than Oakland where I can find a Chinese (Simplified) language exchange partner?

You can also find a Chinese (Simplified) Tandem partner in <a href=/learn/chinese/salt-lake-city />Salt Lake City, <a href=/learn/chinese/palo-alto />Palo Alto, and <a href=/learn/chinese/hempstead />Hempstead.

What is the Tandem app all about?

Tandem is a language exchange app where people teach each other their native language. Each month more than 500,000 people visit Tandem with 62 of them coming from Oakland.