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Learn English in Amsterdam

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Our passions, goals and what drives us to keep trying everyday....

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I love talking with people who don't hold back and like to make the conversation deeper.

My learning goals

Actually quite a lot. Tho it will be one for one. Learning Japanese & Korean is one of them. Ve yurt dışında büyüdüğüm için Türkçemi geliştirmek istiyorum

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Passionate about learning and teaching, sees it as fun, appreciates...

My learning goals

Improve my Spanish and German and learn Arabic

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languages music psychology philosophy anthropology etymology

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I'm going to study French and Hebre...

My favorite topics

Well, I really like a lot of stuff and especially swimming, football and traveling. Also I like series, movies, music and another common stuff that's it I guess. Oh and I collect Starbucks cups and go out a lot

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Doesn't really matter

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Someone open and bold! Not afraid to make mistakes and to correct them and someone who is interested in all thats happening around the world

My learning goals

Fluency in italian, russian and farsi!

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Funny, Traveler and Activ...

My learning goals

German, Russian, Japanese and Dutch

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Technology, Travel, Languages, Design

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Vorrei riprendere l‘italiano per raggiungere un livello più sicuro....

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German teacher @ University of Amsterdam. Into linguistics, gay culture, fitness, science, & board games. ️‍ ....................……...............................................................Insta: @fredpapper

My language exchange partner is

Polyglots, Deutschlernende, italiani, les francophones, українські

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Ideal language community partner

Any kind

My learning goals

I want to learn Dutch and Chinese fluently

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I need a very patient person and I’d like to keep in touc...

My learning goals

I’d like to speak fluently!~

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Culture, art, anthropology, traveling, philosophy, movies, books, series, weird science

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My learning goals

Master the language and meet new people...

My favorite topics

Any topic within decency range. I would like to practice English and Dutch.

Perfect language exchange partner

A person who is being real..?

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Tech, life stories (mostly listening), movies (mostly watching...

I want a conversation partner who is

Cool, friendly, possibly local

My learning goals

I’d like to be fluent in at least 4 languages

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Open-minded, curious, motivate...

My learning goals

Become more fluent in French and German, and Russian too. Meet people and discover new places!

My favorite topics

Culture, politics, history, good food

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to master a third language ASAP, be able to exchange stories...

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About hobbies: Cooking, Weight training, biking, hiking, reading books about philosophy/psychology/spirituality, barberskills, traveling, nature, mushrooms, product design, photography, MTG/tabletop games. Or: natural remedies, latinamerica, love types.

Ideal language community partner

To respect each other's time. To have genuine interests to talk, hyper curious, patient and open minded. Correct each other's language.(Spanish exchange to English/dutch),

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Спорт, психология, обучение, еда, достопримечательности, история,...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Девушка 18 лет, позитивная с четкой жизненной позицией

My learning goals

Свободно разговаривать на языке, смочь объясниться и поднимать серьезные беседы на изученном мной языке

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Someone open minded and warmful...

My learning goals

Improving my languageskills by having good convos

My favorite topics

About life and positiveness

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I am a young Dutch (네덜란더) entrepreneur and University student. I love making money, hanging out with friends, going out (clubbing). The rest is for you to find out ;)

I want a conversation partner who is

Anyone, female, male, I don’t mind! Just send me a message and let’s become friends!

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My favorite topics

Photography, translation, the side of travel thay is not yet...

My language exchange partner is

People who have a genuine passion for learning and teaching, people who are curious.

My learning goals

Conversational Dutch by the end of 2018

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Simone uses Tandem to learn English skills required for her career.

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Respectful and nice :-...

My learning goals

Master languages to the point where I could speak fluently

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Any topics, I love conversing and socializing in general!

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Travel/Business/Tech

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Positive, talkative person with similar view perspectives

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I like discussing about people’s everyday life. I also like discussing...

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A person who’s patient as I will be making a lot of mistakes. I would also like someone who’s outgoing and someone who’ll be a buddy for life.

My learning goals

To learn a new language and also people’s culture and how they do things in their homeland.

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My learning goals

Always improving my language skills.

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Culture, music, movies, politics, literature.

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I'd like to make lots of friends so don't hesitate to message...

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Traveling, dancing, animals, cats, anime, kpop, learning different cultures, medicine

My language exchange partner is

You~^^ I wanna talk with you

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Friendly and explorers

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Sentence building

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Kind Social Smar...

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Meet new people Learn about cultures Improve language skills

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Food / Cultute Tech Movies / Series

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Visiter les pays francophones sans anxiété...

My favorite topics

Les films, les rêves, la musique, les chiots, Leonardo da Vinci, et la vie!

Perfect language exchange partner

Un partenaire sympathique, drôle, et un peu bavard (juste un petit peu)

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Open minded and friendly

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I'd like to learn Greek grammar and expand my vocabulary. Learn how to read basic hiragana and katakana. And further improve my French.

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I've been waiting for u...

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I wanna improve my German, get some Dutch basics (to survive there !!) Keep my French going and maybe start Italian

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Art, music, languages, travels, adventures, life goals and fears I love my morning coffees and also night conversations

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Food, art, animals, controversial topics, music, sharing info about travelling, coffee, chit chatting

Ideal language community partner

Someone with the same interests, not too strict but strict enough to correct me. Someone I can have a good laugh with :)

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Clever, cheerful and funny persons :D

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I look for the sense of learning some languages and wanna find new friends :)

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Learning a language better

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Hobbies. Food. Religion. Countries. Habits

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Everything!

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Kind and consistent

Looking for an online language exchange partner in Amsterdam, Netherlands?

Tandem is the world's largest language exchange app. There are currently 1,005 English speakers in Amsterdam looking to learn English 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 English language exchange in Amsterdam?

In Amsterdam there are 1,005 members ready to have a English language exchange.

Are there other locations in Netherlands other than Amsterdam where I can find a English language exchange partner?

You can also find a English Tandem partner in <a href=/learn/english/almere />Almere, <a href=/learn/english/eindhoven />Eindhoven, and <a href=/learn/english/schiedam />Schiedam.

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 1,005 of them coming from Amsterdam.