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Austin

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Spanish

My favorite topics

Exploring Washington DC, True crime podcasts, boxeo cryptocurrency,...

My language exchange partner is

Happy people who are trying to learn English and are patient with a Spanish beginner.

My learning goals

I want to be able to hold basic conversations in Spanish. It will benefit me while traveling in Spanish speaking countries and cities (and also in my local community).

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C.

Austin

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Ideal language community partner

A person who is patient and knows French wel...

My learning goals

Be able to enjoy French movies and have basic conversations

My favorite topics

Books, movies, culture, and food

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Austin

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French

My learning goals

To be fluent in multiple languages...

My favorite topics

Sports, culture, music, world news and pretty much anything.

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Someone who can teach me and have fun doing so. Someone who wants to learn English.(:

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D.

Austin

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My favorite topics

Weather, veganism, food, cooking, politics, art, musi...

Perfect language exchange partner

Fun, kind, helpful, flexible, speaks mexican or central American Spanish

My learning goals

I want to learn the past tense congugations for spanish. I am only starting to learn Arabic and would like to learn basic phrases/greetings.

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Austin

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I want a conversation partner who is

Someone who wants to speak frequently and is also patient...

My learning goals

To become fluent enough to hold conversations in a native-speaking country.

My favorite topics

Shopping, landmarks, culture, night life

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Austin

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Russian

My learning goals

I want to get better at communicating in Russia...

My favorite topics

Literature, society, TV shows and movies, language

My language exchange partner is

Someone who shares my interests and is easy to talk to.

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A.

Austin

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Arabic

My favorite topics

travel, cooking, reading, exercising...

Ideal language community partner

Someone who can help with my Portuguese skills

My learning goals

- better my spoken Portuguese - learn Portuguese slang - quicken the way in which I speak - have someone point out my mistakes

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N.

Austin

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Ideal conversation exchange partner

Someone who isn’t too busy and can talk often and is easy to...

My learning goals

Would like to help people learn English and learn some languages myself.

My favorite topics

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Austin

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American Sign Language

My learning goals

I would like to learn better vocabulary and better communication...

My favorite topics

Movies, TV shows, music, dance, Creative Writing, Art

Perfect language exchange partner

Someone who likes humor, marvel, cartoons, tv shows and movies, and creative hobbies would be preferred, but I’ll talk to anybody

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Austin

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My favorite topics

I want to learn everything I can about Morocco and the culture...

I want a conversation partner who is

Someone locally in Morocco who would love to talk about life there and what it is all like.

My learning goals

I want to gain conversational speaking and writing in Arabic. I also want more practice with Spanish.

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Austin

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German

My language exchange partner is

Someone who is willing to talk with me and challenge me in my...

My learning goals

To continue my previous studies.

My favorite topics

Traveling, reading, movies, languages, and history.

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Austin

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Turkish

My learning goals

Ability to converse in different languages and know new cultures...

My favorite topics

Books, Politics, Technology, Sports and English TV series

Ideal language community partner

A young active person who is actively interested in learning and exploring new things.

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Have fun, engaging conversations

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S.

Austin

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Hindi

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Tagalog, Filipino

My favorite topics

Qualquer pessoa impressionada com Caminhos da Índia pode ficar...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Adventurous and fun loving

My learning goals

Learning portuguese, french and tagalog

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B.

Austin

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Perfect language exchange partner

Intelligent et peut me faire rire mais aussi avec patience parce...

My learning goals

Improve my pronunciation, grammar and be able to speak like a native.

My favorite topics

Interesting cultures and people, Andy Dwyer, and the like

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Austin

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My learning goals

I hope to one day be conversational in Spanish, and I want to...

My favorite topics

I'm a nerd, I like science and reading and learning. I like music a lot, and some movies. I like cooking and talking about food, and I like hiking and being outside!

I want a conversation partner who is

Anyone who is kind and patient.

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Austin

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Japanese

My favorite topics

Working out, music, memes, anim...

My language exchange partner is

Someone fun who wants a international friend

My learning goals

To get better and understanding what it’s like to live in Japan and Russia and practice my Spanish

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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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K.

Austin

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English

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French

Ideal language community partner

Passionate about somethin...

My learning goals

Practice Farsi. Learn more French. Learn other languages.

My favorite topics

Math, Computers, Music, Food, Games, Traveling

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R.

Austin

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My learning goals

Greater fluency in any language i can get my hands on, greater...

My favorite topics

Cultural differences, general conversation, where things come from and how they originated, things like that

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Someone who encourages me to speak the language as much as possible, i shy away from conversational practice

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T.

Austin

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English

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Japanese

My favorite topics

I enjoy talking about different books, movies, different ideas,...

Perfect language exchange partner

Any type really, I just like to talk to new people and make lasting friendship.

My learning goals

Learn Japanese and Polish

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Austin

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Emoji

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Arabic

I want a conversation partner who is

I don't know... anybody lol (учитель...

My learning goals

I just want to put what I know into practice. I'd like to help others learn

My favorite topics

I like sports, fitness, languages, etc.

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Austin

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Portuguese

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German

My learning goals

I just started taking Czech in my Uni; looking for a partner!...

My favorite topics

Fitness, music, art, travel, language, movies, tennis, surf, books, writing

My language exchange partner is

My ideal Tamdem partner would be someone who is helpful and interesting to talk to, as well as someone willing to practice via skype or FaceTime, in addition to messaging.

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K.

Austin

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English

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Japanese

My favorite topics

Film, games, professional wrestling, music, coding, etc...

Ideal language community partner

I would love to speak with someone that is on the nerdy/geeky side, and shares some of my interests/passions.

My learning goals

I want to be comfortable speaking and understanding spoken, conversational Japanese. I would also like to improve my grammar, and focus on N5-N4 JLPT material at first.

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F.

Austin

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English

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Korean

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Someone that has similar interests and great humor and personality....

My learning goals

안녕하세요 저는 파리예요~ 미국사람이에요. 지금 서울대에 한국어를배워요~ 제 한국말 잘못하지만 요즘 열심히 공부하고있어요 ㅋㅋ중국어도 할수있어요.

My favorite topics

서울대 我會說中文和英文~ 중국어랑 영어를 할수있어용 語言交換和交朋友/언어교환/language exchange : ⛔️NO DATING! 남자친구있어요⛔️

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T.

Austin

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English

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Vietnamese

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Urdu

My learning goals

I want to be conversational and be able to talk about everyday...

My favorite topics

Life, philosophy, movies, TV shows, books, video games, news, love, politics, everyday life

Perfect language exchange partner

Really nice and patient, aware of specific grammar rules and can explain why, knows native idioms and can explain them, uses a lot of analogies and can explain figurative language

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Austin

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English

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Spanish

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Russian

My favorite topics

Travel, music, history, food, good books, current events.....

I want a conversation partner who is

Anyone who's patient enough to help me with my accent.

My learning goals

Reading and speaking fluently; cultural exchange

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T.

Austin

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English

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Japanese

My language exchange partner is

Native speakers or those at an advanced leve...

My learning goals

Make friends in my area who speak my target languages.

My favorite topics

Understanding Others Hiking and Nature Minority Languages and Dialects Culture and Peoples Art and Self Expression

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Austin

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English

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Japanese

My learning goals

I wish to become fluent in Japanese. Been to Japan twice, but...

My favorite topics

I like talking about music, lifting weights, movies, anime, eating, and pretty much everything. I'm completely open

Ideal language community partner

Anyone who can help me with my Japanese in exchange for English or Spanish.

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C.

Austin

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English

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Spanish

My favorite topics

Sports, food, technology, music, cinema. All the good stuff...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

People with similar interests and want to learn English.

My learning goals

Understand native speakers when speaking.

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Austin

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English

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Perfect language exchange partner

Personas que son pacientes y quieren ayudar y/o aprender // People...

My learning goals

Quiero poder hablar español fluidamente // I want to be able to speak Spanish fluently

My favorite topics

Dibujar, los musicales, la comunidad LGBTQ+, patinar, star trek, y animales // Drawing, musicals, the LGBTQ+ community, rollerskating, Star Trek, and animals

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J.

Austin

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English

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Portuguese

My learning goals

I want to achieve fluency in Portuguese. Also, I’d like to learn...

My favorite topics

I love to discuss traveling,languages, and cultures. I want to talk about Brazil. Oh, and capybaras.

I want a conversation partner who is

A person who can help me learn, while I can help them learn. Someone to teach me Portuguese. Ideally, you would be a capybara.

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

Tandem is the world's largest language exchange app. There are currently 343 English speakers in Austin 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 Austin?

In Austin there are 343 members ready to have a English language exchange.

Are there other locations in United States other than Austin where I can find a English language exchange partner?

You can also find a English Tandem partner in <a href=/learn/english/plano />Plano, <a href=/learn/english/roseville />Roseville, and <a href=/learn/english/newton />Newton.

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 343 of them coming from Austin.