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Learn English in Brooklyn

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M.

Salt Lake City

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English

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Portuguese

My favorite topics

Travel, the environment, politics, films, adventuring, backpacking,...

My language exchange partner is

Available to practice a couple times a week. A slow and patient speaker! Someone who helps me improve my sentence structure. I'd love to learn many idioms and colloquialisms!

My learning goals

Develop a vocabulary around topics of interest. I am passionate about environmental conservation, and to be able to discuss this in a foreign language would be a dream come true! I'd love to have a deep conversation about this one day

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G.

Los Angeles

Fluent

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English

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Russian

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Korean

Ideal language community partner

Fluent Korean,Chinese, and English speakers ...

My learning goals

To become proficient in the language

My favorite topics

I love music, art, movies, ballroom dancing, food, volleyball, cooking and making new friends❤️

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H.

Snellville

Fluent

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English

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Korean

My learning goals

I really want to be fluent in Korean. However where I live makes...

My favorite topics

Daily life, cultural diversity, dramas, music

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Fun! Very outgoing and friendly. Keeps in touch with me and becomes my friend

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Y.

Milpitas

Fluent

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Cantonese

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English

My favorite topics

Sports/American culture/taking pics/moive/musi...

Perfect language exchange partner

haha wish she is in san jose

My learning goals

for better conversation with my coworker

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1,369

English speakers in Brooklyn

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D.

Mableton

Fluent

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English

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Spanish

I want a conversation partner who is

Interested in music, jokes, and foo...

My learning goals

Strength in accent

My favorite topics

Music

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S.

New York

Fluent

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English

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Afrikaans

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Spanish

My learning goals

To be fluent. To be able to speak naturally and express myself...

My favorite topics

Movies, music, cosmetics, pop culture, comedy, philosophy, psychology, life experiences, inspiring stories, hypothetical scenarios, concepts, emotions, ideas, celebrities, travel, dreams, goals, morals and values.

My language exchange partner is

Enthusiastic, interesting, kind, patient, funny, open minded.

M.

M.

Huntsville

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Fluent

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English

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French

My favorite topics

Cultural perspectives, Sports, Nature, Cooking, Current Topic...

Ideal language community partner

Nice, funny, interesting, enthusiastic for learning and talking

My learning goals

Work towards fluency, learn the culture along with the language, hold a conversation in French!

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R.

San Lorenzo

Fluent

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Spanish

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English

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Amigable y con pasienci...

My learning goals

Conseguir un buen trabajo

My favorite topics

Como atender clientes en restaurante

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J.

J.

Reston

Fluent

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English

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Chinese (Simplified)

My learning goals

To speak fluentl...

My favorite topics

The wonderful things of life. I hope to find the woman of my dreams here

Perfect language exchange partner

A beautiful, charming, intelligent, hardworking, kind and a lovely woman

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F.

Bellaire

Fluent

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English

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Chinese (Simplified)

My favorite topics

Culture, Sports,The Art...

I want a conversation partner who is

Helpful, Friendly, and Funny

My learning goals

To fluently speak them all the languages I try learning

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E.

Pittsburgh

Fluent

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English

LEARNS

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Spanish

My language exchange partner is

Someone to help me practice Spanis...

My learning goals

Become fluent in Spanish in 1.5 years

My favorite topics

Movies, music, sociology, history, and popular culture

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S.

Maricopa

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Fluent

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English

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Spanish

My learning goals

Improve Spanish gramma...

My favorite topics

I love travel and martial arts. I like hiking and eating out and talking with new people.

Ideal language community partner

Willing to trade English lessons for helping me with Spanish. I want to perfect my future and subjunctive tenses in Spanish.

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J.

Oceanside

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Japanese

My favorite topics

I love animals and anime.                  動物やアニメが好きです! ボルダリングや山登りの話もしたいです...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Someone willing to fix my mistakes and excited to learn English from me.               私の間違いを正すの人。英語を勉強したい人。

My learning goals

語彙力を広くこと。日本語でコミュニケーションをできること。

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S.

Glendale

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English

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Italian

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Russian

Perfect language exchange partner

Someone kind and funn...

My learning goals

Self improvement

My favorite topics

My day

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V.

Acworth

Fluent

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Spanish

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English

My learning goals

Improve my english and do my life in USA easie...

My favorite topics

Movies, places, travel

I want a conversation partner who is

someone funny, intelligent and sometimes little silly

E.

E.

Kendale Lakes

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Fluent

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Spanish

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English

My favorite topics

Bailando con Celia Cruz, oyendo a Willy Chirino, venerando al...

My language exchange partner is

Un hombre es lo que piensa a lo largo de sus días. Ralph Waldo Emerson

My learning goals

Be fluent in English.

Jun

Jun uses Tandem to improve his English speaking and listening skills.

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O.

O.

San Francisco

Fluent

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English

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Cantonese

Ideal language community partner

Kind, fun, honest, and patient...

My learning goals

*Become verbally conversational (improve speaking & listening) with family, friends, & strangers. *Be able to verbally order food at restaurants, bakeries, etc. (improve speaking & reading). *To read 100 words of the language, with good grammar!

My favorite topics

We could talk about daily life, and anything else :) I’m an open book online, and love reading, as well as spending time with my dog, watching movies with friends, and traveling. Interested in meeting new people, & currently writing a book on languages!

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S.

Kirksville

Fluent

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English

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French

My learning goals

Learn, laugh, slang, prope...

My favorite topics

Beekeeping Nursing Medical Family

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Open, funny, patient, chatty

J.

J.

Murfreesboro

NEW

Fluent

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English

LEARNS

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French

My favorite topics

Travel, Food, Video Games, Anime, Books, Ideas, Art, Music, Movie...

Perfect language exchange partner

Someone who has traveled, loves food, and/or has bright ideas or aspirations they'd like to explore. Either way it should be a two-way learning experience.

My learning goals

I don't know. I just really like the idea of being able to communicate with more people than just my own

M.

M.

Fairbanks

Fluent

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English

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Spanish

I want a conversation partner who is

Easy to communicate with, kind, and has a great personality...

My learning goals

I do not have any

My favorite topics

I enjoy talking about tv shows, music, and personal experiences and life.

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S.

Lacey

Fluent

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English

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Japanese

My learning goals

I want to reach conversational fluency by this coming November,...

My favorite topics

Dance (ballet, etc.), Anime and Manga (though I’m inexperienced so cut me some slack), Art, random stuff (and memes but sshhhh)

My language exchange partner is

Someone who just talks with me casually. Someone who can kind of be like a language parent and not correct my mistakes as much as just speak with me in a way I can understand.

L.

L.

New York

Fluent

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English

LEARNS

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Japanese

My favorite topics

TV, film, social politics, food, world travel, culture, ancient...

Ideal language community partner

Patient, realistic, open-minded, a woman (I'm only here to learn other languages, and don't want to deal with dudes flirting all the time. Sorry).

My learning goals

High level speaking and listening comprehension fluency. I have a real problem with progressing in listening comprehension with native speakers.

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F.

Brooklyn Park

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Fluent

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English

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Somali

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Korean

Ideal conversation exchange partner

nice chill people...

My learning goals

To get better at Chinese and Korean

My favorite topics

really love food i like volleyball and anime and kpop and reading. i want to go to china to study in medical school

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A.

Dalton

Fluent

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English

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Spanish

My learning goals

DALTON G...

My favorite topics

Looking for a relationship and friends and to meet people

Perfect language exchange partner

Everthing

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G.

Los Angeles

NEW

Fluent

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English

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Chinese (Simplified)

LEARNS

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Japanese

My favorite topics

Travel, Food, Movies, Fitness, Language...

I want a conversation partner who is

Fun, humorous, easy-going, kind, patient

My learning goals

Conversational fluency

D.

D.

Broadview Heights

Fluent

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English

LEARNS

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Italian

My language exchange partner is

I’d like to find someone that is willing to teach me the basics...

My learning goals

I’ve been to Italy and France twice in the past five years. I would like to return soon with more knowledge of how to communicate with locals.

My favorite topics

Movies, traveling, books, writing. Find me on Instagram: Daniel.S.Ohio

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T.

Baldwin

Fluent

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English

LEARNS

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Korean

My learning goals

To be fluent in Korean and Japanese and be friends with people...

My favorite topics

Music, Culture, Pets, Travel

Ideal language community partner

Anyone who wants to talk to me

R.

R.

Summerville

Fluent

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English

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Spanish

My favorite topics

Travel Current events Festivals Bargain...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

I’m interested in communicating in Spanish and Portuguese languages to develop stronger skills

My learning goals

I’d like to be able to communicate better with others when I travel abroad

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I.

Berkeley

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Fluent

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English

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French

Perfect language exchange partner

Someone who wants to help me learn French and who I can help...

My learning goals

I am planning on moving to France so want to get comfortable speaking.

My favorite topics

Food, travel, anything really just love to practice!

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M.

North Miami

Fluent

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English

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Spanish

My learning goals

-to speak Spanish like a native...

My favorite topics

-TV/movies -sports -religion -swapping stories -dreams and aspirations

I want a conversation partner who is

-willing to correct me -patient if I’m struggling -have things in common

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

Tandem is the world's largest language exchange app. There are currently 1,369 English speakers in Brooklyn 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 Brooklyn?

In Brooklyn there are 1,369 members ready to have a English language exchange.

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

You can also find a English Tandem partner in <a href=/learn/english/raleigh />Raleigh, <a href=/learn/english/san-francisco />San Francisco, and <a href=/learn/english/wylie />Wylie.

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 1,369 of them coming from Brooklyn.