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Learn English in Brooklyn

Learn to actually speak English by making friends with native speakers

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Shafter

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English

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French

My favorite topics

Movies, Books, Politics, Culture, Religion, Catholicism...

My language exchange partner is

Fun, talkative, informed, intelligent, curious

My learning goals

To be able to speak as many languages as possible

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Fairbanks

Fluent

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English

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Spanish

Ideal language community partner

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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Lawrence

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English

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Spanish

My learning goals

I want to be conversational in Spanish by my 30th bday....

My favorite topics

Business, traveling, outdoor sports/activities, reading, and cooking

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Social and enjoys talking about a number of different topics.

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Phoenix

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English

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Portuguese

My favorite topics

Books and movie...

Perfect language exchange partner

The perfect partner is someone that is patient and ready to learn.

My learning goals

My learning goal is to be able to communicate, in a new language, efficiently.

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1,369

English speakers in Brooklyn

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Charleston

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English

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Japanese

I want a conversation partner who is

I want someone who is slow and understanding whenever I don't...

My learning goals

I am currently taking Japanese as an online course through my school, but I want to practice having conversations with people because I feel like that will help me retain it.

My favorite topics

I enjoy talking about just about anything. I just like to have conversations with people.

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Philadelphia

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English

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Esperanto

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Chinese (Simplified)

My learning goals

I would ideally like to become fluent over time...

My favorite topics

Travel, science, occupations.

My language exchange partner is

Helpful!

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Corinth

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English

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Korean

My favorite topics

I love talking about art, food, comics, and really anything...

Ideal language community partner

I hope my Tandem partner is very patient and helpful. I have been studying on my own for awhile, but I am still unfamiliar with grammar, verbs, and sentence structure. I also hope we can find things in common and become friends! :)

My learning goals

I hope to be able to hold basic conversations, read more fluently, and understand sentence structure.

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J.

Chicago

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English

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French

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Im looking for someone to do audio messages regularly! Je suis...

My learning goals

Fluency! Holding a conversation, humor and colloquial language

My favorite topics

looking for someone to talk with regularly. Above all I like to laugh. I like travel, rock climbing, camping and music.

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Cleburne

Fluent

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English

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Spanish

My learning goals

Fluency is my goa...

My favorite topics

Outdoors! Languages! Ask me anything:)

Perfect language exchange partner

Willing to learn

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B.

Dundalk

Fluent

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English

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Korean

My favorite topics

I enjoy talking about music, travel and photography...

I want a conversation partner who is

Someone I can talk to often and become good friends with.

My learning goals

I’d like to be at least partially fluent in Korean before Christmas since I will be staying in Myeongdong for two weeks.

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G.

Los Angeles

Fluent

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English

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Chinese (Simplified)

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Japanese

My language exchange partner is

Fun, humorous, easy-going, kind, patien...

My learning goals

Conversational fluency

My favorite topics

Travel, Food, Movies, Fitness, Languages

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D.

Broadview Heights

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English

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Italian

My learning goals

I’ve been to Italy and France twice in the past five years. I...

My favorite topics

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

Ideal language community partner

I’d like to find someone that is willing to teach me the basics of Italian or French. Id love to learn about their interests and their country.

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Eugene

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English

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German

My favorite topics

Politics, movies, video games, nerd stuff, biology, travel, the...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

I would love to find a new friend that is down to casually chat and help me learn German.

My learning goals

I have been learning for many years but have very little real experience using the language. I want to become more comfortable actually using German rather than memorizing vocabulary.

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Y.

Crawfordsville

Fluent

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Chinese (Simplified)

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English

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Japanese

Perfect language exchange partner

Knowledgeable, interactive, strict in teachin...

My learning goals

To be able to initiate and complete conversations, and conduct descriptions fluently.

My favorite topics

Cultural, travel, music

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Tacoma

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English

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French

My learning goals

Be able to hold a full conversation in Frenc...

My favorite topics

Food, politics, and dance!

I want a conversation partner who is

Curious and patient

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New York

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Spanish

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English

My favorite topics

me gusta el baloncesto, el ajedrez, los videojuegos, pelicula...

My language exchange partner is

Mujer que me enseñe y sea amable

My learning goals

hablar fluidamente

Aria

Aria uses Tandem in preparation for her student exchange program.

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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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Hattiesburg

Fluent

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English

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Spanish

Ideal language community partner

I need someone who can be patient and understandin...

My learning goals

To be able to speak to people of different back grounds

My favorite topics

Anything

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L.

East Massapequa

Fluent

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English

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Irish

My learning goals

Conversationa...

My favorite topics

TV, comedy, politics, pagan

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Open, friendly, doesn't take life to seriously

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West Chester

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Fluent

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English

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French

My favorite topics

music, politics, pop cultur...

Perfect language exchange partner

easy to talk to and helpful

My learning goals

to know enough french to get by in a french country

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San Diego

Fluent

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Spanish

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Korean

I want a conversation partner who is

Someone willing to call and be genuine friends!...

My learning goals

I want to become fluent

My favorite topics

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Plum

Fluent

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English

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German

My learning goals

Conversational leve...

My favorite topics

Music, art, games, travel, food, animals, language

My language exchange partner is

Understanding of inconsistency in my schedule

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Malden

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Russian

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English

My favorite topics

life, music, travel. Im pianist and songwrite...

Ideal language community partner

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My learning goals

Понимать

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N.

Florissant

Fluent

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English

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French

Ideal conversation exchange partner

That’s hard to describe there’s so many different people in the...

My learning goals

To be able to hold a conversation easier

My favorite topics

I can usually talk about anything, but I like tv/movies, anime, food, comics, and books.

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J.

Sugar Land

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English

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Portuguese

My learning goals

To improve my Portuguese skill...

My favorite topics

I just started learning Portuguese because I am going to be an exchange student in Brazil but I love talking about traveling.

Perfect language exchange partner

I am open to anyone but maybe someone who enjoys traveling.

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P.

New York

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Fluent

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English

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Spanish

LEARNS

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Japanese

My favorite topics

Video games, Art , Anything at al...

I want a conversation partner who is

Very helpful and patient

My learning goals

Learn to speak full sentences and learn how to read and write Japanese

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Spring

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English

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French

My language exchange partner is

One who is understanding and patient and fun to talk to of course....

My learning goals

I would love to speak and understand languages like French and Japanese more fluently and past reading or slow speaking.

My favorite topics

Anime, Manga, Learning, Books, Video Games, Cultures, foods, travel, etc.

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M.

Philadelphia

Fluent

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English

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German

My learning goals

Ich möchte mehr fließend sprechen!...

My favorite topics

Family, school, baking, history ️‍

Ideal language community partner

Anyone willing to give critiques

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D.

Martinsburg

Fluent

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English

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Indonesian

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Spanish

My favorite topics

Food travel lunch lifestyl...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Male 40 plus. Barcelona area

My learning goals

To speak more with local people when traveling

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Chesapeake

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Fluent

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English

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Spanish

Perfect language exchange partner

I would like to talk one hour with someone, 30 minutes in English,...

My learning goals

This quarter of the year, I want to gain fluency in Spanish and I want to be able to talk to people in French more and improve my pronunciation.

My favorite topics

I want to talk about anything. I am trying to speak to one person in my target languages per day. I hope that we can be friends and talk about things that we enjoy. Movies, food, music, friends, childhood memories—anything.

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El Paso

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Spanish

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French

My learning goals

Hablar con fluide...

My favorite topics

Música, cine, comida, cultura

I want a conversation partner who is

Curioso, divertido, musico

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/jersey-city />Jersey City, <a href=/learn/english/chicago />Chicago, and <a href=/learn/english/piscataway-township />Piscataway Township.

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.