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Learn English in London

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My favorite topics

Travelling, geography, history, politics, languages (+dialects,...

My language exchange partner is

A person who can explain his/her mother tongue, talkative, and want to practise and compare languages

My learning goals

To be able to speak all Slavic languages (Kashubian? Rusyn? Sorbian?), et améliorer mon français

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Ideal language community partner

Someone who knows the language really well and can be really...

My learning goals

Fluent level!

My favorite topics

Work, travel, daily life

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My learning goals

I would like to just have good conversation in a foreign languag...

My favorite topics

Music Sport Current affairs Culture Books

Ideal conversation exchange partner

I am looking for long term language partners, preferably people based in London.

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My favorite topics

You, me, languages, travel, ambitions.. Whatever you lik...

Perfect language exchange partner

Just someone friendly, invested, easy to get along with.

My learning goals

I'd like to be able to reach a basic conversional level of Italian, I have no professional or pressing motivations

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I want a conversation partner who is

Not sure yet but I can not read Chinese. I read English only,...

My learning goals

To be able to communicate and to understand other languages.

My favorite topics

I like to find out about your interest in holidays and your life style also your hobbies, so if we do have the same hobbies it will be great.

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My learning goals

Become fluent in Korean (main focus), learn enough mandarin and...

My favorite topics

大家好,我是上官枫. 안녕하세요 여러분, 저는 리스 입니다!!! I enjoy talking about music, food, movies, culture and life. Can anyone teach me Daegu dialect?

My language exchange partner is

Kind, passionate, fun, open minded

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My favorite topics

My greatest passion is MMA. I also love tech, movies, writing,...

Ideal language community partner

Anyone who speaks the languages I'm trying to learn. If you have pets send photos of them!

My learning goals

I want to speak Japanese fluently for a close friend of mine & I want to live in Japan for a bit. For Brazilian Portuguese and Thai, I want to learn them and learn more about the cultures as they have a huge influence on MMA and have interesting history.

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Ideal conversation exchange partner

Don't really mind as long as they are nice and help me, don't...

My learning goals

When I'm older thinking about moving to Korea so I hope to be fluent one day

My favorite topics

I am looking for someone to teach me Korean and Japanese, I love culture and I would love for you to talk to me ❤️

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My learning goals

Build up confidence in communicating in German. Currently B2...

My favorite topics

Traveling, outdoor activities, nature, humans

Perfect language exchange partner

People serious about learning, and not just here to say hi how are you then disappear

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My favorite topics

Sports (Football), Cars, movies, technology, design and new...

I want a conversation partner who is

Friendly, smart talkative and knowledgeable

My learning goals

To be fluent in all the languages I chose to practice.

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London

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My language exchange partner is

Regularly online, helpful and gives good critiqu...

My learning goals

Become as fluent as possible and develop my linguistic skills but also too learn more about the different cultures

My favorite topics

I enjoy talking about holidays it’s an interesting topic and comes up commonly when learning new languages

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My learning goals

I’m moving to Italy - I need to Improve my Italia...

My favorite topics

Almost anything! #openminded #chatterbox

Ideal language community partner

I’m looking for someone who can speak some english, and they need to be patient with my very limited Italian.. ☺️

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My favorite topics

Travelling, languages, culture, salsa, music, film, anime etc....

Ideal conversation exchange partner

People from other countries so I can learn something new. A native speaker who can talk abour various topics. P.S I am not Brazilian. I'm . I would also like to make friends from other cultures!

My learning goals

Practice and improve my French and Spanish and learn some basics in other languages. I would like to learn about other cultures too.

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Perfect language exchange partner

A native Arabic or Spanish speake...

My learning goals

Talking to people, reading, watching videos

My favorite topics

Travelling, books, countries, food

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My learning goals

Become fluent and learn culture and histor...

My favorite topics

Travel, News, Finance, Technology, Food

I want a conversation partner who is

Motivated and down to earth

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Korean

My favorite topics

Art, music, travel and culture (예술, 음악, 여행, 문화...

My language exchange partner is

I’d like to make friends with someone kind, funny and open minded (친절한 친구를 사귀고 싶어요)

My learning goals

I want to practice Korean more, and also learn Japanese (한국어를 더 연습하고 싶어서 일본어도 배우고 싶어요)

Kai

Kai uses Tandem to share their culture with other members.

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“I love Tandem Pro. When I’m taking a trip to a new place, I always check out the “Travel” section to see if there is anyone who looks interesting there. It’s like having a local guide who teaches you a bit of their language!”

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Thai

Ideal language community partner

Someone friendly who is keen to help with a language exchang...

My learning goals

Make Thai friends and improve my language skills!

My favorite topics

Travel, culture, fitness, books, movies

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My learning goals

To understand people accent and fooooooood!...

My favorite topics

How life is random stuff like somebody is your diary really and rlly funny stuff too !!

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Kind sociable and understanding and in now way rude!!!

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My favorite topics

music, food , travelling...

Perfect language exchange partner

You have to be funny, love foood and my dad is trippie redd

My learning goals

I want to improve my french and meet new people!

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I want a conversation partner who is

A buddy who is engaged with the conversatio...

My learning goals

I hope to become more comfortable with using my current Dutch language skills and improving them

My favorite topics

Music, movies, tv shows, current events, culture

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My learning goals

To understand Spanish when spoken fast by native speakers. To...

My favorite topics

All I want to do is learn/have conversations to better my Spanish! Nothing else

My language exchange partner is

Patient, easygoing and like to help educate.

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My favorite topics

Travel, art and London. But anything really...

Ideal language community partner

I would like to speak half and half English and French, so if you want my fab professional vocab and nice English accent you’ll need to be ready to put up with my French efforts too

My learning goals

To improve my french speaking.

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Ideal conversation exchange partner

Somebody who is comfortable, learning English, happy to discuss...

My learning goals

I want to become fluent in Italian because I want to move to Italy after I graduate university.

My favorite topics

I love talking about politics, football, history and day to day life! In general though I’m happy to talk about anything and everything.

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My learning goals

My current goal is to be able to read a book in Italian. Haven't...

My favorite topics

Films, literature, travel

Perfect language exchange partner

Excited by language (including nerdy grammatical aspects), and patient with the incompetence of others

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My favorite topics

Sport. Health. Travels. Cultures...

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Anyone who is willing to support and correct me as I make mistakes, inevitably forcing me to improve

My learning goals

Be able to hold a conversation comfortably discussing a range of topics

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My language exchange partner is

Someone who listens, has patience and helps me when I’m stuck...

My learning goals

My goal is to improve Arabic language and French.

My favorite topics

I’m a painter and photographer. I like traveling learning new stuff and experiencing different culture. I’m easy going person love having good time and having a laugh.

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My learning goals

To be able to speak at least one language...

My favorite topics

I like talking about anything really!

Ideal language community partner

Uh, someone who’s helpful and kind.

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My favorite topics

music, books, technology and culture - but we can talk about...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

people who are passionate about languages, where we can both learn from each other :)

My learning goals

I want to become completely fluent in Spanish!

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Perfect language exchange partner

Patient, interesting, talkativ...

My learning goals

More conversational practice

My favorite topics

Films, books, exercise, current affairs, sport.

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My learning goals

To learn Chinese :) both Cantonese and mandari...

My favorite topics

I like to talk ahout technology and gaming. Other cultures are a great interest. I love to talk about traveling as i love to travel! Oh... AND I LOVE FOOD

I want a conversation partner who is

Friendly and approachable

Looking for an online language exchange partner in London, United Kingdom?

Tandem is the world's largest language exchange app. There are currently 4,826 English speakers in London 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 London?

In London there are 4,826 members ready to have a English language exchange.

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

You can also find a English Tandem partner in <a href=/learn/english/sunderland />Sunderland, <a href=/learn/english/southend-on-sea />Southend-on-Sea, and <a href=/learn/english/newcastle-upon-tyne />Newcastle upon Tyne.

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 4,826 of them coming from London.