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Berkeley

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My favorite topics

Business, news, sport, world's big things, new culture...

My language exchange partner is

Fun, polite, international,

My learning goals

Improving conversation and getting new friends

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Berkeley

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Ideal language community partner

Someone who likes to history geography literature and travelin...

My learning goals

My goal Is to master 7 language. Actually I’m mastering 4. I would like to master more languages to use it in my professional career

My favorite topics

The most topic I like to discuss about it is history

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Berkeley

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Thai

My learning goals

MAKE MORE FRIENDS...

My favorite topics

An engineer working hard to get Master degree at UCB. It's exciting to meet everyone around the world.

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Anyone!

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Berkeley

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My favorite topics

Food, nature, travel, current world events, and politics. Generally,...

Perfect language exchange partner

Someone who is able to balance having fun and engaging conversations about interesting subjects with helping me learn the language.

My learning goals

My top priority now is to learn a little bit of conversational Italian before my trip to Rome in late July. Longer term, I am also interested in learning German as well.

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Berkeley

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I want a conversation partner who is

Language lovers, adventurers, sunny smiles, nature lovers...

My learning goals

I would to improve my language skills! Feel free to correct my mistakes :)

My favorite topics

hiking, mountains, languages, animals (dogs), rainforest, climate change, pollution, books, nature

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Berkeley

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My learning goals

I would like to eventually be able to form sentences without...

My favorite topics

I enjoy discussing traveling, politics, history, pop culture, and food.

My language exchange partner is

Someone who is easy to talk to

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Berkeley

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My favorite topics

travel, daily staff, music, news, et...

Ideal language community partner

Nice, educated, open to talk tons of topics.

My learning goals

English is for living and work. Other languages are maybe sometimes for travel, and new friends.

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Berkeley

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Ideal conversation exchange partner

Like-minded entrepreneur who loves traveling, learning and exploring...

My learning goals

Become fluent in Thai in one year

My favorite topics

Traveling food photography startup business entrepreneurship technology cooking

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Berkeley

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Japanese: advanced speake...

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No romance please. I am looking for serious language exchange partner. 真面目な方と一緒に勉強したい

Perfect language exchange partner

Delicated. Consistent. Inspiring

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Berkeley

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My favorite topics

History, sociology, hobbies, music and other stuf...

I want a conversation partner who is

A graduate student

My learning goals

Improve my speaking

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Berkeley

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American Sign Language

My language exchange partner is

Anyone into sharing rad music/art/etc...

My learning goals

Improving my grammar

My favorite topics

Art, music, books, film, philosophy, linguistics, languages

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Berkeley

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My learning goals

improve conversation, poetry a plu...

My favorite topics

religion, social justice, math and science

Ideal language community partner

ਤੋਹੀ ਮੋਹੀ ਮੋਹੀ ਤੋਹੀ ਅੰਤਰੁ ਕੈਸਾ

Connect with learners around the world

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Join a global community

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Learn what matters to you

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Have fun, engaging conversations

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Berkeley

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Korean

My favorite topics

I like discussing music, science, culture, and literatur...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Not sure yet! 그냥 한국인 친구 만나면 좋겠어요! 반가워요

My learning goals

I want to practice my fluency with Korean. I hope I can learn to sound more natural. 더 자연스럽개 쓰고 얘기하고 싶어요.

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Berkeley

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Perfect language exchange partner

Preferably lives near Berkeley and wouldn’t mind meeting up over...

My learning goals

I would like to learn how to speak Mandarin because I am half Chinese but I was born in raised in Canada. I’ve only visited China once, however I wasn’t able to understand anything or communicate with my relatives.

My favorite topics

Music and concerts, TV shows (currently watching Game of Thrones and The Good Place), Fitness, and trying to get better at cooking!

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Berkeley

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My learning goals

I want to fine tune my accent and accelerate my vocabular...

My favorite topics

Culture, food, travel, environment, nature

I want a conversation partner who is

A flexible and kind native French speaker

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Berkeley

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My favorite topics

I like to discuss culture, trivia, movies...

My language exchange partner is

Someone interested in everything!

My learning goals

Gain fluency, learn about culture and differences.

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"Fantastic app full of fantastic people. I’ve made many friends and I’m even planning trips to see them. It’s turned my life around!"

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Berkeley

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Kin...

My learning goals

To improve my language skills

My favorite topics

Game, food, Diet

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Berkeley

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My learning goals

To develop speaking in German .. To learn some diff German words...

My favorite topics

About anything, food , hobbies ,life culture , love , fun , party , musics ,sports .. I love to discuss any topics ;)

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Friendly, cool , can spend time when you are free .. Jovial and easy going ,chatter box :D

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Berkeley

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My favorite topics

Music,Movies,Travels,Geophysics...anythin...

Perfect language exchange partner

I hope we can keep talking like friends.

My learning goals

Improve my spoken English.

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Berkeley

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I want a conversation partner who is

I'm willing to talk with anyone! But I would much prefer to talk...

My learning goals

I want to improve as much as I can, and hopefully make a friend.

My favorite topics

I really like languages, and in particular I like helping people with pronunciation (I've studied Phonetics), but I also just like seeing people improve. I really like Snowboarding, Science (I used to be a tutor), and Fighting Games. I'm bilingual.

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Berkeley

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My learning goals

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

My favorite topics

Food, travel, anything really just love to practice!

My language exchange partner is

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

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Berkeley

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Anythin...

Ideal language community partner

Friendly

My learning goals

Learning as much as i can!

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Berkeley

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Ideal conversation exchange partner

kind, friendly, warm-hearted, nic...

My learning goals

my vocabulary reaches -- 20,000 by this semester

My favorite topics

reading, literature, math, philosophy, cooking,travel comics(esp. one piece), sports(esp. shuttlecork, badminton, volleyball, long run) わたしは(労)ろうです。

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Berkeley

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Improving my spoken English...

My favorite topics

Everything

Perfect language exchange partner

Someone who are patient and willing to help me

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Berkeley

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My favorite topics

Bicycles, Sports, Traveling, Politics, Music, and Life...

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Funny, Open Minded, Interesting

My learning goals

Speak Spanish more fluently

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Berkeley

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Anyone who's into talking and learning a different language,...

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I want to improve my Kazakh to the point where I am able to have a conversation with native speakers.

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Technology, visual design, traditional Kazakh music, learning languages, Hawaii, surfing, entrepreneurship, photography, digital nomadism

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Berkeley

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I want to improve my English,and help others with Arabi...

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Movies and cultures and traveling

Ideal language community partner

Someone who wants to learn with me

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Berkeley

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Lifestyle, politics, movies, travelling, cultural life, food,...

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Any people which live in English speaken countries:)

My learning goals

To increase my level of conversational English

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Berkeley

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You...

My learning goals

Thai: I want to learn more language, learn about cultural norms, traditions, and pop culture. Hebrew: It's been a long time since I've spoken Hebrew and I am very rusty. I also want to refamiliarize myself with Israeli culture

My favorite topics

History Technology and science Global Politics Anime DIY Looks like I’m getting famous on here for my love of Thai songs and culture. I don’t know what’s wrong with me, I just love Isaan songs ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Berkeley

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My learning goals

Holding a conversation...

My favorite topics

Anything and everything.

I want a conversation partner who is

Someone to practice with!

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

Tandem is the world's largest language exchange app. There are currently 88 Italian speakers in Berkeley looking to learn Italian 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 Italian language exchange in Berkeley?

In Berkeley there are 88 members ready to have a Italian language exchange.

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

You can also find a Italian Tandem partner in <a href=/learn/italian/glendale />Glendale, <a href=/learn/italian/hempstead />Hempstead, and <a href=/learn/italian/tamuning />Tamuning.

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 88 of them coming from Berkeley.