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Learn Korean in Chicago

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Chicago

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English

My favorite topics

Everyday life, family, hobb...

My language exchange partner is

Who speak English well, open-minded, positive and happy person.

My learning goals

To upgrade my english skills and understand the cultural difference. I also wanna make many friends.

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Chicago

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Ideal language community partner

Live in Chicago, Female friend, friendly and kin...

My learning goals

I want to make a friend who lives in Chicago. I want to meet and talk interesting and be a real friend. I was a teacher in Korea. It can help anyone who wants to learn Korean. And I want to talk a lot in English.

My favorite topics

Chicago, music, kpop, drama, redvelvet,

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Chicago

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My learning goals

Learn languages and meet peopl...

My favorite topics

Music, hobbies, life, love :). IG: bsewk

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Fun interactive respectable

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Chicago

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My favorite topics

Anythin...

Perfect language exchange partner

Anyone who wants to exchange language

My learning goals

Conversations that is even serious thing

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735

Korean speakers in Chicago

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Chicago

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I want a conversation partner who is

Who are respectfu...

My learning goals

Listen skills for Japanese

My favorite topics

Science anime sea animals

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Chicago

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Chinese (Simplified)

My learning goals

Can read, write, and speak fluentl...

My favorite topics

Daily life, movies, TV show, and foods

My language exchange partner is

Instagram: woody_usa

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Chicago

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English

My favorite topics

Movie or cultur...

Ideal language community partner

My learning goals

Improving my English skill

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Chicago

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English

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Ideal conversation exchange partner

Energetic, working, knowledgeable, patien...

My learning goals

Being able to speak spanish at a conversational level

My favorite topics

Everything! I love running and basketball. Can talk about traveling, people and events.

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Chicago

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Korean

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English

My learning goals

I wanna learn Englis...

My favorite topics

I like talking about movies.

Perfect language exchange partner

Friendly, kind, funny

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Chicago

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Korean

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English

My favorite topics

Almost all of topic...

I want a conversation partner who is

Living in Chicago

My learning goals

Fluency and having a good friend

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Chicago

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English

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Spanish

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Korean

My language exchange partner is

Some one who can be open minded and who loves their culture...

My learning goals

I want to have a full conversation with people in Korean.

My favorite topics

I enjoy talking about movies, culture, tv shows, music, and conversation.

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Chicago

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English

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Korean

My learning goals

I want to be able to understand and speak Korean better then...

My favorite topics

I enjoy talking about life, movies, books, outdoor activities and culture! My hobbies are reading and learning Korean

Ideal language community partner

Someone who is around my age kind, thoughtful, outgoing and smart enough to correct my mistakes.

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Chicago

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English

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My favorite topics

Music, dance, and food are my main interests. But, I also have...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Someone who is patient is a must! Also someone who will understand I have a busy schedule as a college student so I will get back to them when I can

My learning goals

How to carry out a simple conversation easily and learn more vocabulary. I’m planning to visit Korea in March!

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Chicago

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Perfect language exchange partner

부담없이 편안하게 언어 가르쳐 줄 수 있는 사람과 친구가 되고 싶어...

My learning goals

중급정도 실력의 언어를 구사하고 싶어요

My favorite topics

여행이랑 음식에 대해 이야기하는걸 좋아해요

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Chicago

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English

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Thai

My learning goals

Speaking conversational tha...

My favorite topics

Children, education, travel

I want a conversation partner who is

Similar age, gender and moms

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Chicago

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My favorite topics

English and live in Chicago! I love discovering music and films...

My language exchange partner is

Preferably someone with similar interests but most importantly open-minded, friendly and passionate about learning and meeting new people

My learning goals

Develop my basic language skills and hopefully meet like-minded people along the way. I want to do something small each day to keep up my languages, even if every day isn't the same

Jun

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

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“Tandem Pro has given me lifelong friends. I met them all through the “Near me” feature, which shows people practicing languages in the city where you live. 100% recommend.”

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Chicago

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English

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Korean

Ideal language community partner

Can keep up a diverse conversation and not disappea...

My learning goals

To be intermediate to fluent

My favorite topics

Movies, music , travel ,arts

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Chicago

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Korean

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English

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French

My learning goals

parler courament le françai...

My favorite topics

le quotidien, l’art, la musique, le cinéma etc

Ideal conversation exchange partner

n’importe

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Chicago

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French

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Korean

My favorite topics

Les sujets dont j’aime beaucoup parler sont l’art, la danse classique...

Perfect language exchange partner

Je ne sais pas vraiment car je suis vraiment ouverte à tous.

My learning goals

C’est juste une passion que j’ai maintenant et qui me pousse à apprendre les mots et phrases dans une autre langue que la mienne à laquelle j’ai un fort intérêt.

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K.

Chicago

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English

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Korean

I want a conversation partner who is

someone open minded and willing to be helpful, that i can also...

My learning goals

learning more korean and maybe another language after

My favorite topics

cooking, wiritng, baking, singing, and drawing(though im not very good)

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Chicago

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English

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Korean

My learning goals

I really just want to learn about people's experiences in or...

My favorite topics

Storytelling, video games, culture, traveling

My language exchange partner is

Somebody willing to share their personal stories or talk about social issues with lots of sass! (Well maybe... up to you.)

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Chicago

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English

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Spanish

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Korean

My favorite topics

Art, Music, Social Issues, Movies, Games, Culture, Childhood,...

Ideal language community partner

Someone who is funny and enjoys a nice conversation about anything no matter how ridiculous and can have a good laugh over a lot of things.

My learning goals

Being able to fluently speak, write, and comprehend Korean

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Chicago

Fluent

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English

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Korean

Ideal conversation exchange partner

I’d like to talk to someone who is patient in helping me out...

My learning goals

I want to become better at Korean. I don’t know a lot in it right now, but as I progress in it, I will.

My favorite topics

Animals Nature Music Different cultures Kpop

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J.

Chicago

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Korean

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English

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Japanese

My learning goals

To be fluen...

My favorite topics

As a beginner, everything my counterpart wants

Perfect language exchange partner

Good talker and listner

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Chicago

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English

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Korean

My favorite topics

Music, Dramas, Food, Reading, Writing and I can talk about honestly...

I want a conversation partner who is

I want to learn and I will help you, I also want to make friends and I'm a good listener.

My learning goals

I want to become fluent in Korean conversation. And make foreign friends!

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D.

Chicago

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Korean

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English

My language exchange partner is

Everyone, Similar ag...

My learning goals

Free talking~~~~

My favorite topics

Food, Culture, General Story

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Chicago

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Cantonese

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English

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Korean

My learning goals

Be able to speak some everyday Korean languag...

My favorite topics

Literature, Art and culture, movies, relationship, gender study, plants, cats, anything interesting!

Ideal language community partner

Consistence, respective for different sexual orientations, some interest in common.

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J.

Chicago

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English

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Korean

My favorite topics

Music, art, language, movies, books, writing, foo...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Patient, kind-hearted, fun, nice

My learning goals

I want to learn a lot of languages so that I can one day travel the world. I'm interested in going to Korea for travel in the future so I want to be fluent. I also want to make some foreign friends!

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M.

Chicago

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English

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Korean

Perfect language exchange partner

Outgoing person who knows how to keep a conversation goin...

My learning goals

Ameliorate my language skills

My favorite topics

Music, writing, Movies, Emotions

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J.

Chicago

Fluent

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English

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Korean

My learning goals

I want to improve my Korean a lot more threw this ap...

My favorite topics

I enjoy discussing stuff about dramas, music, and cultures.

I want a conversation partner who is

Someone who knows Korean, but some English for communication proposes and likes to talk about stuff from there culture as well as I do. Someone who's fun and likes to learn about other topics

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

Tandem is the world's largest language exchange app. There are currently 735 Korean speakers in Chicago looking to learn Korean 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 Korean language exchange in Chicago?

In Chicago there are 735 members ready to have a Korean language exchange.

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

You can also find a Korean Tandem partner in <a href=/learn/korean/houston />Houston, <a href=/learn/korean/bridgewater />Bridgewater, and <a href=/learn/korean/cleveland />Cleveland.

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 735 of them coming from Chicago.