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Linguistics, general topics, feminism, politics, partie...

My language exchange partner is

Interested in languages, friendly and open-minded

My learning goals

To be able to converse with relative ease

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Ideal language community partner

Language enthusiast & people with dark humour...

My learning goals

Would really love to work on Crimean Tatar and Austrian & Swiss German but also have to focus on Castellano for work

My favorite topics

Not Chinese. My fluency in the language is a result of colonisation Culture•Cuisine•Academic Knowledge

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My learning goals

Learn as much lenguages as i ca...

My favorite topics

Movies Music History A little about everything

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Happy simple and relaxed

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My favorite topics

Life , humans, chillin, hiking, music, cultural differences,...

Perfect language exchange partner

Relaxed, open personality

My learning goals

Communicating at a good level with ppl around the world

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I want a conversation partner who is

Somebody who is good at having conversation...

My learning goals

To widen my horizons

My favorite topics

Travel; Food; Interests

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My learning goals

Enhance my confidence in speaking English (or French and German...

My favorite topics

I am open to various topics; I study food literature and it will be so nice that you can share your local food custom with me!

My language exchange partner is

Open-minded, responsive, friendly

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Sociology, psychology......

Ideal language community partner

Cheerful, smart, great sense of humour :)

My learning goals

I would like to improve my spanish and german and french :)

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Ideal conversation exchange partner

Anyone who is open-minded, willing to learn themselves and help...

My learning goals

Simply improve in as many languages as I possibly can, have fun and make lots of mistakes on the way

My favorite topics

books & poetry / travel / living abroad / dance / linguistics / philosophy / lotr, fantasy & dragons

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My learning goals

Able to hold casual conversatio...

My favorite topics

Anything in general really, world issues to small talks, I’m all up for it

Perfect language exchange partner

Humorous, patience and easy to talk to

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My favorite topics

Everything. TV shows and music...

I want a conversation partner who is

Anyone. 착한 사람이라면 연락해 주세요!

My learning goals

I want to become more fluent and natural.

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Everyone...

My learning goals

I'd like to improve my language skills.

My favorite topics

Film, book, music, and a bit of everything.

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My learning goals

I want to start learning simple words through conversation. Then...

My favorite topics

Food and Cooking, Technology, Recent Events, Culture Difference's. I'm pretty happy to discuss anything really.

Ideal language community partner

I want to talk with someone who is patient and will be willing to talk to me slowly so that I can learn! I want to find someone who will help me acquire the languages I want to learn.

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Culture, travel, literature, film, music, football, politics,...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Friendly, down to earth, liberal minded and with a wide range of interests

My learning goals

To be able to speak excellent Italian

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Perfect language exchange partner

Open, friendly, patient and fu...

My learning goals

Improve and not forget my German, make new friends

My favorite topics

Music, travelling, movies

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My learning goals

Better at conversation without hesitating so much to translate...

My favorite topics

Dance, Art, music, musicals, movies, travel, tv, food, YouTube, shopping

I want a conversation partner who is

Someone who wants to be friends and work on our language exchange with preferably some topics in common to make conversations flow

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My favorite topics

Im Irish! She/her. Music, baking, travelling, culture, TV shows...

My language exchange partner is

Chatty, open-minded, not afraid to correct me, friendly

My learning goals

Great speaking skills. For German & French I would like to find someone with whom I can send occasional voice messages back and forth

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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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Ideal language community partner

Friendl...

My learning goals

I want to get extremely good at Korean, good enough to read most books. Could also really use help on chinese. Let’s talk about whatever!

My favorite topics

Science, technology, video games, movies, philosophy, music, life (Btw I’m American and not British, I just am doing my PhD in NLP here)

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Quiero mantener mi nivel de español y practicarlo mucho. También,...

My favorite topics

Hola. Estoy aprendiendo español ahora y quiero hablar con alguien para mejorarlo. Enviarme un mensaje :) o DM en Instagram

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Quiero encontrar gente que gusta los idiomas.

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My favorite topics

Ciencia, un poco de deportes, politica, cultura, libros y la...

Perfect language exchange partner

Una persona paciente

My learning goals

Quiero mejorar mi español, de todas las maneras posibles

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I want a conversation partner who is

Anyone as long as you can handle me being a bit awkward...

My learning goals

Improve listening and spoken. My focus is on listening as I struggle with that most.

My favorite topics

Art, languages, travel, books and history! And everything else too

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Able to understand what people are talking about...

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Native in both English and Mandarin! A very very beginner in Spanish and Korean!

My language exchange partner is

Are willing to learn and make progress on another language

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I love languages! I currently study Spanish and BSL at uni, aiming...

Ideal language community partner

Someone who is friendly and just generally is good at chatting

My learning goals

Being able to easily converse in languages other than my native language

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music, astronomy, science, languages, politics, humanit...

My learning goals

Learn new cultures and languages

My favorite topics

i want to learn, French, Italian and German, I will visit your European country in a heartbeat

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To be able to become as fluent as possible in Spanis...

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Psychology, philosophy, music, films, travelling

Perfect language exchange partner

Someone open minded with a sense of humour who can talk about anything and everything

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My favorite topics

trying to make the world a better place, eating, making a mess...

I want a conversation partner who is

friendly, progressive people who don't mind me butchering their language a little (a lot)

My learning goals

learning every language on earth

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My language exchange partner is

Someone that's pretty talkative and just a generally nice perso...

My learning goals

Français & 한국어: practice my conversational skills, build up vocab, and practice speaking. 中文:learn some more basic phrases and vocab, practice tones

My favorite topics

Music, different cultures, foreign languages

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My learning goals

Hopefully to gain some fluency in a languag...

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Languages, history, culture, music, films

Ideal language community partner

Someone who is going to push me but also who can have a joke about too

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Music, languages, dancing and anythin...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Someone who loves languages!

My learning goals

To increase my Norwegian, German, french and other languages and hopefully help you with your English.

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Open minded with passion for learning and trave...

My learning goals

Improve my languages and meet interesting people

My favorite topics

Travel, Technology, Exercise

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Attain conversational fluency in French, and be able to have...

My favorite topics

Popular culture, politics, literature

I want a conversation partner who is

Someone patient and relaxed who enjoys similar topics and can commit to regular chats.

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

Tandem is the world's largest language exchange app. There are currently 433 English speakers in Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh?

In Edinburgh there are 433 members ready to have a English language exchange.

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

You can also find a English Tandem partner in <a href=/learn/english/leicester />Leicester, <a href=/learn/english/bangor />Bangor, and <a href=/learn/english/sunderland />Sunderland.

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 433 of them coming from Edinburgh.