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Learn Japanese in Shanghai

Learn to actually speak Japanese by making friends with native speakers

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Art, IT, history, languag...

My language exchange partner is

Easy talk

My learning goals

Interesting

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優しくて話してて楽しい人がいいです...

My learning goals

ネイティブくらいペラペラに喋れるようになることです^_^

My favorite topics

韓国の事のお話とかフリーでお話したりしたいです‍♀️

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My learning goals

Current goal: being able to hold daily conversations in Russian,...

My favorite topics

Art, books, sports, trips, foods, games, interesting life stories, etc.

Ideal conversation exchange partner

I want to have some long-term friends for cultural/language exchanges :)

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My favorite topics

Culture difference Real Daily life in your country ...

Perfect language exchange partner

She or he likes to know Chinese culture. We can talk about Chinese traditional culture, medicine, Taoism. Chinese food and so on.

My learning goals

Oral Communication in French and Arabic

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Japanese speakers in Shanghai

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I want a conversation partner who is

Anyone who is interested in Chinese culture can come to me!!I...

My learning goals

I hope to communicate with people from other countries.The purpose of learning a language is to prepare for the world travel in the future!!

My favorite topics

My interests are quite extensive. Movies, TV shows, cartoons, Musical Instruments, painting, studying or chatting are all acceptable!!!

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My learning goals

Meet new friends from different countrie...

My favorite topics

Movie Music Photography Pets Travelling

My language exchange partner is

Nice Kind Helpful Positive

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My favorite topics

Travel, shoot, fitness, healthy lifestyle, movie, music, environment...

Ideal language community partner

She/he is interesting, easy to get along with, life-loving, sports-loving, bursting with curiosity

My learning goals

Advanced,be able to think and answer questions in English at any time

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Ideal conversation exchange partner

Anyone and everyone. Smart guys preferred...

My learning goals

Talk freely with natives

My favorite topics

Architecture, City and urban issues, Design, Data, Computer, Technology

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improve my spoken Englis...

My favorite topics

life sports movie travel

Perfect language exchange partner

anyone who want to share your story with me

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My favorite topics

Movie 漫...

I want a conversation partner who is

Hope to be able to chat in Japanese

My learning goals

Be able to chat in Japanese fluently

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my perfect partner is very smart and has a lot of know ledge...

My learning goals

l want to communicate with foreign friends without barriers and live abroad for a period of time

My favorite topics

l want to talk about delicious food with my foreign friends

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My learning goals

中国語で不自由なく生活ができるくらいの日常会話を3ヶ月でできるだけ覚えたいです...

My favorite topics

日常会話。我喜欢珍珠奶茶

Ideal language community partner

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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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Bonjour my name is Choyi, I live in Shanghai now. I wanna learn...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Humour, optimiste and friendly.

My learning goals

I wanna learn French and I hope I can talk without any obstacles.

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Patient and friendly ^_...

My learning goals

Speak freely and make friends Understand movies Broaden my horizons

My favorite topics

Traveling Culture of different countries Daily life

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My learning goals

practice my oral English and make friends...

My favorite topics

Food,NBA,football,travel,anything else

I want a conversation partner who is

funny ,cute, happy , nice man and girl

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Sports Politics Life Travel Apps Technolog...

My language exchange partner is

Sense of humour Talkative

My learning goals

To reach a degree of fluency in mandarin To ne able to carry a conversation

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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

积极向上、乐观开朗、语言表达能力极强,有良好的忍耐...

My learning goals

对未知事物的求知欲,了解更多的文化,打开更广阔的视野,国籍有界限,文化无界限。expand horizon

My favorite topics

思想文化、饮食、生活风俗、个人兴趣爱好、以及实时新闻讨论,尤其对旅游、历史、军事、科技发展等感兴趣

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Nativ...

My favorite topics

Don’t just say “Hi” “How are you”, just talk to me!

Ideal conversation exchange partner

English and Japanese native speakers and Spanish as well as French speaking people

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Perfect language exchange partner

Fun Polite

My learning goals

Be able to travel to Korea

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I want a conversation partner who is

帅 话多 有礼貌 衣品好 善...

My learning goals

能更加流利的跟别人沟通 不要让语言成为我们沟通的障碍

My favorite topics

电影 文学 穿搭 还有衣服的搭配 护肤方面

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My learning goals

Learn the culture of different countrie...

My favorite topics

football,basketball,history

My language exchange partner is

Humor、interesting and like music

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My favorite topics

Eat, drink, play, watch movies, fall in love, talk about historical...

Ideal language community partner

Boys and girls can, boring can talk to me, I have chosen psychology

My learning goals

CET-6, good oral English practice, I am going to study in France and Japan.

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Ideal conversation exchange partner

A nice friend...

My learning goals

学习英语并认识新朋友 Leaving English and searching some nice friends

My favorite topics

游戏 健身gym 美食cooking

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My learning goals

Be able to speak a foreign language like a native...

My favorite topics

Learn some slangs in English or Portuguese! wanna talk like a native!

Perfect language exchange partner

someone who's interested in music, films..or always has something fun in your life to share with me haha

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Job interview, lifestyles, movies, tv serie...

I want a conversation partner who is

Experienced in business, better to be a leader or boss so that I can practice job interviews with s/he, and hope s/he is also live in Shanghai so that we can meet and practice spoken English.

My learning goals

Want to achieve IELTS overall score of band 7( more specifically, a band 8 in listening, and bands 7 in reading, writing and speaking).

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My language exchange partner is

polite,talkative and humorous...

My learning goals

Make more friends

My favorite topics

music, TV program, history, food,movie, anything you like.

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My learning goals

Learning and making friend...

My favorite topics

Everything is ok

Ideal language community partner

Fun and enthusiastic

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My favorite topics

Traveling, culture, photography, music, anime, TV shows, movies,...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

nice and interesting people

My learning goals

To be fluent in at least 5 languages

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Perfect language exchange partner

I hope he's an interesting soul. Looking forward to chatting...

My learning goals

I hope I can learn English very much

My favorite topics

I'm interested in a lot. If you want to know me, you'll know more

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My learning goals

Fluently English & Fluently Japanese ...

My favorite topics

Travel .Art .Design .Photography. Interesting daily life. Delicious food!

I want a conversation partner who is

Full of passion. Could tell me when I am wrong.

Looking for an online language exchange partner in Shanghai, China?

Tandem is the world's largest language exchange app. There are currently 11,159 Japanese speakers in Shanghai looking to learn Japanese 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 Japanese language exchange in Shanghai?

In Shanghai there are 11,159 members ready to have a Japanese language exchange.

Are there other locations in China other than Shanghai where I can find a Japanese language exchange partner?

You can also find a Japanese Tandem partner in <a href=/learn/japanese/yangjiang />Yangjiang, <a href=/learn/japanese/haikou />Haikou, and <a href=/learn/japanese/wenzhou />Wenzhou.

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 11,159 of them coming from Shanghai.