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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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Ideal language community partner

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

Be able to speak English fluently. I know I selected "I also...

My favorite topics

Movies, music, paint

Ideal conversation exchange partner

respectful, friendly, nice, funny, with different topics in mind.

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Berkeley

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My favorite topics

The most topic I like to discuss about it is histor...

Perfect language exchange partner

Someone who likes to history geography literature and traveling

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

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Berkeley

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I want a conversation partner who is

Pensaría alguien que me tuviera un poco de paciencia , alegre...

My learning goals

Intentar defenderme en cualquier situación .

My favorite topics

Sobre lugares, ciudades, historias, cultura,deporte me general de todo un poco.

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Berkeley

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My learning goals

My top priority now is to learn a little bit of conversational...

My favorite topics

Food, nature, travel, current world events, and politics. Generally, I enjoy meeting interesting people and learning about other cultures.

My language exchange partner is

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

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Berkeley

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My favorite topics

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

Ideal language community partner

Someone who is easy to talk to

My learning goals

I would like to eventually be able to form sentences without having to spend long periods of time trying to translate English to another language.

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Berkeley

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Ideal conversation exchange 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.

My favorite topics

travel, daily staff, music, news, etc

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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

Perfect language exchange partner

ਤੋਹੀ ਮੋਹੀ ਮੋਹੀ ਤੋਹੀ ਅੰਤਰੁ ਕੈਸਾ

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Berkeley

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My favorite topics

Sports, culture, music, philosphy, or anything for that matter....

I want a conversation partner who is

Someone who is willing to be accomodating to varying levels in speaking and understanding and who may know more than 2 languages so they know the difficulty of picking up new languages

My learning goals

To be able to speak naturally in different languages and come across more as a "local" if possible

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Berkeley

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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

Greater speaking confidence, help with using vocabulary appropriately,...

My favorite topics

Culture, family, hobbies, movies, TV, travel, books

Ideal language community partner

Someone who is passionate about learning and sharing language knowledge; someone who is patient with the many mistakes I’ll be making; someone who loves to ask questions

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Join a global community

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Have fun, engaging conversations

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My favorite topics

Culture, stories, foo...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Friendly, understanding,

My learning goals

Cultural competency, new languages

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Berkeley

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Perfect language exchange partner

Someone who are patient and willing to help me...

My learning goals

Improving my spoken English

My favorite topics

Everything

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Berkeley

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My learning goals

Improve my English...

My favorite topics

Viagens,música, arte, comida, psicanálise

I want a conversation partner who is

Abertas para o mundo.

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Berkeley

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My favorite topics

An engineer working hard to get Master degree at UCB. It's exciting...

My language exchange partner is

Anyone!

My learning goals

MAKE MORE FRIENDS!

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Berkeley

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Ideal language community partner

Anyone who is good to chat with☺...

My learning goals

Pass test/Study aboard/Make friends around the world

My favorite topics

swimming/music/travel/✍️writing/Watch series (of American, Korean, China, Japan...

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Berkeley

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Thai

My learning goals

Become fluent in Thai in one yea...

My favorite topics

Traveling food photography startup business entrepreneurship technology cooking

Ideal conversation exchange partner

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

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Berkeley

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My favorite topics

reading, literature, math, philosophy, cooking,travel ...

Perfect language exchange partner

kind, friendly, warm-hearted, nice

My learning goals

my vocabulary reaches -- 20,000 by this semester

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Berkeley

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I want a conversation partner who is

Friendly, cool , can spend time when you are free .. Jovial and...

My learning goals

To develop speaking in German .. To learn some diff German words and to correct my grammatical errors !!

My favorite topics

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

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Berkeley

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Kazakh

My learning goals

I want to improve my Kazakh to the point where I am able to have...

My favorite topics

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

My language exchange partner is

Anyone who's into talking and learning a different language, which should cover everyone here

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Berkeley

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My favorite topics

Art, music, books, film, philosophy, linguistics, language...

Ideal language community partner

Anyone into sharing rad music/art/etc!

My learning goals

Improving my grammar

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Berkeley

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Ideal conversation exchange partner

Someone who wants to have fun conversations and lear...

My learning goals

Speak Spanish more fluently

My favorite topics

Food, hobbies, animals, tv shows

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Berkeley

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My learning goals

I hope to be able to get more in tune with the day-to-day ways...

My favorite topics

I like to talk about the environment and global health, differences and similarities between different parts of the world, and learn about other people’s lives.

Perfect language exchange partner

Someone friendly and observational who needs to practice English and is fluent in Spanish.

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Berkeley

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Anythin...

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Friendly

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Learning as much as i can!

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Berkeley

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My learning goals

I want to improve my English,and help others with Arabic

My favorite topics

Movies and cultures and traveling

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Berkeley

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...

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Voyage aventure bateaux musiques art sport photographies

Ideal language community partner

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Berkeley

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My favorite topics

No romance please. I am looking for serious language exchange...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Delicated. Consistent. Inspiring

My learning goals

Japanese: advanced speaker

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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

I want to practice speaking, improve my grammar and understanding...

My favorite topics

philosophy, feminism, books, movies, tv shows, politics

I want a conversation partner who is

a good listener/compassionate and supportive person who also wants to learn

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

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

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

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

You can also find a Spanish Tandem partner in <a href=/learn/spanish/tucson />Tucson, <a href=/learn/spanish/martinez />Martinez, and <a href=/learn/spanish/manhattan />Manhattan.

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.