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Haley

Haley

Brisbane City

NEW

SPEAKS

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Korean

LEARNS

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English

My favorite topics

Everythin...

My language exchange partner is

Honesty Friendly

My learning goals

Watching drama without subtitles

Monrat

Monrat

Canberra

SPEAKS

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Thai

LEARNS

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German

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English

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French

Ideal language community partner

Anyone (only friendship...

My learning goals

Learn new cultures and languages

My favorite topics

Film, Arts, Food, music and etc.

Matthew

Matthew

Bendigo

SPEAKS

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English

LEARNS

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Spanish

My learning goals

I want to be fluent in Spanis...

My favorite topics

Travel, documentaries, art, music, food, good bars and clubs, different cultures

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Someone who is down to earth, easy to talk to and laugh at bad jokes

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1,369

English speakers in Cairns

Jordan

Jordan

Cronulla

SPEAKS

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English

LEARNS

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Norwegian

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Swedish

My favorite topics

Games, D&D, Movies, Travel stories, Animals and Natur...

Perfect language exchange partner

Easy going, have a good chat.

My learning goals

To be conversational in Swedish before I travel over there in March

Ray

Ray

Sunnybank Hills

SPEAKS

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Chinese (Simplified)

LEARNS

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English

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Spanish

I want a conversation partner who is

Anyone will do...

My learning goals

Improve my vocabulary

My favorite topics

World development on economy and environment

María Fernanda

María Fernanda

Brisbane City

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SPEAKS

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Spanish

LEARNS

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English

My learning goals

Aprender inglés fluido y conocer muchas personas de todos los...

My favorite topics

Lugares turísticos, música, animales, cultura, películas y comida

My language exchange partner is

Personas de todas partes del mundo, personas respetuosas, alegres, divertidas y con paciencia para hablar.

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Julian

Julian

Ballarat Central

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English

LEARNS

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Chinese (Simplified)

My favorite topics

Family, language learning, computer...

Ideal language community partner

Someone who will have regular short conversations, who loves to learn and to teach

My learning goals

To make conversation in Chinese

Sungjung

Sungjung

Melbourne

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SPEAKS

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Korean

LEARNS

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English

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Fantasti...

My learning goals

I’d like to travel to the different country because I enjoy meeting people and seeing new places

My favorite topics

Sports, issue, health, fun etc

Cheyanne

Cheyanne

Caboolture

SPEAKS

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English

LEARNS

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French

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Spanish

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Japanese

My learning goals

To learn another languag...

My favorite topics

Clothing, spilling tea

Perfect language exchange partner

They have to be nice and funny

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Hazel

Hazel

Brisbane City

SPEAKS

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Korean

LEARNS

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English

My favorite topics

‍♀️drinks/movies/trave...

I want a conversation partner who is

Hope that they are kind and gentle

My learning goals

Want to have a good conversation in English

Juliette

Juliette

Glenroy

SPEAKS

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LEARNS

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English

My language exchange partner is

Je ne sais pa...

My learning goals

Me débrouiller correctement a l’oral et pouvoir parler anglais avec aisance

My favorite topics

Sujet de tout les jours

Lillian

Lillian

Southport

SPEAKS

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English

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Chinese (Simplified)

LEARNS

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Japanese

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Korean

My learning goals

Being semi-fluent in a new language by the end of next yea...

My favorite topics

Music, food, travel, school life

Ideal language community partner

Someone who teaches me new words and sentence structure. Is friendly and chats a lot

Aria

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!"

Hatsuho

Hatsuho

Sunnybank Hills

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SPEAKS

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Japanese

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English

LEARNS

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Chinese (Simplified)

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German

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Spanish

My favorite topics

i practice martial art everyday. Also love Music(any genre),...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Who is Patient to one who is learning and one who is easy going, but also likes to challenge them selves

My learning goals

To be able to make more friends

Wen

Wen

Croydon

SPEAKS

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English

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Cantonese

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Chinese (Simplified)

LEARNS

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Japanese

Perfect language exchange partner

Sincer...

My learning goals

Australia English

My favorite topics

Movies

Andy

Andy

South Brisbane

SPEAKS

Chinese (Simplified) Flag

Chinese (Simplified)

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English

LEARNS

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Japanese

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Korean

My learning goals

Know more about different cultures and make more friends...

My favorite topics

I want to learn Japanese and Korean! Let’s start with some interesting topics!

I want a conversation partner who is

Talkative and interesting

Zenghong

Zenghong

Toowoomba City

SPEAKS

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Chinese (Traditional)

LEARNS

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English

My favorite topics

有趣的事物 生活時事的分享 影片或音樂的分享 任何人事物,能一起討論與分...

My language exchange partner is

能有共同的話題 不同意見時可以討論 理性思考

My learning goals

能夠到處旅行 體驗不一樣的文化 拓展視野

Scott

Scott

South Grafton

SPEAKS

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English

LEARNS

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French

Ideal language community partner

Someone that wants to help me learn as much as I want to help...

My learning goals

To improve my fluency of French and become more confident in my speaking and understanding of the language.

My favorite topics

Anything and everything. I love a chat!

Arnav

Arnav

Sydney

SPEAKS

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English

LEARNS

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Spanish

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German

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French

My learning goals

I want to reach an intermediate conversational level of German...

My favorite topics

Gordon Ramsay, science, history, music, conspiracy theories (except the moon landing - that was real), among most other things I guess

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Ideal: someone who speaks German and lives in Vienna (I’m going to exchange there later this year). I can help with English. Patient and mildly interesting as well.

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舞子

Moonee Ponds

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SPEAKS

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English

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Japanese

LEARNS

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American Sign Language

My favorite topics

Disney Cooking Sweets Travel Dogs Doram...

Perfect language exchange partner

Funny and kind and good behavior

My learning goals

Iwana to speak native English

Bingqing

Bingqing

Marrickville

SPEAKS

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Chinese (Traditional)

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Chinese (Simplified)

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Cantonese

LEARNS

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English

I want a conversation partner who is

Kind talkative Thirst for knowledg...

My learning goals

Can improve my English Pass the IELTS test

My favorite topics

Tell me about your favorite movie How do Native speakers learn their language

Elle

Elle

Sydney

SPEAKS

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Cantonese

Chinese (Simplified) Flag

Chinese (Simplified)

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Chinese (Traditional)

LEARNS

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Korean

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Spanish

My learning goals

Can understand Korean drama and TV show without subtitle...

My favorite topics

Work hard, window shopping, play badminton, listen to music, read books, learn new things from YouTube

My language exchange partner is

Truely love Chinese( ie. love the beauty of it, put efforts to learn it, love to know the culture behind Chinese words, even Chinese calligraphy)

Daniel

Daniel

Sydney

SPEAKS

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English

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Vietnamese

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Japanese

LEARNS

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Russian

My favorite topics

Snowboarding, space exploration, astronomy, surfing, planes,...

Ideal language community partner

Great humor, not too serious but eager to learn

My learning goals

Become advanced enough to hold casual conversation. Eventual fluency in writing and speaking.

Rosie

Rosie

Mildura

SPEAKS

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Cantonese

Chinese (Simplified) Flag

Chinese (Simplified)

LEARNS

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English

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Patient to each other. Correct mistak...

My learning goals

Can speak fluency

My favorite topics

Any

Grace

Grace

Nerang

SPEAKS

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English

LEARNS

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French

My learning goals

To maintain my level of Frenc...

My favorite topics

Culture, food and politics

Perfect language exchange partner

Helpful and easy to talk with

Lamiyah

Lamiyah

Craigieburn

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SPEAKS

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English

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Turkish

LEARNS

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Urdu

My favorite topics

I enjoy almost any topics that interests me, like art, beauty,...

I want a conversation partner who is

I would prefer someone who is fluent in there language and in English so it is easy for me to learn

My learning goals

To become fluent and making sure I enjoy as I learn

Ying

Ying

Hobart

SPEAKS

Chinese (Simplified) Flag

Chinese (Simplified)

Chinese (Cantonese) Flag

Cantonese

LEARNS

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English

My language exchange partner is

English native speake...

My learning goals

Correcting my English accent, improving my oral English

My favorite topics

PTE Culture English improve

Mengfan

Mengfan

Melbourne

SPEAKS

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Chinese (Simplified)

LEARNS

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English

My learning goals

Speaking English like a native speaker do...

My favorite topics

literally any topics will do.

Ideal language community partner

authentic

Alvaro

Alvaro

Sydney

SPEAKS

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Spanish

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Portuguese

LEARNS

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English

My favorite topics

Travels, philosophy, sports, politics, films, food... Everything...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Talkative!

My learning goals

Learn more about the language culture

Riley

Riley

Prospect

SPEAKS

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English

LEARNS

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Russian

Perfect language exchange partner

I want to talk to anyone who can speak Russian...

My learning goals

I want to be able to have a conversation in Russian.

My favorite topics

I am an athlete who's main event is the steeplechase. I am interested in chemistry and space.

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Doncaster

SPEAKS

Chinese (Simplified) Flag

Chinese (Simplified)

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English

Chinese (Cantonese) Flag

Cantonese

LEARNS

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Japanese

My learning goals

去旅行的时候用...

My favorite topics

animal

I want a conversation partner who is

可以出来交流

Looking for an online language exchange partner in Cairns, Australia?

Tandem is the world's largest language exchange app. There are currently 1,369 English speakers in Cairns 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 Cairns?

In Cairns there are 1,369 members ready to have a English language exchange.

Are there other locations in Australia other than Cairns where I can find a English language exchange partner?

You can also find a English Tandem partner in Geelong, Toowoomba, and Hobart.

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 1,369 of them coming from Cairns.