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Learn English in Shanghai

Learn to actually speak English by making friends with native speakers

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

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

My learning goals

Current goal: being able to hold daily conversations in Russian, Japanese and Polish

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Ideal language community partner

She or he likes to know Chinese culture. We can talk about Chinese...

My learning goals

Oral Communication in French and Arabic

My favorite topics

Culture difference Real Daily life in your country

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My learning goals

再考HSK6级。也想学习手语...

My favorite topics

音乐,电影,艺术,食物,旅游, 文化。我也喜欢爬山看看星星与月亮。抖音:amandaplease

Ideal conversation exchange partner

热情,耐心,活泼的人

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My favorite topics

My interests are quite extensive. Movies, TV shows, cartoons,...

Perfect language exchange partner

Anyone who is interested in Chinese culture can come to me!!I welcome everyone!!As long as you talk to me, I will be very happy!!!

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!!

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English speakers in Shanghai

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I want a conversation partner who is

Humour, optimiste and friendly...

My learning goals

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

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Bonjour my name is Choyi, I live in Shanghai now. I wanna learn French and I can help to improve your Chinese. ;)

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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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Everything is o...

Ideal language community partner

Fun and enthusiastic

My learning goals

Learning and making friends

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Easy tal...

My learning goals

Interesting

My favorite topics

Art, IT, history, language

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My learning goals

I enjoy making friends and share my life...

My favorite topics

Latin Music.Art.Cultural.Design.Language.Photograph.Food.Taylor Swift. Mariah Carey

Perfect language exchange partner

I need a good partner.

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My favorite topics

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

I want a conversation partner who is

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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My language exchange partner is

I like to chat with open minded people, who have a lot of passion...

My learning goals

I would like to improve my skills in writing and also speaking! I'm currently studying in China, and I want to be able to hold daily conversations freely. I'll appreciate all your patience and time with me! And I'm also not afraid of criticism.

My favorite topics

I like to travel a lot and make new friends. As well I like to spend time with some books or good music. Moreover, I also like to cook. :)

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My learning goals

To learn the basics of korean, and be fluent at it...

My favorite topics

I like to talk about food, dance, and just chat about anything in general.

Ideal language community partner

Will listen to the pronunciation and teach the definition of the word and let me have a conversation with them.

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Have fun, engaging conversations

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Food, International Relationship, High technolog...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Good English Speaking, Native Swedish Speaking

My learning goals

Business Communication

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Someone who is talkativ...

My learning goals

To become fluent and to one day read the Chinese newspaper

My favorite topics

Gym, listening to music, drawing, running, photography, art... I have a lot of hobbies ️

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My learning goals

To be able to use words correctly To speak u...

My favorite topics

What brought you here today? #life experience#

I want a conversation partner who is

Talkative and warm hearted

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My favorite topics

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

My language exchange partner is

Anyone and everyone. Smart guys preferred.

My learning goals

Talk freely with natives

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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

Friendly, talkative , keen learners, keen travellers, open minded...

My learning goals

Make new friends and learn about countries.

My favorite topics

Sports, culture, food, travelling, language exchange.

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My learning goals

Be able to speak Chinese fluently, Travel all over china and...

My favorite topics

Football, Music , Arts, Philosophy

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Smart and kind of weird ( I hate average and typical kind of people)

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My favorite topics

Business, cooking, travellin...

Perfect language exchange partner

Patient and good at giving feedback

My learning goals

Being able to have normal business and lifestyle conversations

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I want a conversation partner who is

I’d love to meet open minded non judgmental friends. You can...

My learning goals

Get at least intermediate level in korean

My favorite topics

Music, reading, writing, mysteries, life itself. I love learning new languages and simply love South Korea. 在上海的拉丁小弟!多爱交友!我会说西班牙语/英语 还想学韩文

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My learning goals

Probs going to move to Frankfurt next year for uni so it would...

My favorite topics

Anything really, come and be goofy w/ me ;)

My language exchange partner is

Open minded and fun to talk to

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Ideal language community partner

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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Ideal conversation exchange partner

能够互相交流,周末可以相约一起去喝一...

My learning goals

通过学习语言可以和对方流利的交流,感受对方文化

My favorite topics

各国饮食,文化,生活,社交,也欢迎在上海的外国友人来交流

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My learning goals

Make more friend...

My favorite topics

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

Perfect language exchange partner

polite,talkative and humorous.

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My favorite topics

‍/音楽/ファッション/芸術/etc. いろいろ話しましょう☺...

I want a conversation partner who is

My learning goals

日本語をペラペラ喋れるようになりたい。

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open-minde...

My learning goals

better German, some Spanish and Cantonese.

My favorite topics

society, culture, language learning and teaching

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能更加流利的跟别人沟通 不要让语言成为我们沟通的障...

My favorite topics

电影 文学 穿搭 还有衣服的搭配 护肤方面

Ideal language community partner

帅 话多 有礼貌 衣品好 善良

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My favorite topics

Movies, trips, scenic place...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Fun, friendly, lovely, Chatty

My learning goals

Learn a new language, make friends

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Perfect language exchange partner

nice and interesting people...

My learning goals

To be fluent in at least 5 languages

My favorite topics

Traveling, culture, photography, music, anime, TV shows, movies, food, anything!

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Help my conversatio...

My favorite topics

I'm from England, so British things :D. Movies, TV shows, games, sports. Simple things :).

I want a conversation partner who is

An easy-going, fun and friendly person.

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

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

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

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

You can also find a English Tandem partner in <a href=/learn/english/hanzhong />Hanzhong, <a href=/learn/english/chongzuo />Chongzuo, and <a href=/learn/english/suizhou />Suizhou.

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.