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Luke

Luke

Shanghai

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Polish

My favorite topics

Książki, Les Beaux-arts, Sports, Литература & Poezija, Παιχνίδια,...

My language exchange partner is

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

My learning goals

Current goal: being able to work in French and German. Lifelong goal: C2 in Italian and Russian, C1 in Spanish, Japanese, Korean, and Polish. B2 in Serbian, Romanian, Bulgarian, Turkish, and one of the Scandinavian languages.

Heidi

Heidi

Shanghai

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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

小爱

小爱

Shanghai

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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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Find more than

11,159

English speakers in Shanghai

灼

Shanghai

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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!!

Choyi

Choyi

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.

My favorite topics

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

Reese

Reese

Shanghai

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Cantonese

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Korean

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Japanese

My learning goals

Meet new friends from different countrie...

My favorite topics

Movie Music Photography Pets Travelling

My language exchange partner is

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Chris

Chris

Shanghai

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My favorite topics

Everything is o...

Ideal language community partner

Fun and enthusiastic

My learning goals

Learning and making friends

Jacky

Jacky

Shanghai

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Ideal conversation exchange partner

Easy tal...

My learning goals

Interesting

My favorite topics

Art, IT, history, language

Stephenrey

Stephenrey

Shanghai

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Ukrainian

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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Zheng

Zheng

Shanghai

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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

Jamie

Jamie

Shanghai

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My language exchange partner is

Sense of humour Talkativ...

My learning goals

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

My favorite topics

Sports Politics Life Travel Apps Technology

Rosie

Rosie

Shanghai

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English

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My learning goals

To chat with people fluentl...

My favorite topics

Travelling,music,pets,food

Ideal language community partner

Love pets,can help me improve English,want to learn Chinese

Grace

Grace uses Tandem to feel connected to the world.

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"I have never made so many friends so fast. It’s really fun having all these people to learn languages with."

Ping

Ping

Shanghai

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My favorite topics

What brought you here today? #life experience...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Talkative and warm hearted

My learning goals

To be able to use words correctly To speak up

Jibin

Jibin

Shanghai

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Hindi

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Chinese (Simplified)

Perfect language exchange partner

Patient and good at giving feedbac...

My learning goals

Being able to have normal business and lifestyle conversations

My favorite topics

Business, cooking, travelling

めい

めい

Shanghai

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My learning goals

日本語と英語をペラペラ喋れるほか、もう一つの言語を身につけた...

My favorite topics

趣味はなんですか

I want a conversation partner who is

二十代以上の男性

yao

yao

Shanghai

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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...

My language exchange partner is

能够互相交流,周末可以相约一起去喝一杯

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

Susie Yang

Susie Yang

Shanghai

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Korean

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French

Ideal language community partner

polite,talkative and humorous...

My learning goals

Make more friends

My favorite topics

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

Kai

Kai

Shanghai

SPEAKS

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Chinese (Traditional)

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English

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German

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Spanish

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Cantonese

My learning goals

better German, some Spanish and Cantonese...

My favorite topics

society, culture, language learning and teaching

Ideal conversation exchange partner

open-minded

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Christian

Christian

Shanghai

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My favorite topics

Sports, culture, food, travelling, language exchange....

Perfect language exchange partner

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

My learning goals

Make new friends and learn about countries.

Jasmine

Jasmine

Shanghai

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I want a conversation partner who is

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My learning goals

日本語をペラペラ喋れるようになりたい。

My favorite topics

‍/音楽/ファッション/芸術/etc. いろいろ話しましょう☺️

Jaclyn

Jaclyn

Shanghai

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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.

My language exchange partner is

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

David

David

Shanghai

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My favorite topics

Gym, listening to music, drawing, running, photography, art......

Ideal language community partner

Someone who is talkative

My learning goals

To become fluent and to one day read the Chinese newspaper

Alice

Alice

Shanghai

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Russian

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Open minded and fun to talk t...

My learning goals

Probs going to move to Frankfurt next year for uni so it would be nice to improve my German

My favorite topics

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

Fay

Fay

Shanghai

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English

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Danish

My learning goals

Business Communicatio...

My favorite topics

Food, International Relationship, High technology

Perfect language exchange partner

Good English Speaking, Native Swedish Speaking

Jake

Jake

Shanghai

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English

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German

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Thai

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Vietnamese

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French

My favorite topics

Movies, trips, scenic place...

I want a conversation partner who is

Fun, friendly, lovely, Chatty

My learning goals

Learn a new language, make friends

Andy

Andy

Shanghai

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Korean

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Japanese

My language exchange partner is

An easy-going, fun and friendly person...

My learning goals

Help my conversation

My favorite topics

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

Michael

Michael

Shanghai

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My learning goals

Talk freely with native...

My favorite topics

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

Ideal language community partner

Anyone and everyone. Smart guys preferred.

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Shanghai

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Spanish

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Korean

My favorite topics

Music, reading, writing, mysteries, life itself. I love learning...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

I’d love to meet open minded non judgmental friends. You can talk to me in English/Spanish and Chinese.

My learning goals

Get at least intermediate level in korean

Oussama

Oussama

Shanghai

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Chinese (Simplified)

Perfect language exchange partner

Smart and kind of weird ( I hate average and typical kind of...

My learning goals

Be able to speak Chinese fluently, Travel all over china and why not to other countries, find people to do music with

My favorite topics

Football, Music , Arts, Philosophy

christing

christing

Shanghai

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Korean

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...

My favorite topics

电影 文学 穿搭 还有衣服的搭配 护肤方面

I want a conversation partner who is

帅 话多 有礼貌 衣品好 善良

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 Weihai, Yichun, and Chengdu.

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.