
This week's new learners
Asha
Akron
SPEAKS
English
LEARNS
Japanese
French

Spanish
My favorite topics
Anime, food, music, skateboarding, travelling, motorcycles, and...
My language exchange partner is
People who want to learn English, and love to talk! I want to make longterm friends.
My learning goals
Learn new languages and learn to make new relationships with friendly people all around the world!
Jessi
Akron
SPEAKS
English
LEARNS
American Sign Language
Chinese (Simplified)
Japanese
Ideal language community partner
People who are kind and patient. LGBT people. ️ Please don’t...
My learning goals
Be able to have conversations with cool people and maybe make some friends. :)
My favorite topics
I like video games, naps, and daydreaming. I'm an introvert to the core and a huge dork.
Antonetta
Akron
SPEAKS
English
LEARNS
Chinese (Simplified)
Japanese
Korean
My learning goals
To be able to confidently speak and understand and be able to...
My favorite topics
K-pop K-dramas and C-dramas (and food)
Ideal conversation exchange partner
Someone interested in those three things (and food) and whose easy to talk to because I am a very introvert person
Simone
Akron
SPEAKS
English
LEARNS
Russian
French
Japanese
My favorite topics
I love talking about books and films, cooking, and all sorts...
Perfect language exchange partner
Someone who is really passionate about sharing language and likes to talk about all aspects of life. It’s fun learning idioms and the kinds of phrases you don’t find in textbooks.
My learning goals
To maintain and strengthen my vocabulary and grammar skills, and to speak more fluently. Particularly want to work on intonation.
Muna
Akron
NEWSPEAKS
English

Arabic
French
LEARNS
Italian
My favorite topics
traveling, tv, movies, music, photograph...
Ideal language community partner
someone who is super nice & caring. will help me learn & will correct me when i’m wrong but won’t be mean about it. & someone i can talk to about everything & feel comfortable with!
My learning goals
I want to be able to become fluent or close to fluent in italian by the end of the year!
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Russ
Akron
SPEAKS
English
LEARNS
German
My favorite topics
I like video games, cooking horror, and comic books...
I want a conversation partner who is
Someone who is easy to talk to and doesn't mind answering a lot of questions that I might have. I would love to help with your English too!
My learning goals
Be able to understand and speak German a lot better. I want to be able to read German books too.

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Austin
Sandy
NEWSPEAKS
English
LEARNS
German
Japanese
Russian
My favorite topics
I love to discuss linguistics, games, movies, activities, music,...
Ideal conversation exchange partner
Willing to talk about just about anything, and has time to talk, too.
My learning goals
Fluency in german, and hopefully japanese and russian. Also to make some friends!
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Nicole
Washington
NEWSPEAKS
English
LEARNS
Chinese (Simplified)
Chinese (Traditional)
French
My favorite topics
Music, movies, books, pop cultur...
Perfect language exchange partner
Someone who loves learning and teaching, and enjoys discussing a variety of subjects
My learning goals
Become more conversational, and build confidence in speaking and writing Chinese and French
Sofia
Reno
SPEAKS
English

Spanish
LEARNS
French
Korean
Japanese
My favorite topics
I like talking about music, art, and tv shows...
Ideal language community partner
Someone who is understanding and is able to keep a conversation, any gender!
My learning goals
I want to be able to keep a formal and informal conversation going. I would also like to learn slang and how to use it properly.
Katy
Akron
SPEAKS
English
LEARNS
Italian
My language exchange partner is
I am interested in being able to converse in italian. I am a...
My learning goals
To be able to comprehend written and spoken italian. And eventually feel confident that i can carryon a conversation in italian.
My favorite topics
I love traveling and learning about different cultures. I listen to a variety of music from rock, pop, jazz, and reggae. I am currently self studying the italian language.
Johannah
Rochester
SPEAKS
English
LEARNS
Irish
Dutch
German
Perfect language exchange partner
Probably anyone :...
My learning goals
To learn languages well enough to hold basic or normal conversations with others in different languages.
My favorite topics
A lot of different things. Mostly, philosophy and day to day life things.
Looking for an online language exchange partner in Akron, United States?
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Frequently Asked Questions
Do you know how many Tandem members are available for Japanese language exchange in Akron?
In Akron there are 23 members ready to have a Japanese language exchange.
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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 23 of them coming from Akron.