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Learn Japanese in Berkeley

Learn to actually speak Japanese by making friends with native speakers

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My favorite topics

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

My language exchange partner is

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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Ideal language community partner

まじめで、丁寧に英語を教えてくれる人。また、面白い人...

My learning goals

英語でスムーズに会話のやり取りができるようになる

My favorite topics

英語で雑談したい、そこで分からない言葉があった時は、そこから学んでいきたい

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My learning goals

I would like to eventually be able to form sentences without...

My favorite topics

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

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Someone who is easy to talk to

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

Perfect language exchange partner

Delicated. Consistent. Inspiring

My learning goals

Japanese: advanced speaker

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I want a conversation partner who is

Person who I admir...

My learning goals

Get to the level I can discuss and express my thoughts

My favorite topics

Photography, Movie, Programming

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My learning goals

MAKE MORE FRIENDS...

My favorite topics

An engineer working hard to get Master degree at UCB. It's exciting to meet everyone around the world.

My language exchange partner is

Anyone!

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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

Easy-going, kind, people from different culture...

My learning goals

Making new friends

My favorite topics

Grad student here!! Exploring around. Love sports and food-hopping!!

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My learning goals

To improve my language skill...

My favorite topics

Game, food, Diet

Perfect language exchange partner

Kind

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自分の紹介、普段の生活、最近きになる事など、日常会...

I want a conversation partner who is

英会話のレベルがかなり低いため、考えながら伝える時間が必要です。待ってもらえることと、直接会える方が話ができそうだと思っています。

My learning goals

語学学校と並行し、半年後に日常会話がある程度スラスラ出てくるようになりたい。

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My language exchange partner is

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

My learning goals

Become fluent in Thai in one year

My favorite topics

Traveling food photography startup business entrepreneurship technology cooking

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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.

Ideal language community partner

I'm willing to talk with anyone! But I would much prefer to talk to someone who would be willing to talk regularly (once a month, once every 2 weeks, once a week, etc). I sometimes get really busy, so I prefer to set a block of time when we can just talk.

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Movies, music, paint...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

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

My learning goals

Be able to speak English fluently. I know I selected "I also speak English. However, I just selected with the purpose of having more access to English speakers, even if the algorithm of this app doesn't work in that way, I just wanted to try it

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kind person. teach how I can improv...

My learning goals

speking fluently

My favorite topics

daily life

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提高口语水平和表达能力,见识更广的世...

My favorite topics

日常生活,学习,旅游,商业,护肤彩妆,时尚,电影,摄影

I want a conversation partner who is

Nice!亲和,随和,见多识广,喜欢摄影,喜欢电影

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My favorite topics

Movies and cultures and travelin...

My language exchange partner is

Someone who wants to learn with me

My learning goals

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

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Jun uses Tandem to improve his English speaking and listening skills.

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Patien...

My learning goals

For culture learning and fun

My favorite topics

Music, guitar, sports, design.

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Understand other cultures mor...

My favorite topics

Popular Culture, Manga, Anime, Literature, Politics, Food, anything!

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Friendly, tolerant, loves to share and interested in and curious about many things

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My favorite topics

religion, social justice, math and scienc...

Perfect language exchange partner

ਤੋਹੀ ਮੋਹੀ ਮੋਹੀ ਤੋਹੀ ਅੰਤਰੁ ਕੈਸਾ

My learning goals

improve conversation, poetry a plus

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Improving conversation and getting new friends

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Business, news, sport, world's big things, new cultures

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Learning as much as i can...

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Anything

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Friendly

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

Ideal language community partner

Anyone who is good to chat with☺️

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Pass test/Study aboard/Make friends around the world

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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

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

Perfect language exchange partner

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

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Anime, games, art, fanfics, musicアニメ、ゲーム、絵、二次創作、音楽など全般好...

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Talks and lets talk 気軽く話す

My learning goals

Have fun 楽しくストレス解消

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kind, friendly, warm-hearted, nic...

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my vocabulary reaches -- 20,000 by this semester

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reading, literature, math, philosophy, cooking,travel comics(esp. one piece), sports(esp. shuttlecork, badminton, volleyball, long run) わたしは(労)ろうです。

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Improving my spoken English...

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Everything

Ideal language community partner

Someone who are patient and willing to help me

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About anything, food , hobbies ,life culture , love , fun , party...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Friendly, cool , can spend time when you are free .. Jovial and easy going ,chatter box :D

My learning goals

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

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Nice, educated, open to talk tons of topics...

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English is for living and work. Other languages are maybe sometimes for travel, and new friends.

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travel, daily staff, music, news, etc

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Music and concerts, TV shows (currently watching Game of Thrones and The Good Place), Fitness, and trying to get better at cooking!

I want a conversation partner who is

Preferably lives near Berkeley and wouldn’t mind meeting up over food e.g. having brunch together etc

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

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

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

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

You can also find a Japanese Tandem partner in <a href=/learn/japanese/gainesville />Gainesville, <a href=/learn/japanese/anchorage />Anchorage, and <a href=/learn/japanese/memphis />Memphis.

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.