Hi everyone, I’m currently en route to the US but wanted to get this post out there in case it’ll help anyone. When learning a new language, it can be difficult to find language partners with whom to practice — especially if you don’t live in a country where that language is spoken. Something I see on forums and on social media all the time is that people want to learn French (and vice versa for English) but don’t know any native speakers. So what do they do? They end up focusing on grammar and reading and writing instead. In a recent post, I stressed the importance of comprehension when learning a language so to that end, I’m hoping to match up a few of my readers out there who need a language partner.
If that sounds like you, read on!
Need a French/English language speaking partner? Let’s help each other out
The other day, two readers — one American and the other French — connected in the comments of a recent post because the American was moving back to the US and wanted to keep her French skills fresh after leaving France and the French woman wanted to work on her English. Yay, a match. So even though that happened naturally in the comments, I figured I’d dedicate a whole post to the topic in case anyone is interested. When I first started my blog, I had no idea that French people would even think anything here is interesting, so I’m thrilled (shocked!) to have a French audience as well. Merci!
First, a few things:
- I don’t know what kind of response this will get but I’m writing this in the hopes it will help a few of you. Language classes are expensive so let’s help each other.
- This isn’t a love connection service! If you’re looking for a romantic partner, this probably isn’t the place for you, so please don’t email me and be creepy. Although if you just happen to meet the love of your life, invite me to the wedding, OK?
- Don’t be shy. Please don’t think you need to work on your level before commenting below. Where you are right now is fine. Be proud of where you are!
- If you know of any French language sites I can share this post with, please get in touch. Right now we have an influx of English speakers (which was expected since this is an English language blog). I just don’t want to promote on anyone’s site where they are selling their services, since this is free and all. 😉
The basics (if I forgot anything, let me know):
- You’re a native English or French speaker looking for a language partner. It doesn’t matter if you’re 17 or 70. Everyone is welcome. This is entirely free of charge.
- You’re willing to speak your native language for 1/2 the time and then switch to the other language so you both get something out of it — and do so virtually either Skype/Gchat/Facetime/telephone since we’re not all in the same city.
- Feel free to introduce yourself in the comments but please do not put your email, last name, or phone number in the body of your comment (in the email box is fine since only I can see that). I will then pass it on to your match. Safety first!
- Be sure to mention if you’re a native French or English speaker, where in the world you live (general area is fine), age if you’re comfortable with that, and your level as well as when you’d be available to Skype/Gchat/Facetime, whatever.
Feel free to reply directly to each other in the comments and check back often. I’ll help any way I can, but I’m putting this out there for you to arrange. I’m counting on ya. Please share! 😉
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Have a fantastic weekend. Hope the weather is nice wherever you are!
Yes, Yes ! I am a native English speaker who is half french looking for someone to exchange French for English ! I live in California. I’ve seriously studied several languages for a long time. The trap is always the writing and it never gets you speaking the language. I’m looking for someone who is willing to speak french for part of the session and English for the other part. I do not care what level English you have ! I will help you if you help me ! Thanks so much for this post Diane !
Hi Cynthia !
I’m Valentine and I am French (living in France !). I’m also interested in that kind of exchanges so if you still want to practice French and to help someone speaking English, I’m in !
My name is Mohd wazid.i need a French native
Bonjour,
I am Theresa, living in Oregon. I have practiced French for years, but do need a French speaking buddy to trade for my English. I would love to help anyone looking to learn English, et je veaux beaucoup parles Francais. Merci & Bon journee 🙂
– Theresa
USA
Hi cynthia, I am an English tutor working with international students. Your interest in an exchange is exactly what I been looking for and would enjoy it very much to help you all I can to learn normal English speaking skills. I have traveled in France and planning to visit next year again, I have started as a beginner learning French over the past several months. I would be excited to carry conversations on all cultural subjects. Please let me know how we can get started if you’re please.
Hi,
My name is stephane. I am looking for a language partner FRENCH/ENGLISH.
I’m a french guy.
Nice to meet you
Bonjour,
Mon nom est stéphane. Je recherche un language partenaire Francais/englais.
Je suis français.
A bientôt
hi my name is rajiv. i speak english well. I am looking for a french speaking partner. i have cleared my DELF A2 exam.
Hi I’m a Haitian living in America I speak Fluent English I was wondering if anyone would like to practice French with Me. I still fairly new and would love the help. Thank you
hello, my name is Amanda, i am a native English speaker looking to practice my French! I have studied some but need more immersion, please! Enchanté!
Salut ! Je suis américaine et j’habite aux banlieues à Paris (ouest !). J’ai pas beaucoup d’amis qui sont français mais j’aimerais trouver un partenaire d’échange pour m’améliorer mon langage. J’ai le niveau B1 en français. Oh et je suis jeune fille au pair 🙂
Hey Connie!
Je ne sais pas si tu parles très bien français mais à l’écrit ça semble parfait ! 😉
Dana
Bonjour
Pouvez vous aider moi apprends français?
Dear,
Interested to practice french!
I’m definitely up for this…have been looking for a French native conversation partner. My writing is not too bad (although I am still not confident enough to leave comments here in French) but I struggle with conversation due to lack of practice. I am a native English speaker (UK) and am 53 years old. My French tutor tells me I am at intermediate level.
Thanks Diane for trying to hook people up…great idea. x
Hi I’m a native English speaker whose learning French at the college level. I would really appreciate having a someone to practice French with. In turn I’ll speak English with them. I just want someone who will be patient as in terrible at French conversation.
hi. my name is rajiv and i reside in india. my english is good, but french not so. I have cleared my DELF A2 level exam. may be we can practice speaking french with each other? i guess both of us are not so good, so we will learn better
I have not spoken French in 40 years and I would love to relearn the language. It would please me as well to help someone improve their English.
Hi, I’m a native French speaker who spent 3 years in the UK and almost 2 years in the US. I’ve been back in France since January (near Marseille) and would love to practice my English with a native English speaker. In turn, I’ll speak French.
*Diane, I really love your blog. I lived the exact same situations when I was living in the UK and the US: stop the French cheek kisses, use the cup holder in the car for actual drinks and not to put the keys (!), cry when seeing the yogurt aisle at the grocery store for the first time lol.
Anyway, now I’m back and I miss living abroad so much. I hope I’ll go back to the US forever one day. By the way, I’m originally from Angers, small world! 😉
Hi! I would love to chat with you if you still would like to. I don’t know hardly any French right now, but I know the best way to learn it to be immersed it. I thought starting here would be a great idea if you’re able to FaceTime or Skype.
Hi Ashlyn!
I would be so happy to Skype or FaceTime! My email is lmeehan24 @gmail.com. Send me an email with your contact info and we will get some dates on the calendar
hi. my name is rajiv and i reside in india. my english is good, but french not so. I have cleared my DELF A2 level exam. may be we can practice speaking french with each other?
Hello! I’m a native French speaker, mid 20s, who lived in the UK for about a year, and since I came back to France I didn’t have many opportunities to speak English.
I’d like to practice my English with an English speaker and I’d be more than happy to help you practice French as well 🙂 I’m that far from Paris.
This blog is amazing by the way!
I’d like to practice french
hi. my name is rajiv and i reside in india. my english is good, but french not so. I have cleared my DELF A2 level exam. may be we can practice speaking french with each other?
Hello,
I’m a 25 years old parisian girl who studied English in college.
Now I’m working and not praticing English very often.
I’d love to talk/meet native english speakers.
So if you’re in/near Paris feel free to contact me!
🙂
Sharing is caring 🙂
Have a nice day everyone
Thank you Diane for this awesome blog!
Hi! I’m a 20 year old American girl who studied French in college :).
I would love to meet for a language exchange if you want. I’m in Paris at the moment.
Hi all, i’m french and i love english, and french. I would be happy helping anyone of you in whatever they need. Thank you for this blog, it’s a great work that you do. Have all a great time.
I would love to re-learn the French language. I have not spoken it in 40 years. I am more than willing to speak (American) English with you.
Hi Benedict,
I would be happy to practice english with you if you could help me with my french. Am in France at the moment.
hi. my name is rajiv and i reside in india. my english is good, but french not so. I have cleared my DELF A2 level exam. may be we can practice speaking french with each other?
Hey rajiv i’m french, currently living in paris and bracing myself for a big exam which require me to be really fluent in english (around C1). Are you still down with what you’ve asked ?
Bonjour! Will be moving to Paris in July (eek!) and would be great to have a partner to practice French with! You must bear with me since I’m a complete beginner in French but native English speaker. Hope to meet some of you in the community!
Thanks Diane for connecting and the idea. 🙂
Hi Diane,
Love the blog, and a really good idea to involve language speaking partners .
I am English and have been learning French for 2 years with a french tutor via Skype on a weekly basis, and learning the language for 8 years using You tube, grammar books and watching many films.I have also been to my tutors’ home and visited several places of interest when last year I ventured out to Normandy on immersion courses she organised, both individually or as a group. It would be great to engage with other people, who wish to improve their English.
Thanks for this opportunity to exchange ideas.
John
I speak English and would love to improve my French. If you speak French don’t hesitate to message me.
Ciao ! Just want to share my experience. I live in France and it was so difficult for me to find french people who can help me with French. I tried Tripmeeters.com, and it’s very great. Especially every wednesday, you can practice French for free with french people and find a language partner afterward 🙂
Hi! I’m an American in Paris for the Summer and I’m looking for someone to practice French with. I’m taking a B2 class later this Summer so I’m not a complete beginner. I studied French at university but never really got a chance to speak it (I wrote plenty of papers though ugh). I would love any opportunity to speak French with a native speaker anywhere in the Paris area.
Thank you!
Je suis anglophone et j’aimerais bien communiquer avec un francophone! J’ai 35 ans, et j’étais étudiante en France pour 2½ ans (j’ai fait un DEUG à Paris III) et j’ai enseigné le francais au lycée pour 6 ans. Pour le moment je ne travaille pas – je m’occupe de nos enfants. On habite au Colorado.
Hi, I would glad if Could speak with someone in French but I have to add that I am a beginner ;).
Bonjour,
I am from India and looking for partner who can teach me french. I’m a beginner though.
I can teach English, Hindi and Marathi in exchange.
Merci beaucoup.
Au revoir.
Hi there!
I was born and raised in France but lived in Canada for 7 years. I moved back to France a few months ago and I’d love to have a language exchange partner 🙂 I miss speaking English! 🙂
Love your blog by the way 😉
Hello, thanks for writing and compliment on the blog! If there’s someone above who commented that you’d like me to put you in touch with, let me know! Maybe a beginner in French since you speak English as well and can help them out if they get stuck. Merci encore !
Hello Diane
I’m a Filipina living in Quezon City, Philippines, fluent in Tagalog and English. I am a beginner to a little above beginner in French. I would like to teach people wanting to practice their English while they speak to me in French. My French knowledge comes from self study, a language app, internet, help books, dictionaries, French songs.
English is the medium of instruction in many schools here in our country and so that’s the language I learned since I started studying. I can teach and learn through voice call on this iPad for 15 – 20 minutes, roughly every other day or as both schedules permit. I thank you so much for helping me connect because I don’t know any French speaker who is simultaneously eager to learn or polish their English skills. My name is Eleanor. Today is Friday, November 25, 2022. Merci beaucoup.
I live on Long Island and have been trying to learn French for years, but I have little time and the programs I bought while good, simply do not take the place of speaking one on one. Even if it’s only an hour once or twice a week I think we would both get alot out of it.!
Hi,
I am a native English speaker and want to keep practicing my French skills so that I can apply for a program to teach English as a second language in France next year..I would be happy to speak half in French and half in english.
I’m a native English speaker on the west coast of the US. I have an MA in French and would like to keep it up. I would be happy to do a language exchange with a native French speaker!
I am a native English speaker who would love a French speaking FaceTime friend. I am a “débutant” French speaker.
Hi diane and everyone,
i’m looking for others family who speak english and need to improve their french languages. for m y part, my family and i wish to improve our english level. Don’t hesitate to write me if you’re interested. happy new year 2017
Hi my name is Tracey I speak English and live in Australia. I have been learning French for 2 years and would love a French native speaker to talk with. Merci beaucoup
Hello Diane,
I have just discovered your amazing blog and I really enjoyed reading your post about focusing on comprehension!
I would love to be paired with a language partner. I am 24 living in NYC. I studied abroad in Paris in college (current French level: intermediate) and I would love to finally become fluent and help someone improve their English along the way.
Thanks!
So glad you’re enjoying the blog, Erin. If you see any comments from a French person you’d like to be paired up with, let me know and I will exchange the emails for you. Anyone reading this who wants to be paired with Erin can email me or reply directly (don’t post your email address, I’ll do that for you) and I’ll see it…
Hi Erin and Diane,
I live in Paris and I’m looking for a language partner too. My English level is intermediate (B1) and I’ll be happy to help someone become fluent. For my part I really need to improve my english level so I’m interrested in exchanging my e-mail
Thank you !
Going to email you and Erin now 😉
Dear Diane,
Merci bien pour vous blog! J’apprend le français. Je peux parler un peu et je peux comprendre un peu.
I just discovered this post and would love it if you could pass along my info to anyone looking to exchange language skills. I realize the original post is from 2016 – but if there is anyone else just reading it…
J’aime ton blog. Merci beaucoup. Bonsoir
I’m Nicole and have started learning french a few months ago. Would love a french speaker to help out and I can help with Speaking English. Merci.
Hello!
I would love to do this! I am an American and I took French in high school but I stopped using it. I have some French ancestors. I’ve been trying to teach myself. This would be an amazing way to learn!
Hi! I just discovered this blog from Pinterest.
I’m a 24-year-old Indonesian girl who travels abroad a lot. I speak both English and French but I guess I’m more fluent in English and scored as high as C1 level in TOEFL.
I find it very difficult to express my self in French during conversation and I’d love to have a partner who’s a native French to practice with. We can talk both in English and French if you want.
J’ai un niveau B1 en française mais je suis un mauvais orateur.
Hello,
I am a french man. I would like to become your language partner. here you are my email : fane_88@hotmail.com
Bonjour,
Je suis français. J’aimerai être ton partenaire de langue.
Voici mon adresse : fane_88@hotmail.com
Bonjour! Je suis anglaise et j’essaie apprendre le français. Je veux utiliser la langue pour ma travaille! Je suis air de l’hotesse. Est ce qu’il y a un francophone que m’aide??!!
Hello! I’m English speaking and trying to learn French to pass my language test for my work. Is there any french speaker willing to help me??
Hello,
I am a french man. I would like to become your language partner. here you are my email : fane_88@hotmail.com
Bonjour,
Je suis français. J’aimerai être ton partenaire de langue.
Voici mon adresse : fane_88@hotmail.com
Hi, I am an English first language speaker trying to learn French as a beginner. Based in South Africa, 55 yr old male. Hope to find a language partner to work with. Thanks
Hi, a little late to the game, but just saw this blog. I am a 62 year old American woman teaching herself French. Doing fairly well, but really need help with pronunciation colloquialisms,etc. would love help with basic beginner conversation. FaceTime or Skype works.
Salut !
Are you still pairing people??
Je m’appelle Kerry ! I am a mom and nurse that hopes to travel to France for the first time next year!! Teaching myself français and look forward to connecting with anyone.
Je suis Ivan. Je suis irlandais et j’habite en Irlande. L’anglais est ma langue native et Je voudrais partenaire avec un francophone pout parler francais. J’ai 73 ans. Get in touch!
Hi there! I’m a native English speaker and am 58 years old. I’d love to zoom once or twice a week with a native French speaker so we can learn together. Please message me if you’d like to improve your English and you’re patient while I struggle with very basic French. Let’s talk!
Hi Sandra, I’m Sandrine, 🙂 I am a native French speaker living in France, 37 years old. If you are still available, and patient too, I would be glad to talk with you in order to improve each other English and French.
Bonjour Sandrine,
I am a native English speaker. Je suis Americain/Canadien anglais et j’amerais apprendre le francais. J’ai niveau intermediare B1 courant.
Si vous cherchez un partenaire linguistique, j’en ai besoin.
I am 66 and live on the Gulf Coast and would like to have an hour or two per week; maybe an hour English and an hour French so that we each can learn.
If you already have a partner, I am open to someone else who is interested.
Interested!
Hi ! I am trying to improve my French as I am moving to France next year and my speaking needs work. If anyone wants to improve there English I would love to call and do an exchange practice however often works for you!
Hi,
We can help each other if you don’t minde!
Hi! I am looking for someone who is willing to improve french language, we can practice everyday!!
I am a 63-year-old native speaker of English living on the East Coast of the US (New York time). I’ve studied French on and off for more than a half century (mon dieu , que le temps passe vite, non ?) Je lis assez couramment le français et j’écoute sans difficulté plusieurs podcasts en français courant. Ce que je manque, c’est la conversation, la production orale et spontanée.
In exchange, I’d be pleased to help a French speaker work on their English. Grammar, pronunciation, colloquialisms, whatever. I love languages and linguistics, and I have a special affection for etymology.
Bonjour Paul,
Votre message datant de novembre 2023, j’espère que vous lirez ma réponse.
J’écris pour ma fille française (adulte) qui n’a pas le temps de faire cette recherche : quelqu’un pour parler anglais qui corrigera ses erreurs.
Elle organise un congrès mondial qui aura lieu en octobre 2024 en France et a pour interlocuteurs des personnes de tous les pays. Ils communiquent uniquement en anglais et en visio.
Voudriez-vous parler avec ma fille, 2 fois par semaine, par téléphone ?
Merci de votre réponse même négative.
Eve
Hello,
My name is Carrie and I am a native English speaker looking to improve my French. I would love to connect with a French speaker! I’ve taken 3 consecutive classes and am currently studying French. I travel to France frequently and my goal is to speak it better every day!
Thank you!
Hello Carrie,
My name is Tommy and I am a native french speaker from Québec. I would like to improve my English and I think we could help each other. While I am quite fluent in English, my pronunciation is lacking and my sentence does not always sound natural.
If you are interested, I would like to help you work on your french if you would help me to better my english.
Hi, I am an American dabbler in French for quite some time. I would like to have a French speaker to practice with since there are no French Speakers in my town. I could totally help you out with practicing English.
I would love to help you practice if you’re still interested, Tommy!
(If you’re up for it, I’m looking to practice some phrases for a trip to Montreal. I’ve studied only Parisian French so far.)
Hello,
Yes I am interested.
We should contact the page’s author to get each other email to establish contact.
Do you agree?
Im a native English speaker. I live in Atlanta, Georgia. I was a French minor in college and I’ve been taking French lessons in my 50s. I love speaking French. I would like to find a female francophone who wants help with her English.
I would be interested in speaking with a French Canadian, si possible. I have a trip in March and my French is rusty! Entraînons-nous!
Bonjour!
Je cherche pour un/une partenaire avec qui je peux pratiquer mon français. Je suis américaine et au début de la vingtaine. J’espère avoir des conversations approximativement une fois par semaine.
Hello!
I’m looking for a partner to practice my French with. I’m American and in my early 20s. Looking to have conversations maybe once a week.
Merci!
Hello
I am a 64 year old Professor of Engineering living in the UK but with a house in France where we spend 2 months or so in the summer (we can only spend 90 days out of any 180). My french comprehension is now pretty good (as long as people speak clearly and not too quickly) but my conversational french needs some work. I would really like to spend an hour a week (or every 2 weeks) talking half the time in french and half the time in english, to someone who would like to improve their conversational english.
Thank you/Merci