Find a language buddy

Through Språkstudion's Tandem program, you can be matched with a language buddy to mutually practise each other's languages. The Tandem program provides you with opportunities for language practice in a relaxed environment, as you get to know your language buddy and their culture.


Two Tandem buddies sit and chat with each other.

Photo: Pixabay

You learn so much more than in class and you make friends that you otherwise probably would not have made.

To sign up for the Tandem program as a student or member of staff at Stockholm University or one of our partner universities, you need to fill out our registration form. You can apply to the Tandem program at any point during the term, and your registration is active during the current term.

Registration is closed from 17 December but opens again in January 2026.

About the Tandem program

Being language buddies within the Tandem program means working systematically to learn and help one another with learning each other's native-level language(s). It is not about formal teaching, but rather an informal language exchange for which you decide the methods and forms (such as how often you meet and for how long). The Tandem program is a perfect complement to formal language classes.

The Tandem program is open to all students and members of staff at Stockholm University and our partner universities.

We collaborate with all universities within the CIVIS alliance, as well as 한국외국어대학교 스칸디나비어과 (Department of the Scandinavian Languages) at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (HUFS), Osaka University, Tohoku University, Escuela Nacional de Lenguas, Lingüística y Traducción (ENALLT) at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) and Sprachenzentrum der Universität Leipzig.

You will receive a confirmation email within 5 work days of signing up. When we receive your registration, you are placed in a queue. We do our best to find you a suitable language buddy. How long it takes for us to find a matching language buddy depends on how many sign-ups we have received the current term. You are matched based on your registration date - first come, first served.

If you have any questions regarding your registration or your place in the waiting list, please contact or front desk.

Språkstudion hosts a Zoom room twice a week: Mondays at 6 p.m. CEST and Thursdays at 3 p.m. CEST. The room is intended for participants who have been matched through our Language Buddy Program, Tandem. It can serve as a platform for your first meeting, and Språkstudion’s staff will be present to provide support if needed. 

It is important that those who wish to participate both have a match and have agreed in advance to be online at the same time and day. If you would like to continue using the room after your first meeting, you are of course welcome to do so. 

Please send us an email (info@sprakstudion.su.se) with your name, your language buddy’s name, and the day you would like to join.

Welcome!

Link to the Zoom room
 

 

Tips and materials

At the link below, we have gathered some suggestions, inspiration and exercises that might be useful for you tandem exchange:

Tips and materials for tandem

Last updated: 2025-12-17

Source: Språkstudion, Department of Linguistics

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