Find a Language Buddy

Two Tandem buddies sit and chat with each other.

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Through our Tandem Program, you can be matched with a "Language Buddy" to informally practise each other’s languages. Tandem is perfect complement to more formal language studies.

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

 

  • In a language tandem, two people with different first languages or native languages work together to improve their knowledge of each other’s languages. Tandem combines language learning with authentic communication.
  • Tandem is an open and autonomous learning approach. You decide how to organise your language learning, including where, when, and how often to meet.

All students and staff at Stockholm University and our partner universitites:

  • All universitites in CIVIS
  • 한국외국어대학교 스칸디나비어과 Department of the Scandinavian Languages vid Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (HUFS)
  • Osaka University
  • Tohoku University
  • Escuela Nacional de Lenguas Lingüística y Traducción (ENALLT) vid Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
  • Sprachenzentrum der Universität Leipzig

You can apply to the Tandem Program at any time during the term.

Your registration is valid for one term only.

  • You will receive a confirmation email within five working days after you have applied to find a Lanugage Buddy.
  • Your application will then be placed in a queue. The matching process is automated and follows the order of the queue.
  • If we find a match, you will receive your match by email.

If you have any questions regarding your registration or your place in the waiting list, please contact our Front Desk.

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: 2026-07-25

Source: Språkstudion, Department of Linguistics