British Penpals - Pen Friends For Exchange Of Language And Culture

Name	Country (City)	Native Language	Practicing Language	Description
person Maggi favorite_border Add to Favorites August 16, 2025	United Kingdom (Glasgow)	English	Greek	I am a native English speaker who now lives in Scotland. (I have no accent!) I am now retired, but my varied employment history includes journalism and media studies lecturer, and teaching English as a foreign language. I am an avid reader, love learning, am interested in alternative health and nutrition. I gym, swim and try and stay as fit as my age will allow.. I fell in love with Greece in wh... See more translate
person Emre favorite_border Add to Favorites August 13, 2025	United Kingdom (Glasgow)	English Turkish	Japanese	Hello! I'm currently a PhD student at the University of Glasgow, working primarily in the field of visual arts and storytelling. I’m nearly a native English speaker, especially in academic and professional contexts. I’m looking to improve my Japanese for both personal interest and future artistic collaborations. I'm fascinated by Japanese culture, literature and visual aesthetics, and I’... See more translate
person Sophie favorite_border Add to Favorites August 9, 2025	United Kingdom (Glasgow)	English	Arabic, Palestinian	I am a native English speaker learning Levantine Arabic. I have focussed on dialects, mainly Lebanese and Jordanian but I am keen topractice speaking with anyone who is native from the Levantine region. translate
person Mandy favorite_border Add to Favorites August 6, 2025	United Kingdom (Glasgow)	English	Italian Spanish	Ciao, sono Mandy. I'm learning Italian and would love to meet Italian people who would like to do a language exchange with me (in person in Glasgow or on Teams or Zoom etc), about once a week. I have quite a low level of Italian, aound A1. I love animals (especially cats), nature, music, street art, watching tennis and football, health and nutrition, and my plants. translate
person Allan favorite_border Add to Favorites August 6, 2025	United Kingdom (Glasgow)	English	Spanish	I want to improve my Spanish! translate
person Dante favorite_border Add to Favorites July 31, 2025	United Kingdom (Glasgow)	Korean	English	Hello! I'm currently studying in Glasgow and I'm looking for someone to do a language exchange with to improve my English skills. My native language is Korean, and I speak standard Korean as I'm originally from Seoul. I have a great passion for sports and music, and I would love to share my culture and language with you. If you're interested in Korean and looking to improve ... See more translate
person Celia favorite_border Add to Favorites July 25, 2025	United Kingdom (Glasgow)	Chinese, Mandarin	French	Je m'appelle Celia et j'apprends le français depuis de nombreuses années. Depuis deux ans, pour diverses raisons, je n'ai pas continué à étudier et à pratiquer. Mon français est un peu rouillé. Je cherche quelqu'un avec qui pratiquer mon français. Bien sûr, je pratiquerai le chinois avec vous. J'ai déjà été professeur de chinois. Je suis maintenant à Glasgow, au Royaume-Un... See more translate
person Martin favorite_border Add to Favorites July 20, 2025	United Kingdom (Glasgow)	English	Italian	Currently clumsy B1 in italian but looking to improve. Im native British with good RP accent. English graduate and CELTA qualified. Interests include theatre, circus, gardening, community, literature and cycling. translate
person Irina favorite_border Add to Favorites July 18, 2025	United Kingdom (Glasgow)	Russian Ukrainian	English	Hi. I am Irina. I currently live in Scotland, but I am originally from Ukraine. My English is not very good. I work, but I have no time to communicate with colleagues at work, and I do not have a sufficient conversational level. I can read and translate, I know average grammar, but I am very bad at speaking. I am looking for a language exchange partner or just people who would not mind helping ... See more translate
person Beth favorite_border Add to Favorites July 16, 2025	United Kingdom (Glasgow)	English	French	Hello, I'm Beth, sporty and outdoorsy travel enthusiast living near Glasgow. I'm a biological scientist by training but I'm looking to change fields, possibly into linguistics. I've been learning French for the past year as I had a French boyfriend and was living partly in France. Unfortunately we separated, but I don't want to waste the progress I made learning French and... See more translate