Hi! I'm an 20 male native Mandarin speaker looking for someone to practise English with and help each other improve.
I'd say my English is around B2 overall. My main strength is pronunciation. I've studied some basic phonetics and phonology fairly systematically, and I'm particularly familiar with British and Australian English pronunciation.
Just to be clear, I'm not a native English speaker and I'm not claiming to have native-level pronunciation. However, I'd say my pronunciation is quite good for a non-native speaker. I speak fluently and clearly, and I think my accent sounds fairly natural overall. I've posted a few videos of myself speaking English before, so feel free to check my post history if you'd like to hear what I actually sound like before messaging me.
I've also had some experience helping other English learners with their pronunciation. I've helped quite a few Chinese classmates identify and work on pronunciation issues. Since Mandarin is my native language and I also have some basic knowledge of Chinese phonetics, it's naturally easier for me to understand where Chinese speakers' pronunciation problems come from and explain the differences between Chinese and English sounds.
That said, I'm definitely happy to try helping people from other language backgrounds too. I'm quite interested in accents and pronunciation in general, including individual sounds, stress, rhythm and connected speech.
What I'm weaker at is grammar, vocabulary and natural expression. I can use English comfortably in everyday life, but I still make grammatical mistakes and sometimes struggle to express more complicated ideas naturally.
So my ideal exchange partner would be an advanced non-native English speaker (C1/C2 or similar) who is already very comfortable using English but perhaps isn't as confident about their pronunciation or accent. If that's you, I think we could complement each other really well: you could help me with grammar, vocabulary and natural phrasing, while I could help you work on your pronunciation.
We can chat first and get a sense of each other's level and what we can help each other with. The whole point for me is to exchange skills and improve together, rather than have one person teaching the other.
Native English speakers are absolutely welcome too! I'd be very happy to practise with you. The only thing is that I'm not bagging for a free tutor, and I'm don't know what I could offer you in return if English is already your native language 😅 (if U r interested in Chinese I can teach you though especially the pronunciation) But if you're interested anyway, feel free to message me!
And again, I don't want to oversell my pronunciation I'm still a non-native speaker myself. You can check my previous posts and judge for yourself whether you think I could be helpful.
Feel free to DM me if this sounds like the kind of exchange you're looking for!