Buddies don’t teach, they create an impact.
Share your language and culture with a diverse community in your city and beyond .
Buddies don’t teach, they create an impact.
Share your language and culture with others in your city and beyond .
It’s more than just sharing languages.
Meet new people.
Build meaningful relationships with people from different cultures and countries.
Create social impact.
Make a real difference in people's lives by supporting them with the tools they need to integrate.
Get recognized.
Have a track record of the language groups you've led in your SPEAK passport and share it with the world.
It’s more than just sharing languages.
Meet new people.
Build meaningful relationships with people from different cultures and countries.
Create social impact.
Make a real difference in people's lives by supporting them with the tools they need to integrate.
Get recognized.
Have a track record of the language groups you've led in your SPEAK passport and share it with the world.
Why be a SPEAK buddy?
Humanity is built on relationships. Connecting with one another, feeling part of a community, sharing stories with one another that make you laugh or cry, or both at the same time. Buddies make these relationships happen within their local communities.
Why be a SPEAK buddy?
Humanity is built on relationships. Connecting with one another, feeling part of a community, sharing stories with one another that make you laugh or cry, or both at the same time. Buddies make these relationships happen within their local communities.
Create impact in your own time.
By leading language groups, you'll actively be championing social inclusion and diversity. Your participants may include migrants, refugees, and other communities who are looking to get integrated in their new cities and countries.
Create impact in your own time.
By leading language groups, you'll actively be championing social inclusion and diversity. Your participants may include migrants, refugees, and other communities who are looking to get integrated in their new cities and countries.
Share your language and culture.
Are you fluent or native in the language you speak? Know the best hidden spots in the city? Share your knowledge with SPEAKers in your city and all around the world in online or offline language groups. Your motivation and passion are all you need to be a buddy.
Share your language and culture.
Are you fluent or native in the language you speak? Know the best hidden spots in the city? Share your knowledge with SPEAKers in your city and all around the world in online or offline language groups. Your motivation and passion are all you need to be a buddy.
Build meaningful relationships.
Find your best friend, get a travel buddy, or even meet your soulmate! SPEAKers have created meaningful relationships that go well beyond just learning languages over the years. As a buddy, you will make these relationships happen.
Build meaningful relationships.
Find your best friend, get a travel buddy, or even meet your soulmate! SPEAKers have created meaningful relationships that go well beyond just learning languages over the years. As a buddy, you will make these relationships happen.
SPEAKers love their buddies
"I only can say thank you very much to these wonderful people who put their time to help other people achieve their dreams. This is the feeling I have about SPEAK buddies. All of you are like fairies. Thanks to all of you I'm able to understand and even speak little Portuguese, right now. Muito obrigada!"
- Ana (Coruña)
"I’m grateful for this experience! It was more than a conversation club! It was about people, about the world, worldviews, relationships, about difference and diversity! All this was due to what kind of person Daniela is - open, interesting, loving this world! Thank you so much!"
- Maria (Saint Petersburg)
"Our buddy Fernando and the whole language group are my most precious gifts from the pandemic. Fernando has been not only a wonderful buddy, but also a dear friend, accompanying me through this difficult time with a lot of covid-related restrictions. I can never say enough thanks!"
- Xiaohan (Berlin)
Be a buddy in 3 easy steps.
1
Sign up as a buddy.
Create a free SPEAK account (if you don't already have one), and sign up as a buddy.
2
Complete the online training.
Go through the self-service training at your own pace. Training takes around 30 minutes and includes 6 main chapters. Once you complete the training, you can start leading language groups!
3
Lead a language group.
You are now ready to lead your own language group! Choose the language(s) you'd like to share, the type of session (offline or online), and your preferred date and time. Have fun leading your language group!
Be a buddy in 3 easy steps.
1
Sign up as a buddy.
Create a free SPEAK account (if you don't already have one), and sign up as a buddy.
2
Complete the online training.
Go through the self-service training at your own pace. Training takes around 30 minutes and includes 6 main chapters. Once you complete the training, you can start leading language groups!
3
Lead a language group.
You are now ready to lead your own language group! Choose the language(s) you'd like to share, the type of session (offline or online), and your preferred date and time. Have fun leading your language group!
Creating impact in their cities and beyond.
Being part of SPEAK is like being part of a family that is growing and where we can meet new people, new cultures, new languages, and new mentalities every day. At SPEAK we all have the opportunity to teach and to learn. SPEAK continuously shows me that we can still believe in the world and in humanity, that we can still help others without looking at who is ahead of us.
- Mauro Carvalho (Buddy)
SPEAK for me it's like travelling without leaving Portugal. I share my culture and I learn from other people's culture. That helps to understand how other people live and how they think too.
- Naky Gaglo (Buddy)
Last August, I moved to Portugal from the US. It’s my first time living in another country and I’m very anxious about fitting in here, particularly since I’m not proficient in Portuguese. I became a buddy with SPEAK in November, and have been sharing my native language, English, and helping fellow immigrants with basic Portuguese. This experience has helped me feel welcome and confident that I can thrive here.
- Nakita Pedro (Buddy)
Creating impact in their cities and beyond.
Being part of SPEAK is like being part of a family that is growing and where we can meet new people, new cultures, new languages, and new mentalities every day. At SPEAK we all have the opportunity to teach and to learn. SPEAK continuously shows me that we can still believe in the world and in humanity, that we can still help others without looking at who is ahead of us.
- Mauro Carvalho (Buddy)
SPEAK for me it's like travelling without leaving Portugal. I share my culture and I learn from other people's culture. That helps to understand how other people live and how they think too.
- Naky Gaglo (Buddy)
Last August, I moved to Portugal from the US. It’s my first time living in another country and I’m very anxious about fitting in here, particularly since I’m not proficient in Portuguese. I became a buddy with SPEAK in November, and have been sharing my native language, English, and helping fellow immigrants with basic Portuguese. This experience has helped me feel welcome and confident that I can thrive here.
- Nakita Pedro (Buddy)
Be part of a global community.
62k
SPEAKers sharing their culture.
203
Countries represented.
60
Languages shared.
Be part of a global community.
62k
SPEAKers sharing their culture.
203
Countries represented.
60
Languages shared.
Join us if you want to be part of the impact!
Humanity is built on relationships. Connecting with one another, feeling part of a community, sharing stories that make you laugh or cry, or both at the same time is an essential part of being a human. Buddies make that happen within their local communities.
Join us if you want to be part of the impact!
Humanity is built on relationships. Connecting with one another, feeling part of a community, sharing stories that make you laugh or cry, or both at the same time is an essential part of being a human. Buddies make that happen within their local communities.
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