Language Partner Exchange Program

The Department of World Languages and Cultures Language Exchange Partners Program is a free program organized by the Language Studies Resource Center to connect students who wish to practice and improve their foreign language speaking skills. 

Language exchange partners have the opportunity to make new friends, benefit from each other’s knowledge, expand their skills, and are better able to engage the world around them. The program is free and open to all students registered at Iowa State University. 

Participants have the opportunity to:

  • Improve world language conversation skills
  • Practice everyday terms and phrases in a world language
  • Build social networks through friendly interactions
  • Gain additional language preparation for study/internship abroad or other overseas travel

Get Started

To get started, students should visit the opportunity link. This will provide further information and links to the interest form for native speakers and non-native speakers.

Important Dates

Sign-up is only processed during the first three weeks of Spring and Fall semesters, after which partners are assigned.

Opportunity Type

  • Academic
  • Campus Leadership
  • Student Organization

Skills and Competencies

  • Collaboration
  • Communication
  • Intercultural Fluency
  • Leadership
  • Personal Development
  • Professional Development

Eligible Majors

  • Agricultural and Life Sciences Education
  • Agriculture and Life Sciences Exploration
  • Agricultural Communication
  • Agricultural and Rural Policy Studies
  • Agricultural Business
  • Agricultural Studies
  • Agricultural Systems Technology
  • Agronomy
  • Animal Ecology
  • Animal Science
  • Biochemistry
  • Biology
  • Culinary Food Science
  • Dairy Science
  • Diet and Exercise
  • Dietetics
  • Environmental Science
  • Environmental Studies
  • Food Science
  • Forestry
  • Genetics
  • Global Resource Systems
  • Horticulture
  • Industrial Technology
  • International Agriculture
  • Microbiology
  • Nursing
  • Nutritional Science
  • Seed Science

For Students In

  • All students

Semester Offered

  • Fall
  • Spring

Digital Badges Available

  • Global Impact
  • Service Impact

Who to Contact

Language Studies Resource Center