If are learning a foreign language and want to practice and improve your speaking skills then you are more than welcome to participate in our internaitonal tandem programme.
The programme offers you:
It is basically designed as a language exchange between two partners who speak different languages. The tandem partners meet on a regular basis in order to improve their speaking skills. For instance, when your mother tounge is German and you would like to imporve your English, we would help you to connect with someone whose mother tongue or second language is English and is leraning German as a foreign language. That way ones mother tounge is the others target language.
The application form for the tandem programme can be found here. As soon as we find a potential tandem partner you will receive an invitation via email to your first get-together. There you can connect and get to know each other. Furthermore, we are ther for you to give advise and to help you determine the general conditions of your partnership.
Language learning with the tandem programme is based on partnership and autonomous learning. You can set your own goals and you can decide on how you want to approach them. In order for both partners to succeed in achieving those goals there are a few general conditions:
1. You meet on a regular basis (e.g. 1-2x a week), ideally on a specific weekday.
2. Both languages are spoken seperately for a fix preiod of time (e.g 45 minutes per language)
3. Each language is spoken for an eual period of time.
4. The person who speaks the foreign language decides on what he/she wants to practice, so there is no up-front teaching involved.
5. The native speaker is patient, listens, helps and gives feedback.
6. Under all circumstances continue speaking one language, even if you fell like you are stuck. Try to explain, descirbe, show or draw what mean.
The tandem programme is especially succefull when everything is well-planned. You should be aware of your motivation, your goals and working strategies in order to be prepared for when you meet wiht your partner.
Here you can download a form that helps you prepare for your meetings and follow up on them afterwards.
On http://seagull-tandem.eu/ you can find topic sheets, ideas for dialouges, vocabulary and grammar.
You can find more information on Tandem Fundazioa.
In order to receive a certificate for participating in the internaitonal tandem programme the following conditions have to be met:
Rosa Callado
personal coucelling: Mi. 10:00-12:00 or by arrangement
contact: sprachtandem@ostfalia.de
Am Exer 2d room 172
