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e-Tandem Partnerships

Our e-Tandem partnerships allow LRC members to connect and engage with native students of their target language in our partner institutions around the world.

e-Tandem Partnerships

These opportunities are important to:

  • deepen our members’ language learning journeys
  • promote Newcastle University as a globally inclusive institution
  • encourage a member community of interculturally informed global citizens. This takes place through virtual mobility and peer assisted learning

The activity consists of weekly online audio-video exchanges with a partner, lasting around one hour. Participants can have equal time:

  • practising their target language
  • helping their partner practise theirs

We provide conversation starter guides in each language for participants. They are available to support the pairings through every stage.

Opportunities

We currently offer the following e-Tandem opportunities to our Newcastle University Language Resource Centre members:

French
German
Spanish
Catalan
Italian
Japanese
Portuguese

Why join?

e-Tandem exchange gives participants the:

  • ability to access the international experience wherever they are
  • opportunity to provide a richer, more meaningful learning experience

It enables participants to develop essential employability skills such as:

  • intercultural competence
  • critical digital literacy
  • problem-solving
  • teamwork
  • communication
  • global awareness

Many of our participants have gone on to form great friendships with their partners. They carry on with their exchanges beyond their studies and time at Newcastle University.