Online Tandem Learning

Access the international experience wherever you are

Joining our Language Resource Centre e-Tandem partnerships provide opportunities that are important to:

• access the international experience wherever they are
• 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

The activity consists of weekly online audio-video exchanges with a partner, lasting around one hour. 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.

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.

You can currently join e-Tandem opportunities in:

• French
• German
• Spanish
• Italian
• Catalan
• Japanese
• Portuguese