TandemPlus

The TandemPlus program organizes opportunities for language students to practice and improve their abilities in the foreign language they are studying. To meet the needs of as many students as possible, we make these practice opportunities available in a variety of formats.

FACE-T0-FACE EXCHANGES

The TandemPlus program matches native speakers of two different languages, students of each other's language who learn from each other and help one another to learn. Typically, the partners meet in person-to-person exchanges for about two hours every week. Priority is given to language students currently enrolled in a class at the University of Minnesota, but registration is open to all.
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CLASS-TO-CLASS EXCHANGES

Some instructors may decide to involve their entire class in an electronic class-to-class language exchange. In these exchanges students at the University of MN are paired with one or two students in an overseas class, and exchange messages throughout the course of an entire semester. Most of these exchanges depend on Wimba technology, which allows students to leave each other voice messages on a private voice board, though some instructors elect to have their classes participate in e-mail exchanges. TandemPlus is available to help the instructors in a variety of ways, from finding a counterpart class to suggesting how the exchange might be incorporated into a language curriculum.
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You can also contact Ellen Wormwood, TandemPlus Coordinator by email at tandem@umn.edu or by phone at 612-626-6050