2. Mr. Raúl García INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS DEPARTMENT (SPAIN) LENGUAGE LEARNING IN TANDEM

3. Mr. Raúl García International Relations Department PRESENTATION –WHAT IS A TANDEM? –CHARACTERISTICS –PRINCIPLES –GENERAL OBJETIVES (Specific objetives) –METHODS –GENERAL PROCESS –MATERIALS TO USE –TYPES OF TANDEM –WHAT IS THE PROBLEM? –WEB PAGES

4. Mr. Raúl García International Relations Department WHAT IS A TANDEM? A tandem is a bicycle with two sets of pedals and two saddles, arranged one behind the other for two riders. Source: The Collins Concise Spanish Dictionary © 1998 HarperCollins Publishers

5. Mr. Raúl García International Relations Department WHAT IS A TANDEM? A tandem is a two-wheeled carriage drawn by two horses harnessed one behind the other. Source: The Collins Concise Spanish Dictionary © 1998 HarperCollins Publishers

6. Mr. Raúl García International Relations Department WHAT IS A TANDEM? A Tandem is the communication with a native speaker who wants to learn your language. It is a give and take solution where you are the teacher (of your own language) and the student (of a foreign language). A Tandem is the best way of learning a foreign language. Source: http://www.languages.dk/

7. Mr. Raúl García International Relations Department THIS IS A TANDEM!

8. Mr. Raúl García International Relations Department CHARACTERISTICS Two persons, two roles: expert (in own language and culture) and student. The partners must have a minimum level of the language.

9. Mr. Raúl García International Relations Department PRINCIPLES 1- Principle of Reciprocity: successful learning in tandem is based on the reciprocal dependence and mutual support of the partners. Both partners should contribute equally to their work together: Same amount of time to each language. Same amount of energy in preparation. Same interest in the learning success of their partner.

10. Mr. Raúl García International Relations Department PRINCIPLES 2- Principle of Learner Autonomy: all tandem partners are responsible for their own learning: what they want to learn and when.

11. Mr. Raúl García International Relations Department GENERAL OBJETIVES To learn more about one another’s character and culture. To help one another improve their language skills. To exchange additional knowledge - for example about their professional life.

12. Mr. Raúl García International Relations Department SPECIFIC OBJETIVES To learn conversational expressions. To learn situations. To improve the pronuntiation speaking or reading. To learn specific vocabulary. To learn the way of life. Etc...

13. Mr. Raúl García International Relations Department METHODS Conversations. Reading a book. Role-playing. Telling a story. Correcting a writing text. And more...

14. Mr. Raúl García International Relations Department GENERAL PROCESS In the early tandems the most important is to know the other partner to get trust. In the next meetings: 1- To establish the objetive of that meeting. 2- To begin the learning. 3- To change the roles of the participants. (expert - student)

15. Mr. Raúl García International Relations Department MATERIALS TO USE Tandem tasks: outlines including questions and ideas for specific tandems. (Web) Paper and pen. Books. Pictures. Etc...

16. Mr. Raúl García International Relations Department TYPES Face to face. Using the Internet: web-cam, chat, email.

17. Mr. Raúl García International Relations Department WHAT IS THE PROBLEM? “I don’t know what to say!”

18. Mr. Raúl García International Relations Department WEB PAGES http://www.tcd.ie/CLCS/tandem/ (tasks in different languages) http://www.languages.dk/tandem/

19. Mr. Raúl García International Relations Department THANKS TO... The Spanish students: Sheila Pérez. Verónica Aguado. Raúl Alonso. The French students: Aurelie Desmet. Jennifer Barberot. The Teacher of French: Carmen Alonso.

20. Mr. Raúl García International Relations Department THE END