1. Information Day 24 October 2007 1 Learning in Tandem to Encourage Reciprocal Autonomous Learning in Adults

2. Information Day 24 October 2007 2 Learning from each other “Tandem learning takes place when members of two different language communities form a collaborative partnership with the aims of: a) learning each other’s mother tongue; b) learning about each other; and c) learning more about the culture to which each of them belongs. When working in Tandem, both partners alternate between learning a second language and acting not as teachers but as expert informants on their own language and culture.” (Stickler & Lewis, in press)

3. Information Day 24 October 2007 3 Project partners Volkshochschule Ostkreis Hannover Lehrte (Germany) Department of Languages, The Open University Milton Keynes (United Kingdom) Centro Territoriale Permanente per l’Educazione degli Adulti Pontedera – Pisa (Italy) Bildungszentrum Wolfsburg GmbH Wolfsburg (Germany) Bielsko Biala School of Banking and Finance Bielsko Biala (Poland)

4. Information Day 24 October 2007 4 Project partners: location 5 partners 4 countries 4 languages

5. Information Day 24 October 2007 5 Project outcomes 5 new Tandem courses 33 successful Tandem partnerships 22 facilitators in the partner institutions 3 Transnational meetings (face-to-face) 3 Transnational meetings (virtual)

6. Information Day 24 October 2007 6 Transnational meeting in Italy

7. Information Day 24 October 2007 7 More project outcomes Separate Moodle workspaces for learners and organisers Deposit for worksheets Wikis for tandem pairing and learning tips Regular live text chats

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10. 10 Thank you for your interest Contact details: U.Stickler@open.ac.uk martina.emke@arcor.de