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• Sommersemester 2025:
Mo-Fr: 8:00 - 16:00 Uhr
Sprachenzentrum der
Universität Siegen
Sandstraße 16-18
57072 Siegen
Tel.: +49 271/740-3002
E-Mail:
sprachenzentrum@spz.uni-siegen.de
Postanschrift/Postal address
Sprachenzentrum der
Universität Siegen
Postfach
57068 Siegen
Language Tandem
Language Tandem
A Language Tandem is a type of intercultural exchange which takes place outside of the classroom. Two students with different native languages meet regularly and communicate in their respective languages. Through the Tandem project, participants have the opportunity to improve their language skills and learn about a different culture through frequent contact with native speakers. Furthermore, participants can choose the topics themselves and improve their language skills in specialised fields.
Once they have been matched successfully, pairs meet at a place and time of their choice. Each meeting is 2x45 minutes long, with each target language being allocated a 45-minute slot. Following successful completion of the tandem, including the submission of a journal entry for a total of five sessions, participants can receive a certificate of attendance. During the semester, the Language Center provides consultation hours, material and suitable rooms for tandem meeting.
Our Tandem Program
We are very happy to announce that our Tandem project will enter a new round in the summer semester 2025!
Here is all the latest information:
- Initial meeting: You will get to know your tandem partner.
- Face-to-face meeting: After you have met your partner, you can arrange to meet digitally or, if possible, in person.
- Materials: Online learning materials are provided in the Tandem moodle room.
- Language Café for Tandem pairs: The new dates for the following winter semester 2025/26 will be announced shortly!
The registration period begins on the 1st of September 2025 and ends on the 26th of October 2025.
As soon as the registration phase begins, you can register on this site:
If your placement is successful, we will send you an invitation to the introductory event, where you will meet your partner and receive further information about the programme. Please understand that we cannot guarantee a successful matching.
| Registration period for winter semester 2025/26 | September 1st until October 26th 2025 |
Initial meeting all languages (except arabic)
Initial meeting arabic | November 3rd 2025, 19 hrs.
November 10th 2025, 16:30 hrs |
| Tandem Christmas Lunch | December 1st 2025 |
| Cerfificate Emission | From February onwards |
Mail: tandem@spz.uni-siegen.de