Tandem learning is when two people of different mother tongues work together to practice each other’s language, to learn more about each other and their culture, to exchange experiences and knowledge of each other’s personal and professional backgrounds.
This course is suitable for second-year students and offers the opportunity to set up an intercultural/linguistic/cultural project between international students – e.g. Colombian-Brazilian, Arabic-Chinese – or between international students and French students – e.g. French-Italian, French-Tunisian.
Course details
- 1 video conference to present the project and register formed tandems (limited to 12 tandems) – Late September
- 1 face-to-face session – Early October
- 3 video interviews per tandem: 1 in early November, 1 in early December, 1 in early January
- 1 in-person presentation of the project to a panel: end of term
Assessment
- 1 written assignment (feedback on the experience)
- 1 oral defence before a panel of language teachers from the formed tandems
Credit: This course counts toward the third-language requirement. It is worth 2 credits. These are supplemental, non-mandatory appropriations.
Language prerequisite for international students: minimum FLE (French as a foreign language) level B1 must have been achieved.
Contact
Cécile Brossaud, French as a foreign and second language (FLES) teacher, coordinator of FLES courses and tests in the engineering cycle.
