UniTandem

Enrolment period 1.8. – 14.9.2025.

 

 Organized by  Arcada
 Language of instruction  According to your Tandem pair.
 Timetable  2.10.2025-8.12.2025
 Schedule  Unitandem sessions are held on Microsoft Teams. The study unit includes the following structure:

  • Kick-off / Unitandem 1: Thursday, October 2, 15:00–16:00
    (Includes help with starting your learning agreement, setting up your user account, etc. What’s the plan? What to do, and when?)
  • Unitandem 2: Thursday, November 6, 15:00–16:00
  • Unitandem 3: Thursday, December 4, 15:00–16:00
  • Closing Day: Monday, December 8, 2025
 CEFR level  According to your Tandem pair.
 Credits  1-5
 Prerequisites  According to your Tandem pair.

 

Brush up on your Finnish, Swedish, English, German, French…!

Tandem is a learning method where two students teach each other their native (or near-native) languages through informal meetings, taking turns in both the teacher’s and learner’s roles. It is suitable for all levels—from beginner to advanced—and can complement regular language studies or be taken as a standalone course. The Unitandem course offers students between 1 and 5 credits.

This course is especially valuable for students looking to refresh and improve the university’s commonly used languages: Finnish, Swedish, and English—as well as other major languages such as German, French, Ukrainian, and more. By studying or offering one of these languages, you’re likely to find a Unitandem partner. Language learning takes place in partnership, following a schedule you and your partner agree on. In addition, the entire Unitandem group meets three times on Teams.

All course materials are available in the Itslearning platform. Support for navigating the platform will be provided during the Unitandem 1 meeting on October 2.

To successfully complete the course, you and your Unitandem partner will actively work together on online exercises and submit short blog entries and a group portfolio at the end of the course.

Assessment: Pass