• Thematic framework: Education
• Geographical outreach: International
• Types of project: Developing networks
  
  
• Beneficiary countries:
  France
  Germany
  Ireland
  Scotland
  Spain
  United Kingdom
  
  
• Main responsible:
  Patricia Hughes
  North Yorkshire County Council,
  County hall
  Northallerto
  England

Summary of the activities
Aims and objectives of Tandem Plus Learning:
- develop a learning/e-learning partnership
- facilitate contact between language learners of the target languages by means of computer-based activities and exchange visits
- engage adult learners through collaborative language and cultural activities
- to build international friendships
- to build a multi-cultural virtual community via Virtual Learning Environment (VLE)
- to develop language skills
- to make learning more relevant to learners’ lives
- to build up confidence in learners’ own learning

Envisaged results/products:
- international friendships/meetings
- improved language skills
- quizzes in four languages on six European areas
- visitors’ guides in 4 languages with various tourist/cultural/ language themes
- Recipe, song, and phrase and local sayings books.

Main partners
- North Yorkshire County Council, Adult Learning Service, England
- Belfast Metropolitan College, Northern Ireland
- EOI Toledo (Toledo State Language School), Spain
- Berufliche Fortbildungszentren der Bayerischen Wirtschaft (bfz), Germany
- Centre de Formation Professionnelle et de Promotion Agricole (CFPPA), France
- Wicklow Further Education Centre, Ireland
- Drummond Community High School, Scotland