Tandem Projects

SOCRATES ILC Project

Language Learning Partnerships for Engineers

Programme SOKRATES of the European Union 
Projekt Nr. 28686-IC-2-97-1-GB-ERASMUS-ILC-1
Length: 1.9.1996 - 31.8.1998

Co-ordinating Institution: University of Sheffield (GB)
Co-ordinator: Tim Lewis, Modern Languages Teaching Center (MLTC), University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, England - E-Mail: T.W.Lewis@sheffield.ac.uk - Tel. +44 114 282 4703, Fax +44 114 275 4674

Project results

Project partners:

1. Ruhr-Universität Bochum (DE): Seminar für Sprachlehrforschung (Helmut Brammerts, Susanne Duxa, Karin Kleppin, Ana Isabel Martín Ibañez), Department of Mechanical Engineering (Hans-Peter Müller)
2. INSA Lyon (FR)
3. Universidad de Oviedo (ES)
4. University of Sheffield (GB)

The goal of this project is to use the principle of language learning in tandem in partnerships - face-to-face and via the Internet - to support the linguistic and cultural compentece of engineering students planning a stay abroad (at a college or doing a practical training). Prior to this stay abroad, learning partnerships correlating with area of study should be possible per e-mail with students at the host university.