Sprachduo*: free language training with a German partner

If you are interested in language learning in a "Sprachduo" during your German course at TREFF PUNKT, you should ideally inform us before your arrival to the language course.

This is an important step to find the right conversation partner for you.

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*What exactly is a "Sprachduo" and what learning tips are advisable?

The Sprachduo idea is simple: two people with a different mother tongue form a "Sprachduo" to practice the language of the partner vis-à-vis. You will meet in a café to talk in German for half an hour and half an hour in the mother tongue of the opposite.

Here are 15 practical tips for learning in a "Sprachduo":

1. Learning in a Sprachduo is voluntary
2. Every Sprachduo partner is a learner and a teacher at the same time. Learner for the foreign language and teacher of the own mother tongue.
3. The languages can be trained in different ways. There are three possibilities:
   • The German and, let say, a Italian speak for one hour German and afterwards for one hour only in Italian or
   • the German speaks German and the Italian answers in Italian or
   • the Italian speaks German and the German answers in Italian
4. Sprachduo partners must be motivated,
• to speak in the foreign language and look forward getting in close contact with somebody of a different language and culture
• to get to know some details about the other country, culture and the person vis-à-vis
• asking questions and answering questions
• explaining words or sentences of the own language and giving examples how they are used
5. Both Sprachduo partners provide mutual support during the learning process and take care to benefit from the Sprachduo work similarly.
6. The Sprachduo partners meet regularly.
7. The time for each language should be shared balanced.
8. Take notes of new words and idioms your partner uses. You should refer to them later in the conversation or during your study at home.
9. Try to explain words through combinations and delimitation to other words. Discuss the matters by examples.
10. You will often not get to know new grammatical structures during a Sprachduo session. You will concentrate more on the possibility to practice using grammatical structures during the Sprachduo conversation.
11. In order to improve your mode to express yourself, you must have the courage to make mistakes.
12. Now some suggestions for topics on the conversation in Sprachduo:
    • You talk about your first contact with German or the foreign language
    • You talk about how you got to Germany and why you want to learn German or the foreign language. 
    • You describe your home town and what is worth seeing there.
    • You talk about where you would love to go on holidays and why.
    • You talk about  your experience with German or the foreign language in your country and why it is important and interesting to learn a language.
    • You talk about a book of a German author or a book from your Sprachduo partners' country . Talk about what you like of the book. 
    • You talk about of what you are interested in Germany or of the country their language you like to learn.
13. For every meeting at least one topic of the previous meeting should be brought up again. In the following new points for a further conversation will arise.
14. For your second meeting prepare a topic or think of a topic to talk about before hand - you will have something to continue the conversation if "breaks" will arise
15. And a last tip: Do not screw up your expectations too high for the language Sprachduo and to the abilities of your Sprachduo partner for the language arrangement. The fun with the casual conversation is in the foreground and must not be lost because Sprachduo is not only a language but also a cultural exchange.

Important: The Sprachduo partners should have at least language level A2 to practice conversation. We also find Sprachduo partners for beginners. The aim in this case is getting to know once culture if you still must talk in your mother tongue or a third party language, mostly English, at the beginning.

General information on Sprachduo learning is available in many languages below  Language Learning in Tandem - Autonomous learning with a partner

*P.S: Our "Sprachduo" is very similar to the principals of "(language) Tandem" by other language schools.