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'''Tandem language learning''' is an approach to [[language acquisition]] that involves reciprocal [[language exchange]] between tandem partners. In this method, each learner ideally serves as a native speaker of the language the other person intends to learn. Tandem language learning deviates from traditional pedagogical practices by eliminating the teacher-student model. Numerous [[Language school|language schools]] worldwide, including those affiliated with TANDEM International,<ref name="tandem-schools1">{{cite web|url=http://www.tandem-schools.com|title=Tandem International e.V., the Tandem schools group|website=tandem-schools.com|access-date=2016-01-20}}</ref> as well as several universities, incorporate this approach into their language programs.

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The concept of "language learning by exchange" or the "tandem approach" encompasses various teaching systems for exchange students abroad, including partner learning, peer teaching, tutoring models, and "Zweierschaften" (Steinig) or 'one-on-one discipleship'.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.linguee.com/german-english/translation/zweierschaft.html |title=zweierschaft - English translation – Linguee |website=Linguee.com |access-date=2016-01-20}}</ref>

Here are some key points:<ref>{{cite web|title = TANDEM Fundazioa: history|url = http://tandemcity.info/general/en_history.htm|website = tandemcity.info|access-date = 2015-10-10}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=1CpgcAZWT5UC&dq=history+tandem+schmelter&pg=PA136|title = Schmelter, Selbstgesteuertes oder potenziell expansives Fremdsprachenlernen im Tandem, Gunter Narr Verlag Tübingen|date=2004|pages=134–149|access-date =2016-01-20 |isbn = 9783823361039|last1 = Schmelter|first1 = Lars| publisher=Gunter Narr Verlag }}</ref>

In the early 19th century, [[Joseph Lancaster]] and [[Andrew Bell (educationalist)|Andrew Bell]] introduced the "mutual system" in England, which involved students assisting each other in school, complementing the teacher's role. Peter Petersen, a German educationalist, developed a similar approach in the "[[Jenaplan schools]]," and tutoring models inspired by this concept emerged in the USA from the 1960s onwards.

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*{{Cite journal |last=Cappellini |first=M. |date=2016 |title=Roles and Scaffolding in Teletandem Interactions: A Study of the Relations between the Sociocultural and the Language Learning Dimensions in a French-Chinese Teletandem |doi=10.1080/17501229.2016.1134859 |journal=Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching |volume=10 |issue=1|pages=6–20|s2cid=147670539 }}

*{{Cite journal |last=Telles |first=João Antonio |date=March 2015 |title=Teletandem and performativity |journal=Revista Brasileira de Linguística Aplicada |volume=15 |issue=1 |pages=1–30 |doi=10.1590/1984-639820155536 |issn=1984-6398 |doi-access=free |hdl=11449/127269 |hdl-access=free }}

*{{cite encyclopedia |title = Telecollaboration and CALL |editor-last1=Thomas |editor-first1=M. |editor-last2=Reinders |editor-first2=H. |editor-last3=Warshauer |editor-first3=M. |encyclopedia=Contemporary computer-assisted language learning |last = O'Dowd |first = R. |___location=London|publisher = Bloomsbury Academic|year = 2013|url=http://site.ebrary.com/lib/uon/detail.action?docID=10632566|pages= 123–140 |via=ebrary }}

*{{Cite journal |last=Lewis |first=T. |date=2017|title=Introduction to system special issue on telecollaboration |journal=System|volume=64|pages=1–6|doi=10.1016/j.system.2017.01.007}}

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