The Tandem program at the Universidad de Cuenca in Ecuador pairs two students together, one from an international university and one from its own, to have conversational language exchange over the course of several weeks or months. The goal of our project was to promote and strengthen the participant experience. Since there are many factors that influence the Tandem participant experience, there are a variety of ways that the program can be framed. We determined where needs and interests of stakeholders lie, and found participants are most interested in improved partner matching, conversation, and activities. We created supplemental materials for participants and administrators to improve and strengthen the Tandem program.

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Creator

• Chiasson, Olivia A.
• Ferreira, Jonathan G.
• Griffin, Brigid R.
• Mahoney, Emily R.

Subject

• Culture
• Community
• Inclusion
• Learning
• Innovation

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-051221-132716
• 24026

Keyword

• Tandem Program
• Exchange Program
• Cultural Exchange
• Language Exchange
• Cuenca, Ecuador

Advisor

• Belz, Melissa
• Kurlanska, Courtney Brooke

Year

• 2021

Center

• Cuenca, Ecuador Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• UCUENCA Tandem Program

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• 4 - Quality Education
• 17 - Partnerships for the Goals

Date created

• 2021-05-12

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2021-08-28