Table of contents

1. 1. Language tandem - improve your skills and find friends
   2. Culture tandem - meet the world at home
   3. Café Lingua - the regular's table for language lovers
   4. Buddy and mentoring programmes at TU Dresden

A tandem is by definition a bicycle for two or more people "struggling" into the same direction. But don't worry: We do not plan on taking you on a lengthy bike-ride.
By the way: Your tandem partners are always invited to our cultural events and activities!

Language tandem - improve your skills and find friends

With a language tandem two (or more) partners help each other to improve their lan­guage skills. How frequently and in which way you go about this is up to you and your part­ner. We compiled a few possibilities on how to go about finding a partner for a lan­guage tandem:

The Multimediales Sprachlernzentrum at the TU Dresden offers a tandem pro­gramme, which connects tandem part­ners within the TU Dresden.

Kästner Kolleg e.V. offers a tandem bank, where you can find a suitable partner in Dresden. For students of the TU this service is offered at discounted rates.

Culture tandem - meet the world at home

With a culture tandem German and foreign students familiarize one another with each others customs and cultural heritage. A tandem is an interesting way to improve lan­guage skills and learn to know different cultures. Both partners learn effortlessly and have fun at the same time. Listed below you find programmes, that can assist you in finding your partner for a culture tandem:

The AEGEE buddy program forges links between German and international stu­dents at the Dresden University of Tech­nol­ogy (TU Dresden) and other uni­ver­sities in Dresden (formely know as Link­Part­ner­Pro­gram).

FIF - Family and International Friends is a student project of the Studentenwerk Dresden. The FIF-Team wants to enable students to form friendships with people from Dresden and in this way get to know this city better.

Café Lingua - the regular's table for language lovers

You may also find a tandem partner at the Café Lingua. Every Monday the ESN - Erasmus student network and International Office invite you to join an evening with at least 3 languages at a café in the Neustadt district. If you enjoy international at­mos­phere and want to meet nice and in­ter­est­ing people, you should try out these events with games, exercises  and of course prizes for the most motivated students. Of course you can also join, if you don't speak any of the offered languages, because English and German are always on the menu.
Meeting point: Monday, 8pm, Albertplatz close to the Vodafone shop. Afterwards the group goes to a pub or bar.

Buddy and mentoring programmes at TU Dresden

At TU Dresden advanced students help the newly arrived at the faculties from the start of their studies until the last exame. There are several programmes for the different target groups. Find out which offer is suitable for you in the list of buddy and mentoring pro­grammes at TU Dresden.