Contact
Enke Spänkuch
Studierendenhaus (SH), Room 2/220
Tel +49 (0)234 32 23818
Office hours during the semester:
by appointment
enke.spaenkuch@rub.de
Registration for an Individual Tandem
You can register for a tandem partnership by filling out this form online. You can find further information here.
Registration for a Group Tandem (Face-to-face)
Please see detailed information on registration procedures on the respective pages of the Group Tandem Course.
Registration for a Group e-Tandem (Distance)
Please see detailed information on registration procedures on the respective pages of the Group Tandem Course.
Language Café

The language café will also take place in the sommer semester 2022 in cooperation with Café Lingua of the University Duisburg-Essen. It will start on 11.04.2022 - every Monday 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm online via Zoom. All information about the language café can be found here.

Situation in the Summer Semester 2022
In the summer semester 2022, we ask you to choose the format of your tandem sessions (in terms of an attendance and/or distance learning format), taking into account the Covid19-regulations at the Ruhr-University Bochum. With this online form you can register for a tandem partnership. Please do not forget to tick the appropriate box.
Different settings
There are several different forms of learning in tandem partnerships at the RUB:
- In a face-to-face-tandem the tandem language partners individually arrange a time and day to work together or they meet each other as a part of a group. In group tandem courses up to 25 tandem language partners meet daily for two to three weeks. Group tandem courses are part of the courses regularly offered at the ZFA and are organized in cooperation with other universities.
- The eTandem provides the opportunity to learn with learners via email (non-simultaneous communication) or via chat, messenger or Skype (simultaneous communication) - individually or in groups (group eTandem courses).
Learning in Tandem
You want to learn in a tandem partnership and want to make use of our Tandem Finding Service and support through the tandem team at the RUB. Here you find information about
- the Tandem-Office as your first contact point
- the Tandem Arranging Service and the different ways of registration
- Tandem Support which are offers available to support your individual tandem work
- Tandem Materials which you can use when learning in tandem
- Credit Points you can receive for your tandem work
- Group Tandem Courses that regularly take place in the summer semester.
