Confirm your next Spanish partner slot
Whenyour partner meeting is ending
Confirm the next day, time and Spanish segment with your partner. Ask for one needed change: slower pace, more wait time or corrections after turns. Put the agreed slot in both calendars.
- Try saying
- Use your shared language for logistics: “Same time next week, with 15 minutes in Spanish? Please let me finish before one correction.” Accept a different time or a pass.
Start tiny
Agree the next date and time.
When it slips
If the arrangement no longer works, agree a smaller commitment or another willing partner. Rehearsal keeps speech active while access is unresolved.
Universitat Pompeu Fabra, How do language tandems work? Read the source ↗ Council of Europe (2020), CEFR Companion Volume, oral interaction, clarification and compensation descriptors. Read the source ↗ — Regular timing, reciprocity and learner agreement are documented tandem guidance; this closing checklist is editorial support, not a proven adherence intervention.
Growth: Supporting habits that improve the conditions for useful repetitions: preparation, consistency or necessary recovery.
