Tandem Cookbook : On the Tip of the Tongue
Editoija
Tarmo Ahvenainen, Päivi Franzon, Slaveya Hämäläinen, Mikko Koho, Pekka Malvela, Minna-Mari Ollikainen, Sari Pieviläinen
Kymenlaakso University of Applied Sciences
2015
Julkaisun pysyvä osoite on
https://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-306-129-3
https://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-306-129-3
Tiivistelmä
“Tandem is great”, wrote a student on a piece of paper
and added, “May I do this again, please?” That is how the
participants in the Tandem programme in our university
very often describe their experience in tandem language
studies. At Kyamk, the programme was launched a few
years back both on Kotka and Kouvola campuses. Tandem
is a method of language learning which takes place through
authentic communication with a native speaker – at Kyamk
mostly between a Finnish degree student and a non-Finnish
exchange or degree student. Practically all who have
participated in Tandem have acknowledged how exciting it
is to learn about the other student’s culture and language
this way, and many have come to realise how difficult it
sometimes is to explain certain aspects of their mother
tongue. Being a coordinator of Tandem is no less exciting.
Meeting happy students who have just encountered new
cultures, and reading the summaries of the progress of their
tandem studies is often an extremely rewarding experience.
In autumn term 2015, we decided it was time to try
something new within the Tandem programme. The idea
of tandem cooking had already been introduced in some
other universities but we wanted to make something more
out of it than just another entry in the tandem journal. The
idea of creating this cookbook was immediately greeted with
enthusiasm and commitment by many tandem partners.
Judging by the pictures we got for this book, it turned out to
be fun too. Dorothy Day, an American journalist and activist,
said, “Food for the body is not enough. There must be
food for the soul”. This book aims to offer the reader both
courses. We believe that when you taste the food you cook
following these recipes you will not only taste the culture in
the food but also the love and devotion of all who helped
creating this book.
and added, “May I do this again, please?” That is how the
participants in the Tandem programme in our university
very often describe their experience in tandem language
studies. At Kyamk, the programme was launched a few
years back both on Kotka and Kouvola campuses. Tandem
is a method of language learning which takes place through
authentic communication with a native speaker – at Kyamk
mostly between a Finnish degree student and a non-Finnish
exchange or degree student. Practically all who have
participated in Tandem have acknowledged how exciting it
is to learn about the other student’s culture and language
this way, and many have come to realise how difficult it
sometimes is to explain certain aspects of their mother
tongue. Being a coordinator of Tandem is no less exciting.
Meeting happy students who have just encountered new
cultures, and reading the summaries of the progress of their
tandem studies is often an extremely rewarding experience.
In autumn term 2015, we decided it was time to try
something new within the Tandem programme. The idea
of tandem cooking had already been introduced in some
other universities but we wanted to make something more
out of it than just another entry in the tandem journal. The
idea of creating this cookbook was immediately greeted with
enthusiasm and commitment by many tandem partners.
Judging by the pictures we got for this book, it turned out to
be fun too. Dorothy Day, an American journalist and activist,
said, “Food for the body is not enough. There must be
food for the soul”. This book aims to offer the reader both
courses. We believe that when you taste the food you cook
following these recipes you will not only taste the culture in
the food but also the love and devotion of all who helped
creating this book.