Tandem Hour Languages

Tandem Hour LanguagesCourses

The courses

Four courses, in the order a trip unfolds

We are an online language school for UK learners teaching Spanish, French, Italian and German. Each course reuses the phrases of the one before, so the café leads to the station.

  1. Sounds and greetings for travellers

    Beginner4 weeks5 lessons

    This course trains your ear for the sounds English speakers tend to miss. You hear short arrival scenes at natural speed, then repeat them slowly with a partner.

    By the end you can Recognise where one spoken word endsGreet staff politely at any time of dayPronounce the sounds English speakers often swallowCompare formal and informal hellos

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  2. Ordering food and drink abroad

    Beginner4 weeks5 lessons

    This course explains how a polite request is built so you can order without rehearsing every word. Each lesson is a café or restaurant scene played out in role-play.

    By the end you can Build a polite request from three partsAsk what a dish containsRecognise the waiter's most common questionsAsk for the bill without pointing

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  3. Getting around by train and bus

    Elementary5 weeks5 lessons

    This course covers tickets, platforms and directions using real station scenes. You learn to ask short questions and catch the one detail you need in the reply.

    By the end you can Buy a single or return ticketRecognise platform and delay announcementsAsk for directions and follow the answerExplain times using the 24-hour clock

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  4. Handling problems on holiday

    Intermediate6 weeks5 lessons

    This course explains how to describe what went wrong using simple past forms. Scenes include lost luggage, a pharmacy visit and changing a booking.

    By the end you can Describe a problem using the past tenseExplain symptoms simply at a pharmacyCompare polite and firm complaint phrasesTrace what happened in clear order

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