“We were frustrated spending countless hours on verb conjugation, when we just wanted to know how to order dinner,” says Sundberg. The app can quickly teach travelers the words and phrases they need to know for international trips.
Sundberg and Sickman are co-founders of the company, which went through months of designing and content testing. The Tandem Traveler has partnered with a mobile development company to bring the app to life, and just this week a Kickstarter campaign was launched to help fund the mobile learning app. They are hoping the app will be ready for the Summer 2017 travel season.
Sundberg’s ‘day job’ is with ABA technologies, a company that offers online education and business consultation. Sickman currently runs The Tandem Traveler full time, but continues to teach behavior analysis on the side. Together, they combine their experience and knowledge in clinical language learning and corporate instructional design to foreign language learning.
“My education at WMU has informed so much about this program," Sundberg commented. "At WMU I learned the science behind teaching language, and the art behind making a business."
The Kickstarter app will end November 17. To learn more about the app and crowdfunding campaign, visit thetandemtraveler.com.