Contact: Birgit Deir, bdeir9@naz.edu
Weekly drop-in tutor sessions are provided in person or via Zoom. Both options are available during the day; in the evening only Zoom is available. The tutors are student workers who are native speakers or have studied a foreign language extensively.
Tutoring starts on Monday, September 11. You can reserve tutoring times during drop-in tutoring hours by logging into your Nazareth College email and using your Google calendar.
Most tutoring hours are offered every week; some are offered either in Week 1 or Week 2 - see alternating lab schedules below. Tutoring is provided for the following languages at the following times:
Chinese:
Every Week
Thu 12:00 - 1:00 p.m., Fri 1:30 - 2:00 p.m.
In Week 1
Fri 1:00 - 1:30 p.m.
In Week 2
Thu 11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
French:
Every Week
Tue 2:30 - 4:30 p.m., Thu 4:00 - 4:30 p.m., Thu 6:00 - 9:00 p.m., Fri 10:00 - 10:30 a.m.
In Week 2
Wed 1:30 - 3:30 p.m.
German:
Every Week
Tue 12:00 - 2:30 p.m., Thu 9:30 - 10:30 a.m., Thu 12:00 - 1:00 p.m., Fri 11:30 a.m. - 12 p.m., 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
Italian:
Every Week
Mon 9:30 - 10:30 a.m., Wed 9:30 - 10:30 a.m., Thu 2:30 - 4:00 p.m., Fri 9:30 - 10:00 a.m., Sun 6:00 - 9:00 p.m.
In Week 2
Wed 1:00 - 2:30 p.m.
Spanish:
Every Week
Mon 11:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., 6:00 - 9:00 p.m., Tue 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m., Thu 2:30-4:00 p.m., Fri 12:00 - 12:30 p.m.
In Week 1
Wed 1:30 - 3:30 p.m.
In Week 2
Thu 1:00 - 2:30 p.m.
Note: If you cannot connect with a tutor in person, use Zoom to reach the tutor.
Students with scheduling conflicts can request one-on-one tutoring provided by the Emerson Language Lab. Please contact the tutors of your language in this regard.
Nazareth College's fully-equipped Emerson Language Lab has resources for foreign languages as well as English for speakers of other languages.
The lab has 22 computers, headsets with microphones, and an assortment of interactive multimedia programs including voice-recognition and recording software. The Emerson Language Lab director and tutors facilitate lab use and offer technical support.
Professors and students have assistance during their lab sessions in the Emerson Language Lab. There are open lab times during the fall 2023 semester, starting Monday. September 11.
The Emerson Language Lab will be closed September 4 (Labor Day), October 5, 6 (UG Reading Days), November 22-26 (Thanksgiving Recess), and December 8 (UG Reading Day).
Nazareth's state-of-the-art Emerson Language Lab was made possible by a generous grant from the Emerson Foundation and established in 2006.