For students who are studying foreign languages at Temple, we offer a variety of services designed to help them develop proficiency and fluency in the languages. These offerings change somewhat from semester to semester, based on staff availability. The list below reflects the services available as of Spring 2023. We currently offer support for students of Arabic, ASL, Mandarin Chinese, French, German, Korean, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and Urdu.
Summer 1, 2023: French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish
Conversation Partners & Language Tutors
Meet one-on-one with an advanced speaker of your target language to practice speaking and listening; to improve reading comprehension; to review course materials or activities; to build vocabulary; to develop grammar skills; and to prepare for oral exams and presentations.
Open to Temple students in 1000-4000+ level courses (specific availability depends on the language) as well as students who are between coursework, preparing for study abroad or an internship, or who just want more practice. Some base knowledge in the target foreign language is required.
Spanish
Writing Tutoring
The Spanish writing tutoring service provides one-on-one support for students who are working on papers for classes, as well as cover letters, resumes, scholarship essays, creative writing, and any other texts students are working on in Spanish.
Open to Temple students who have a background in Spanish and/or are enrolled in Spanish courses. For more advanced through graduate level, please contact Kate at a.kate.white@temple.edu to schedule.
Conversation Partners & Language Tutors
Meet one-on-one with a fluent speaker of Spanish to practice speaking and listening; to improve reading comprehension in Spanish texts; to review course materials or activities; to build vocabulary; to develop grammar skills; and to prepare for oral exams and presentations.
Open to Temple students in 1000-4000 level Spanish courses, and students who have a background in Spanish. For courses at the 4000 level up through graduate level, please contact Kate at a.kate.white@temple.edu to schedule.
How to use these services:
Make an appointment for 1-on-1 tutoring in advance
- Log-in to our appointment system.
- Use the "Writing Tutor/Conversation Partner Focus" drop-down menu to find your target language, and then select an available time slot. Conversation partners are listed under “Language Support” in the drop-down menu.
- Appointments can be scheduled up to 8 days ahead of time.
- We offer two appointment types: 2-block appointments (45-50 mins) and 1-block appointments (20-25 mins). In general, we recommend 2-block appointments when possible, but you can choose. All appointments must be booked in our appointment system at least 1 hour in advance.
Language Tables
In Summer 1 2023 we will have a weekly language table for Spanish on Tuesdays, 12-1pm, in Charles Library 340 (our 3rd floor space). All students interested in practicing their Spanish language abilities in a group setting are welcome to attend. See the schedule and more on the Language Tables page.
Questions? Contact Kate White.