"Change your language and you change your thoughts"
-Karl Albrecht

Who We Are

The Blume Language and Culture Learning Center provides a convenient, dedicated space for language tutoring, teaching and learning, as well as serving as a central repository for language resources and pedagogical expertise.

What We Do

Our role is to provide support to Trinity students enrolled in world language classes through the Department of Language and Culture Studies. We strongly believe that all students possess the ability to achieve proficiency in a second language. With the capability to communicate in a language other than your own, you not only engage in mastering linguistic skills, but also acquire valuable insight into different cultures and perspectives, allowing you to participate more knowledgeably and empathetically in our diverse and global society.

We offer tutoring in:

Arabic Chinese Classic Greek French
German Hebrew Italian Japanese
Latin Portuguese Russian Spanish

Blume lab schedule:
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Sunday: 3:00-10:00 PM
Friday & Saturday: CLOSED

Peer Tutoring – Fall 2024 Schedule:

Peer tutor Language(s) Levels Available hours for tutoring
Dzima Russian All Mon-Thurs: 4:20-7pm
Lucy French 101-202 Sun: 3-9pm
Wed: 5-8pm
Thurs: 4:30-6:30pm
Yoann French All Sun/Mon/Wed: 3-10pm
Tues/Thurs: 8-10pm
Paulina Latin All Mon-Wed: 6-10pm
Francesco Italian All Sun/Tues/Thurs: 7-10pm
Wed: 5-10pm
Sarah Arabic All Tues-Thurs: 4:30-9pm
Cristoforo Italian All Mon: 8-10pm
Tues/Thurs: 8-9pm
Wed: 6-10pm
Maya French All Sun-Thurs: 4:30-10pm
Mizuki Japanese All Sun: 3-10pm
Mon: 3-6pm
Tues/Wed: 7:30-10pm
Thurs: 4:30-10pm
Sara Spanish All Mon/Thurs: 3-10pm
Tues: 5-10pm
Wed: 6-10pm
Samiya Arabic 101 Sun: 3-10pm
Mon-Wed: 5-10pm
Thurs: 4-10pm
Orly Hebrew
Spanish
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Mon/Tues: 3-4pm & 7-10pm
Wed: 7-10pm
Thurs: 3-5pm
Juan Spanish All Mon: 3-9pm
Wed: 5-9pm
Ashton Japanese 101 Mon-Thurs: 5-10pm
Priscilla Spanish All Mon-Thurs: 7-10pm
Chloe Japanese 101-202 Sun: 6-10pm
Mon-Thurs: 5-10pm
Amza French All Sun-Thurs: 7-10pm
Violeta Spanish All Mon: 4:30-10pm
Tue-Fri: 3-10pm
Alex Classic Greek All Mon-Thurs: 4-7pm
Helena German All Sun: 3-8pm
Mon/Wed: 4:30-10pm
Tues/Thurs: 8-10pm
Radel Spanish All Sun: 8-10pm
Mon/Wed: 3-5pm & 7-10pm
Thurs: 4:30-7pm
Sofia Portuguese All Sun: 3-10pm
Mon/Wed: 3:30-10pm
Winnie Chinese All Sun: 3-10pm
Tues: 4:30-10pm
Thurs: 3:30-10pm

 

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Schedule an Appointment

Students reserve a 30 minute to 60 minute tutoring session once a week. Appointments must be set up 24 hours in advance.  Students can work with a tutor to improve language skills including but not limited to pronunciation, diction, vocabulary, grammatical concepts, reading, writing, speaking and listening skills.  

Connect with a Tutor

Everyone needs to register and create an account the first time WCOnline is accessed. 

  • On the “Register for a New Account” screen, fill in all the required information noted by a red asterisk (*).
  • Use your waki-aiai.net email address for the registration as important information regarding your appointments will be sent there.
  • Optional: add your cell phone number and opt-in for text notifications
  • Once you complete the form, click “Complete Registration” and you will be directed to the Scheduler.
  • Select a date and time for your appointment and verify that you have chosen the correct language.
  • A questionnaire will pop-up with basic information about your class, professor and the topic(s) you wish to cover during your appointment

Students reserve a 30 minute to 60 minute tutoring session once a week. Appointments must be set up 24 hours in advance.  Students can work with a tutor to improve language skills including but not limited to pronunciation, diction, vocabulary, grammatical concepts, reading, writing, speaking and listening skills.  

Tutors may not complete assignments for students but can identify patterns of errors and work one-on-one with a student to facilitate the mastery of specific concepts. Tutors are selected, trained and overseen by the co-directors in order to best meet the needs of the individual student.

GET IN TOUCH

Blume Language and Culture Learning Center

Aidali Aponte-Aviles and Laura Flores, Co-directors Raether Library and Technology Center
Level 1, Rm. 119
Sundays: 7:00pm to 10:00pm
Mondays-Thursdays: 3:00pm to 10:00pm