Tutoring and Conversation Hours
The VCL offers both tutoring and conversational opportunity for many languages taught on campus. These sessions are generally held in the VCL office Furman 001. While tutoring is a more structured and targeted form of help, our conversation hours are a less formal social gathering that gives students an opportunity to practice a language with others. For those sessions that are tutoring and conversation combined, the host will gauge the need of specific attendees.
Tutoring for Fall 2026 starts the week of September 14.
Arabic
Hosted By: Salman Hamza
Tutoring – Tuesdays & Thursdays 3:30 – 4:30pm
Chinese
Hosted By: Meng Lin
Tutoring – Mondays and Wednesdays 1:00 – 2:00 pm
French
Hosted By: Adam Najmeddine
Tutoring – Thursdays 10:00 – 11:00 am & Fridays 1:00 – 2:00 pm
Hosted By: Alexis Finet
Cafe Francophone
Conversation, Coffee, and Games – Wednesdays at 3:00pm
German
Hosted By: David Fountain
Tutoring – Tuesdays & Thursdays 4:00 – 5:00pm
Hosted By: Profs. Claire Scott & Juntao Li
Kaffeestunde
Conversation, Coffee, and Games – Mondays at 4:00 pm
Haitian Creole
Hosted By: Frantz-Lynne Guillet
Tutoring – Thursdays & Fridays at 12:25 – 1:25 pm
Hebrew
Hosted By: Benjamin Siegel
Tutoring – Thursdays and Fridays 4:00 – 5:00 pm
Hindi / Urdu
Hosted By: TBD
Tutoring – Tuesdays & Thursdays TBD
Italian
Hosted By: Prof. Elena Sergio
Tutoring – Wednesdays 1:15 – 2:30pm
Japanese
Hosted By: Ria Eda
Tutoring – Tuesdays & Fridays 4:00 – 5:00pm
Korean
Hosted By: Chloe Jeon
Tutoring – Wednesdays and Fridays 2:00 – 3:00 pm
Persian
Hosted By: Prof. Azadeh Najafian
Tutoring – Mondays & Fridays 1:30 – 2:30 pm
By appointment only. Please email azadeh.najafian@vanderbilt.edu to attend.
Portuguese
Hosted By: Benjamin Legg
Bate Papo
Conversation, Coffee, and Games – Mondays 4:00 – 5:00pm
Hosted By: Susanna Tanada Palmu
Tutoring – Mondays & Wednesdays 1:15 – 2:15pm
Russian
Hosted By: Anna Auer
Tutoring – Mondays 2:30 – 3:30pm & Wednesdays 1:20 – 2:20 pm
Spanish
Hosted By: Anna Auer
Tutoring – Mondays 3:30 – 4:30pm & Wednesdays 2:20 – 3:20 pm
Maya K’iche’ Conversation Group
Led by native speaker Nela Tahay, this conversation group is held via zoom for those studying the language! Date and time TBD. If you are interested in participating, please email emitayl@live.unc.edu. Please note that while all levels of K’iche’ speakers are welcome in the group, we do ask that participants have prior experience with the language.