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.
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.
Spring 2026 Schedule
Arabic
Hosted By: Sally Nwider
Tutoring – Tuesdays & Thursdays 2:30-3:30pm
Chinese
Hosted By: Peilin Wang
Tutoring – Wednesdays 2:30-3:30pm & Thursdays 11:00am-12:00pm
French
Hosted By: Raphael Reins
Tutoring – Mondays 4:30-5:30pm & Thursdays 3:00-4:00pm
Hosted By: Alexis Finet
Cafe Francophone
Conversation, Coffee, and Games – Wednesdays at 3:00pm
German
Hosted By: David Fountain
Tutoring – Tuesdays & Thursdays 3:00-4:00pm
Hosted By: Profs. Claire Scott & Juntao Li
Kaffeestunde
Conversation, Coffee, and Games – Mondays at 2:00pm
Haitian Creole
Hosted By: Frantz-Lynne Guillet
Tutoring – Wednesdays 1:15-2:15pm & Fridays 1:15-2:15pm
Hebrew
Hosted By: Elynor Fix
Tutoring – Mondays 4:00-5:00pm & Fridays 3:00pm-4:00pm
Hosted By: Prof. Mazalit Haim
Mesiba! : Hebrew Conversation and Coffee Hour – Rotating Fridays 10:10-11:00am & 12:20-1:00pm
Contact Prof. Haim for more information.
Hindi / Urdu
Hosted By: Mridul Sharma
Tutoring – Fridays 1:00-2:00pm
Italian
Hosted By: Prof. Elena Sergio
Tutoring – Wednesdays 1:20-2:20pm
Japanese
Hosted By: Ria Eda
Tutoring – Tuesdays & Thursdays 3:00-4:00pm
Korean
Hosted By: Chloe Jeon
Tutoring – Tuesdays & Thursdays 9:45-10:45am
Persian
Hosted By: Prof. Azadeh Najafian
Tutoring – By appointment only. Please email azadeh.najafian@vanderbilt.edu to schedule.
Portuguese
Hosted By: Benjamin Legg
Bate Papo
Conversation, Coffee, and Games – Tuesdays 4:00–5:00pm
Hosted By: Susanna Tanada Palmu
Tutoring – Mondays 12:15-1:15pm & Thursdays 2:45-3:45pm
Russian
Hosted By: Luis Chiner Carrillo
Tutoring – Mondays & Wednesdays 2:30-3:30pm
Spanish
Hiring in progress
Tutoring – Mondays 4:30-5:30pm & Thursdays 3:00-4:00pm