Welcome to the

Language Center

You can’t be a global citizen if you’re monolingual … It’s incredibly narrow-minded to think that everybody’s going to speak English.

Mitchell Greenberg, Cornell University

Welcome to the

Language Center

You can’t be a global citizen if you’re monolingual … It’s incredibly narrow-minded to think that everybody’s going to speak English.

Mitchell Greenberg, Cornell University

Welcome to the

Language Center

You can’t be a global citizen if you’re monolingual … It’s incredibly narrow-minded to think that everybody’s going to speak English.

Mitchell Greenberg, Cornell University

Welcome to the

Language Center

You can’t be a global citizen if you’re monolingual … It’s incredibly narrow-minded to think that everybody’s going to speak English.

Mitchell Greenberg, Cornell University

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River Seine: Paris, France

The view from the river Seine through the heart of Paris.

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Language Tutoring

The Language Center is happy to provide free language tutoring to students enrolled in language classes on campus. Tutoring, conversation practice, and other language related support is available for ASL, Chinese, Filipino, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean and Spanish.

Tutoring Schedule

Individual & Group Learning

The Center strives to be a welcoming space to practice listening and speaking your new language. You can practice with classmates, other students studying your target language, native speakers, or our language tutors. While the Center is not able to provide quite study areas we do have many areas available for small group discussion and collaborative learning. Your campus group is also welcome to reserve one of our lab spaces for meetings or activities.

Center Hours
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Collaborative Classroom Space

The Language Center has several spaces designed for collaborative teaching and learning. Room 305 is a computer lab and discussion space containing 24 student computing stations. Room 306 is a flexible space partitioned by a sliding wall providing workspaces accommodating 20-44 students. The small group discussion area in Room 306C can be reserved for group discussion, oral practice, or as an open interview space. The video conferencing space in Room 316 seats up to 12 people. It is ideal for video conferencing, discussion groups, small classes and student clubs

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Study Abroad

Use the language skills you have worked so hard to obtain--travel abroad! Ask us about destinations and opportunities for travel and study abroad. We can help you connect with other CSU and campus resources.

More Information

All students are welcome to use the Language Center anytime, however priority will be given to students enrolled in foreign language courses.

Center Hours

Monday to Thursday 8:00am-5:00pm
Friday 9:00am-noon
Saturday & Sunday closed

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Foreign Language Tutoring

The Language Center is happy to provide free language tutoring. Meet some of our language tutors:

An enthusiast of the French language and culture, Ame is always eager to help or converse with you. She is a French MA and credential student who has lived and taught in France, so she understands "the strugs" in language learning. Make your learning experience easier and come see her!

Ame
French

Jeff Winters began studying Mandarin Chinese over thirty years ago and has been teaching the language and culture for the last twenty years. Professor Winters loves to travel abroad particularly in East Asia. He has lived, studied and worked in China, Taiwan and Hong Kong. He is passionate about all things Chinese and eager to exchange learning strategies and experiences.

Jeff
Chinese

こんにちは。This is Akane Suzuki and I was born and raised in Tokyo, Japan. Currently I am earning my M.A. degree in Asian and Asian American Studies with emphasis in Japanese Language and Pedagogy. I look forward to meeting with you and helping you achieve your academic goals!

Akane
Japanese
Tutoring, conversation practice, and other language related support is available for ASL, Chinese, Filipino, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean and Spanish.

Tutoring Schedule

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Sep 16 - Sep 20
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Monday

Sep 16, 2019
  • 8-8:30am German (Luke)
  • 9am-12pm Chinese (Jeff)
  • 9:30-11:30am ASL (Noelle)
  • 10am-12pm Spanish (Arizai)
  • 10am-12pm Filipino (Koreen)
  • 11am-1pm Italian (Diego)
  • 12-3pm German (Luke)
  • 3-5pm Japanese (Akane)
  • 3-4pm Filipino (Koreen)

Tuesday

Sep 17, 2019
  • 8-11am Japanese (Akane)
  • 9-11am ASL (Hassan)
  • 10am-1pm Spanish (Arizai)
  • 10-11:45am Chinese (Jeff)
  • 11am-3pm French (Ame)
  • 12-2pm German (Emily)
  • 2-4pm ASL (Noelle)
  • 2:45-4:45pm ASL (Emily)

Wednesday

Sep 18, 2019
  • 8-9:30am German (Luke)
  • 9am-12pm Chinese (Jeff)
  • 9:30-11:30am ASL (Noelle)
  • 10am-12pm Spanish (Arizai)
  • 10am-12pm Filipino (Koreen)
  • 11am-1pm Italian (Diego)
  • 1:45-3:45pm ASL (Emily)
  • 3-5pm Japanese (Akane)

Thursday

Sep 19, 2019
  • 8-11am Japanese (Akane)
  • 9-11am ASL (Hassan)
  • 10-11:45am Chinese (Jeff)
  • 12-2pm German (Emily)
  • 2-4pm ASL (Noelle)
  • 2:30-4:30pm French (Ame)
  • 3-5pm ASL (Emily)

Friday

Sep 20, 2019
  • 9am-12pm Chinese (Jeff)

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Reservation Schedule

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Friday

Sep 20, 2019
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Weekly Reservations

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Reservations for the week of Sep 15 - Sep 21.
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306B
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316
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