The Blume Language and Culture Learning Center
"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 |
All
All |
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 |
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 gregorybgallagher.com 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.
Blume Language and Culture Learning Center
Level 1, Rm. 119
Mondays-Thursdays: 3:00pm to 10:00pm