Students - Handbook

Student Employees

Conversation Group Leader

Spanish 101-102, 121, 201-202, 203, 301-302 (native speakers only)

Purpose
Conversation Group Leaders (CGL's) conduct half-hour weekly conversation group sessions with pairs of students from Spanish 101-102, 121, 201-202, 203 (offered only in the fall of the year). The conversation group leaders provide a relaxed, secure environment for students to speak Spanish and improve their oral skills. Most group leaders conduct 4-8 groups per week. Conversation groups for 301-302 normally meet for one hour each week.

Primary Responsibilities

  • prepare for each session using the required curriculum provided by the conversation group coordinator.
  • lead the students through the curriculum, encouraging responses and correcting errors when appropriate.
  • evaluate the students' preparation and participation weekly after each session.
  • report attendance problems immediately to the appropriate professor.
  • submit written reports to the students' professors at the end of the semester.
  • communicate with the conversation group coordinator about any specific problems in the groups.

Necessary Qualifications

  • successful completion of 123, 202 or 203.
  • a positive recommendation from their Spanish professor.
  • attend the fall training seminar held the second weekend of the fall semester (fall CGL's) or attend training meetings on campus (spring CGL's).
  • a desire to promote Spanish speaking and a willingness to work with students and their difficulties in speaking the language.

Over 60 students are involved with the conversation group program each semester as group leaders. Most say that they learn as much as their students do and that being a group leader is a great way to keep up their Spanish.

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Tutor for the Spanish Department

Purpose
Tutors provide students with one-on-one review assistance. The service is available for any student in any class offered by the Spanish department.

Primary Responsibilities

  • meet with students in the tutoring rooms in the department for half-hour sessions for which the student has signed up at least 24 hours in advance.
  • be able to explain and demonstrate any grammatical structures with which the student is experiencing difficulty.
  • review compositions (but not rewrite or translate) with students.
  • assist faculty members with correcting objective quizzes, assembling instructional materials and/or conducting an occasional class for a professor who is sick or at an academic meeting.

Necessary Skills, Abilities and Qualifications

  • superior grades in Spanish 201-203 and 301
  • a positive recommendation from at least two professors in the department.
  • be an advanced student with demonstrated leadership ability who like to work with people and who can explain the structures of the Spanish language clearly.
  • attend a training seminar.
  • commit at least three hours to the department every week.

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