197: Italian Language Tutor Training

| Instructor: in Charge: Giuliana Perco

Units: 1

The Italian language tutor training course offers a one-unit field study for Italian Majors and Minors, and for UC Berkeley students with an advanced language proficiency in Italian (equivalent to at least 4 semesters of language) interested in tutoring students studying Elementary Italian (first and second semester).

Tutors are responsible for 2 hours of drop-in tutoring per week, plus regular meetings with the Tutoring Coordinator to discuss pedagogy and second language acquisition issues. Tutoring schedule and class meetings will be discussed with the instructor at a later date.

Being a peer tutor for Italian is a great experience: you will help fellow students who have just begun to study Italian to appreciate it as much as you do; reviewing sticky grammar points for your tutees will improve your own language skills; finally, direct hands-on experience in this field will be a nice addition to your resume.
Peer-tutor must enroll in Italian 197 (juniors or seniors) or Italian 97 (sophomores) for 1 unit.

The enrollment process requires pre-approval by the course supervisor and the Chair of the Department before a Course Control Number can be issued by the department to enable tutors to enroll.

  •  Your first step is to contact the supervisor of the course, Dr. Giuliana Perco (gperco@berkeley.edu), and discuss with her your availability and eligibility as a tutor.
  • Once your candidancy is approved, meet with the Undergraduate Student Services Advisor, Ms. Kathi Brosnan (6303 Dwinelle). Ms. Brosnan will review the form and will give you the course control number to enable enrollment.  Her office hours are Monday-Friday 9:30-11:30 and 1:15-4:00