Critical Languages courses (Chinese, Arabic, Russian, and Japanese) have a very unique feature – conversation sessions. Students meet synchronously online with a Conversation Coach twice a week for 45 minutes in a Wimba Classroom – safe virtual environment. The conversation session times are available from 8am till 10pm. This allows students to pick times that work best for them.
Conversation coaches are proficient in the target language. They help students with pronunciation, grammar, reading, writing, dialogue speech; provide additional practice as well as help students with any language related questions. Conversation sessions encourage development of communication and speaking skills and provide opportunities for learning about the culture of the country behind the language they are studying. Coaches also provide suggestions and comments on how to improve the language learning skills in order to increase language proficency.
Conversation sessions allow us to provide the best of both worlds: flexibility of a virtual environment, as well as a “face to face” experience with an expert in the target language (Conversation Coach) alongside of your virtual classmates.
If your student is signed up for one of these courses in the Fall then the student, parent, and DLA will be contacted by the assigned teacher to collect coaching times in order to begin this invaluable service as soon as the semester begins. If you have any questions please contact, Kateryna Decker at kateryna.decker@
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