Lab and Placement Exams
The Modem Language (ML) Lab, located in Room B-206, oversees the weekly lab hour that is part of all elementary, intermediate, and heritage language classes. The ML Lab also provides language-tutoring and refresher sessions. In addition, the ML Lab offers Placement/Exemption Exams to students who are already familiar with any of the languages offered by the Modern Language Program.
What can you do in the Modern Language Lab? (during the pandemic remote semesters)
- Tutoring: Individual and small-group tutoring is available online. Students enrolled in a language class can get help with homework, lab assignments, grammar, vocabulary, culture, presentations and quiz review. See below for the weekly tutoring schedule and instructions how to make an appointment with the tutor.
- Placement/Exemption Exams: Students proficient in a language other than English can earn three exemption credits by passing an intermediate-/advanced-level modern language class or a literature class. During the COVID-19 PAUSE order, students should use this self-assessment placement tool in lieu of the regular placement exam to identify an appropriate level of the modern language courses.
Individual/Group Tutoring in Fall 2022
- Tutoring sessions are conducted either online or in-person in Fall 2022. For online tutoring, tutors uses different tutoring platforms, but many use Zoom or Blackboard Collaborate Ultra.
- See the tutoring schedule for Fall 2022 here: Fall 2022 Tutoring Schedule
- Tutoring is optional and does not contribute to the student’s final grade (unless the instructor gives extra bonus points for attending tutoring).
- You will need to make an appointment for tutoring through MyLaGuardia and selecting the language you are studying in Tutoring Services. See the tutorial slides below for more information. Have your professor’s name and course code handy to input on the appointment form.
- After confirming your appointment, check your student email for a confirmation and a Zoom link to the tutoring meeting.
- ACE students should contact the tutor directly to make an appointment.
- For assistance, please contact one of the modern language lab staff below.
The Lab Hour
- Most lab sessions for in-person classes are conducted in-person as well. Lab sessions for fully online courses will be online. The lab constitutes 10% of the student’s final grade.
- The online lab sessions are delivered either synchronously (in a group at the given day and time) or asynchronously (individually at any time). Each language uses different lab platforms, but many use the textbook companion website and/or Blackboard Collaborate Ultra.
Contact information
Julio Rosario
Coordinator of the Modern Languages Lab (ML Lab Coordinator)
Education and Language Acquisition Department
LaGuardia Community College
Phone: 718-482-5466
Email: jrosario@lagcc.cuny.edu