WARNING: Special permission is required to register for this course. Make sure you read the notes and/or description below carefully. You may also want to consult with your advisor.

Students participate in a community outreach program and work in the Pittsburgh Public Schools with elementary, middle or high school students of Chinese, ESL, French, German, Japanese, or Spanish. The elementary school experience may involve regular visits, mentoring, and tutoring at Greenfield Elementary School, Linden School, Liberty School or Frick International Studies Academy. The high school experience invites advanced students, majors, or minors in Chinese, French, German, Japanese, or Spanish to work with language students at Schenley High School or Taylor Allderdice High School. Activities in the high schools may involve tutoring, may be remedial, or may be for enrichment. At Schenley High, Carnegie Mellon students may aid in students' preparation for International Baccalaureate Exams in the Spring. During the early weeks of the semester, students will meet individually with the faculty liaison to arrange their community outreach activities and also as a group to prepare for their experience. Depending on the number of units to be earned, during the course of the semester, students will spend a certain number of hours per week engaged in some of the following activities: attending and participating in the individual and group meetings, tutoring four to six hours per week, reading and preparing for the school visits, keeping a journal of tutoring experiences, writing a paper at the end of the term that reflects experiences. Students earn 6 units by spending 4 hours per week at a school site plus completing related activities. Students earn 9 units by spending 6 hours per week at a school site plus completing related activities. Grade will be Pass/Fail, based on the student's fulfillment of the plan set at the beginning of the semester. Prerequisites: Permission of the faculty liaison plus completion of an information sheet and clearance forms available in the Department of Modern Languages.