Help Offered in the English Writing Center
The English Writing
Center (EWC), under the purview of the English Department, is
staffed with English Instructors as well as English Reading and
Writing Skills Peer Tutors.
The EWC is open to all
students at Grossmont College; students can receive help in any of
the following areas:
English
51/52
One of the EWC’s
missions is to help students improve their overall writing skills in
terms of proper grammar usage and development of coherent and
well-organized essays. Certificated instructors support the
instruction of college level writing skills in the form of two
courses: English 51 and English 52. Any Grossmont College student
can, through these courses, seek help on any aspect concerning
writing skills for which they need improvement. For more information
about these courses, click here. English 51 and English 52
Classes
English 198 Peer Tutoring
Writing Assistance:
English Skills Peer Tutors
embrace the mission of the EWC by helping students with all aspects
of the writing process. Students are encouraged to bring writing
assignments to the EWC to receive assistance from a tutor.
- For peer tutoring help,
students must first have a referral from an instructor; often an
instructor will incorporate this referral into the course
syllabus.
- Students will take this
referral to the EWC.
- In the EWC, students will
be given an add code for Supervised Tutoring English 198W, which
is no fee, no credit.
- Using Web Connect on the
EWC computers, students will enroll in Supervised Tutoring
English 198W.
- Students can then meet
with a tutor for 30-minute tutoring sessions; no appointment is
necessary.
For more information about
tutor help click here. Tutor
Assistance
Reading
Assistance:
Another
mission is to help students develop effective college-level reading
strategies. Trained reading tutors can help students with college
textbook reading skills, vocabulary skills, and study skills.
- For peer tutoring help,
students must first have a referral from an instructor; often an
instructor will incorporate this referral into the course
syllabus.
- Students will take this
referral to the EWC.
- In the EWC, students will
be given an add code for Supervised Tutoring English 198W, which
is no fee, no credit.
- Using Web Connect on the
EWC computers, students will enroll in Supervised Tutoring
English 198W.
- Students can then meet
with a reading tutor for 30-minute tutoring sessions; no
appointment is necessary.
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- Other
reading and writing skills resources such as dictionaries,
thesauruses, and grammar handbooks to use in the EWC.
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