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How will I benefit from working with a writing consultant? Staffed by trained peer tutors who provide individual conferences at no charge, the Writing Center is a place for students to get help with all of their writing -- to work on specific assignments and to improve overall writing skills. Working with us guarantees you:
• An unbiased, non-judgmental audience for your
writing
• An objective reader who can offer a new perspective
• A trained collaborator in the writing process • A writing skills strategist Our ultimate goal is to help you become a better writer. Our concerns go beyond working on one particular paper. While we're happy to work with you on ideas, organization, sentence structure, etc. in a particular piece of writing, we have larger issues about critical thinking, style, and writing strategies in mind. For this reason, conferences are highly interactive. We are trained to focus on immediate problems in a writing assignment, yet help you develop skills that will serve you throughout your college career and beyond. As you work with us, you'll find that you are gradually becoming a strong writer yourself. We also know that writers differ greatly from each other, and each writer has specific needs according to their own strengths and weaknesses. Therefore, we seek to get to know you personally and respond to your writing according to your need. Yes. We can help you read any text and brainstorm for ideas to write about it. Bring the text with you when you come to the Writing Center. The session will be most effective if you come prepared with specific sections that you don't understand or with specific questions. Can you help with English grammar? We can answer quick questions about grammar, but if you need more help with English grammar, the Tutoring Center in Wilson Hall has the appropriate service available for you. Can you help me with biology (or philosophy, or history, or psychology)? We may not be experts in your content area, but you are. If you have a writing assignment on any of these subjects, you are always welcome to come to us for help with writing your paper. For tutoring related to specific courses, you can contact the Tutoring Center in Wilson Hall for more information. Can you help me with my application essay? We can help you with all sorts of writing: course papers, theses, dissertations, and articles for publication – in all sorts of academic disciplines – as well as other forms of writing, such as resumes, personal statements, and cover letters ...
What happens during a consultation? During the conference, we will :
• Give
you a form to fill out for record-keeping purposes
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Ask you questions about the writing assignment and about your
goals for
• Listen
as you explain your needs, comments, and questions
• Read your paper, brainstorm with you
about your ideas, and/or help you • Encourage you to take control of the conference and of your writing
What
do I need to bring with me to a conference? Can I meet with the same consultant again? Yes, you can, but to ensure that you meet with a specific person, it is better to schedule an appointment in advance. We prefer working with students face-to-face. This allows us to ask you questions and for you to ask questions back. Through conversation, we can help you clarify the assignment, purpose, and intentions and meanings of your work., and we can help you find and fix problems with grammar and style. Because we work with you, you will not only improve your paper, you'll learn writing skills and strategies that will help with your next paper - and that is our ultimate goal. Meeting face-to-face is the most effective and most efficient way of doing this. However, we recognize that face-to-face meetings are not always possible, and for that reason, we are planning to offer online consultation in the near future. You can email your paper or your question to us via this website, and we will send you feedback as soon as possible. For technical reasons, we prefer you sending your soft version to us via email rather than dropping off your paper.
How long is a conference? What if I just have a quick question? Conferences are scheduled in half-an-hour slots. However, it can be shorter or longer depending on your need. How do I arrange for a conference?
You can drop in anytime during our hours for a walk-in conference or sign up for a scheduled appointment. Our open hours are posted on the Writing Center home page.
You can either walk in on a first-come-first-serve basis or you can contact us anytime in advance to make an appointment. If you want to secure that there will be a consultant available to work with you at a specific time, it is advisable to arrange a conference beforehand. An appointment is also a good way to guarantee that a specific consultant is available to work with you. How do I sign up for an appointment? Call us at 235-4381 or e-mail the center at writingcenter@saumag.edu. You can also walk in and put your name on our yellow schedule board.
We are seven trained native and non-native consultants working on a peer-to-peer basis (with the exception of Rebecca, who is a graduate student). We also represent many different fields of study, including English, counseling, art and general business, history, law, theater, psychology, and computer science. Click here for more information about us. Can I just come in the Writing Center and work on a computer? Yes, you can come in to work on any available computer. You can either use our resources or study on your own. All you need to do is to sign up on our log sheet.
Send your question to us at writingcenter@saumag.edu.
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