Language Arts Lab

The Writing Center is a place where students gather in a structured group setting as a community of writers. Here they practice writing as a process and prepare for the English Department Final Exam. The students learn different techniques and approaches to writing, and they receive direct feedback and comments from English instructors, instructional assistants and interns on how to improve their writing skills.

In the Writing Center, students enrolled in English 104 and 330 are required to attend fourteen 3-hour labs each semester. For the first two hours, they work independently on a module that provides a challenging yet achievable amount of skill building and writing practice. Students then spend the third hour sharing their work with their peers, the instructor and instructional assistants, and devise strategies for improvement and revision.

Staff
Nancy Tung , Nancy.Tung@evc.edu, x6859

Writing Center Coordinators

• Sravani Banerjee, Sravani.Banerjee@evc.edu, x6859
• Huma Saleem, Huma.Saleem@evc.edu, x6859 Labs: 
  • XENGL 104 Lab
  • XENGL 330 Lab
     

The ESL lab provides language learning support to students whose first language is not English. Depending on their Guided Self-Placement and class registration, students can enroll in either the Skills Lab or the Writing Seminar, labs which have distinct instructional methods and work requirements.

In the beginning and intermediate Skills Lab—ESL 540L, ESL 350L, ESL 360L, ESL 372L, and ESL 370L—students practice all four language skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing), using a highly effective computer software program which allows them to listen for comprehension, record their voice for pronunciation check, practice reading comprehension, and learn various grammar functions to improve writing.

In the higher level ESL 380L and ESL 390L Writing Seminar, students benefit from individualized help with English writing and reading skills through weekly essay and summary assignments which are reviewed by ESL lab instructors and Instructional Assistants on a one-on-one basis. These labs provide intensive support which supplements the instruction students receive in their ESL 380 and ESL 390 composition classes.

The ESL labs correspond to these ESL classes

If a student is in these classes:                    Corresponding ESL Lab:

ESL380                                                                                   ESL380L
ESL390                                                                                   ESL390L     
ESL372, ESL373, ESL374, 376, or ESL377                       ESL370L
ESL362, ESL363, ESL364, or ESL 367                               ESL360L
ESL352, ESL353, ESL334 to ESL354, or ESL 357            ESL350L
ESL502, or ESL504                                                              ESL540L