ELI announces pilot Multilingual Student Communication Center

1:04 p.m., Sept. 23, 2014--The University of Delaware English Language Institute (ELI) has begun a pilot support service for multilingual undergraduate students. 

Any undergraduate who speaks English as a second language (ESL), including international and domestic multilingual students, can seek additional writing tutoring through the Multilingual Student Communication Center (MSCC).

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The MSCC offers live, online, language-focused writing tutoring using Skype and Google Docs. 

ELI tutors and faculty are available to help students at any stage of the writing process, and although they will not edit writing, they will provide feedback, suggestions, and strategies that focus on ESL students’ needs. 

During busy periods, students currently enrolled in English 110 will have priority, but MSCC tutors currently have openings for any multilingual undergraduate. 

For more information and to make an appointment, visit the MSCC website. Students or faculty can direct questions to Nigel Caplan, assistant professor at the ELI, via email at nacaplan@udel.edu. 

The MSCC is funded by a Transformation Grant awarded to ELI faculty members Scott Duarte, Ken Cranker and Caplan from the Centers for Teaching, Assessment, and Learning with additional support from the ELI.