Welcome to English Writing and Communication Centre (EWCC)!
Beginning January 2012, the writing unit of the English Language Centre “Consulting Centre for Research and English Writing (CREW) is officially changing its name to “English Writing and Communication Centre (EWCC).” Below, we’d like to introduce to you the mission and services of the English Writing and Communication Centre:
Mission Statement
The English Writing and Communication Centre (EWCC) offers a variety of services to UM undergraduate students from all disciplines, with the goal of helping them become better writers and communicators. Our tutors are UM graduate students and ELC staff, and we offer services such as one-on-one writing consultations, workshops, chat rooms, and other English-related activities to the UM student community.
Services
Services we provide to help students improve their written communication skills: |
Services we provide to help students improve their oral communication skills:
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- We provide individual help to undergraduate students during any stage of their writing process including brainstorming for ideas, outlining, drafting, revising, and editing.
- We offer help and suggestions for different genres of writing (e.g. essays, research papers and proposals, reports, fiction/non-fiction writing, résumés & cover letters, personal statements, speeches, presentations, and PowerPoint slides, etc.)
- We conduct workshops to enhance students’ academic- and study-skills.
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- We facilitate daily English chat rooms to give students an opportunity to practice their spoken English and make new friends.
- We offer assistance with speeches and oral presentations.
- We conduct workshops to enhance students’ English presentation and communication skills.
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Unfortunately, there are some services that we do not provide. They are as follows:
- We don’t guarantee grades.
- We don’t proofread an entire paper – BUT – we are more than happy to share some proofreading strategies with you.
- We don’t provide assistance on postgraduate-level work or thesis writing.
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* The English Writing and Communication Centre (formerly known as CREW) is a unit within the English Language Centre.