To get the most out of tutoring sessions, you should come prepared to engage in a conversation about your writing. It is extremely helpful for you to bring a copy of your assignment and any drafts/notes you may have.
Typical tutoring sessions:
Last 30 minutes.
Usually focus on two or three writing issues.
Improve writing skills through the conversational model with a tutor.
Involve conversing, thinking, reading aloud, brainstorming, and more.
Be actively engaged in the session. The tutor isn’t a proofreader; they help you revise and correct your own writing.
Bring your assignment prompt or rubric. Even for assignments tutors know well, these documents help us clarify a professor’s or reader’s expectations.
Focus on improving your writing. Tutors can’t promise you’ll get a specific grade, but they can make suggestions to get you on the right track.
Book a session at least two or three or more days before the assignment is due. Tutors will work with you last minute, but it helps to give yourself time to revise and edit your work.
Any class! We see many students from English courses, and we help students working with writing in any major. We’ll also help with writing for applications, emails, professional documents, and creative endeavors.
No. Consultants are trained to assist students at any point in the writing process, but editing suggests that they do the work for you. Instead, consultants model strategies that help you revise and edit your writing.
No. Only your instructor can give you a grade, and consultants know that individual readers may differ in how they evaluate. Writing consultants may help you strengthen your writing.
Our writing consultant team is made up of both students at UNG and professionals with at least a Bachelor’s degree in a writing-related field. We recruit students from a variety of majors who have demonstrated both writing competence and an ability to work with people one-on-one. We run College Reading and Learning Association-certified training in tutoring, and we provide frequent workshops in core writing skills, common academic and professional genres of writing, and consultation techniques.
In the Gainesville Writing Center, tables and computers are available during open hours for students to get writing or studying done. The ACT2 computer lab next door is also available.
Most of UNG’s Writing Centers are run by Tutoring Services. The one in Dahlonega is operated by the English department and staffed by peer tutors. For questions related to that center, contact Dr. David Brauer or go to their appointment portal.