One group of people at UGA who may especially find the Writing Center valuable is the ever-growing group of students and faculty who speak other languages in addition to English. The University of Georgia has welcomed an increasing number of multilingual students and faculty. These students and faculty may be United States citizens, temporary or permanent residents of the U. S., or international, graduate, or undergraduate students. As valued members of the UGA community, they are welcome to receive assistance from the Writing Center.

As we all know, facing the challenge of the university is difficult enough; facing those challenges when English is not your first and only language is even more difficult. The Writing Center can help.

All of the tutors in the Writing Center have had training in the special needs of multilingual students, and each semester, we have ESOL specialists on staff who work primarily with multilingual students. The Writing Center can provide several services to students who are multilingual:

• Help with any sort of writing project

• Pronunciation and vocabulary practice

• Tutoring in any course that has a writing component

• Registration for multilingual version of Regents' Exam (instead of registering on OASIS)

• Feedback on practice Regents' Exam essays

• Up-to-date information on relevant language classes

• Referrals to editors who specialize in ESOL writing

• Up to two half-hour appointments per week

Although we don't proofread, we can teach you how to improve your own writing. If you are a multilingual student who is looking for writing help, please feel free to sign up for an appointment with an ESOL tutor here at the Writing Center. The earlier in the semester you can start working for us, the more you can learn to be successful in your class.