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Language Centre

Writing Centre English

The Language Centre offers writing centres for both German and English, including workshops and individual coaching sessions. The aim of the workshops and individual coaching sessions is to teach fundamental writing techniques and to support students who have specific problems in writing term papers or final theses. The Writing Centre English is a service offered to all students in all departments.
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The Language Centre also offers a series of workshops; all further details can be found on LEA. The Language Centre also organizes workshops on various other topics upon request.

Coaching sessions:

During term:

  • Rheinbach: Fridays, 13:30 - 15:30, in the library (Literaturkabinett)
  • Sankt Augustin: Tuesdays, 10:00 - 12:00, Room A102.2
  • online - please make an appointment, contact Jill Yates or Eva Goletz

In the semester break individual appointments can be made.
 

Writing Group (during the semester):

Sankt Augustin: Fridays, 10:30 - 12:00, please contact Jill Yates if you are interested

 

Writing Centre Workshops:

  • Introduction to academic writing
  • Academic writing: from paraphrasing to citations
  • English tenses - the basics revised
  • Improving your (academic) vocabulary
  • Writing an international CV
  • Writing a letter of motivation
  • Communicating with confidence
  • Improving your presentation skills
  • Discussions and negotiations
  • Are you note-taking or already note-making?
  • Principled negotiations: What is the pie and how to divide it?
  • Writing strategies and techniques

 

Details on the workshop content is available on LEA, where you could also register.

Writing Centre Workshop Certificates

Have you completed several Writing Centre workshops over a period of 2 semesters? Then you have the opportunity to receive a certificate of participation. To learn more, please follow this link.

Contact Person

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Jill Yates

B.A., Lecturer in English, Coordinator of the English intensive courses and the Writing Centre

Location

Sankt Augustin

Room

A 102.2

Address

Grantham-Allee 20

53757 Sankt Augustin

Contact hours

Tuesdays: 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. and by appointment (to be arranged by email or phone)

Telephone

+49 2241 865 9674

Location

Rheinbach

Room

1.406 (Egermannstraße 1)

Address

von-Liebig-Straße 20

53359 Rheinbach

Eva Goletz - SPZ

Eva Monika Goletz

M.A., Lecturer in English, Writing Centre

Location

Sankt Augustin

Room

F 419

Address

Grantham-Allee 20

53757 Sankt Augustin

Contact hours

by appointment

Telephone

+49 2241 865 9884