English as a Second Language
Note: if you need writing assistance and no appointment is available with the ESL specialist, you should contact RWIT.
Judith Hertog, English as a Second Language Specialist
The Writing Program ESL Specialist provides free English-language assistance to international graduate students for whom English is not a first language.
The ESL specialist offers informal weekly ESL study meetings that are open to all graduate students. Weekly reading assignments, which serve as a springboard into discussions, are send out to the mailing list and posted on blackboard. Discussion topics include:
- Issues pertaining to American academia
- Academic research and writing
- American culture and history
- English literature
- Current events
- English grammar and vocabulary
- Cross-cultural issues
The meetings take place on Thursday evenings 6-7 pm in the Ferguson Room on the top floor in the east wing of Baker Library. Walk-ins are welcome!
Students can schedule free private consultations to receive ESL
assistance writing projects or presentations, or to improve specific
English skills.
- The ESL specialist can work with faculty to identify the needs of
their students and she can provide faculty with periodic progress
reports.
Anyone interested in the ESL study meetings should contact the ESL specialist (
Judith.hertog@dartmouth.edu) to be added to the participant list. You will receive
