Workshops
Conversation
At the Broadway Campus, tutors host small meetings for English as a Second Language conversation practice. These take place most weeks that ESL classes are meeting. See the schedule or check with the Broadway Learning Centre for more information about the times and the language levels of the Conversation Club.
ESL Topics
In October/November, February/March and May/June, the English Tutors at the Broadway campus lead free workshops for VCC ESL students in the Learning Centre Workshop room behind the Student Computing Centre. The workshops can help you practice what you have studied in class and learn about cultural/community events. Some of the topics are pronunciation, vocabulary, spelling, the local news or how to use an English dictionary. There is no pre-registration - see the schedule for workshop times.
Study Skills
All tutors can help you learn how to manage your time more effectively, end procrastination, read a textbook and other study skills. Drop by a centre, send us an email or log in to our IM tutoring to ask a question.
The tutors have created worksheets that address commonly-asked study skills questions.
The Learning Centre Coordinator teaches in-class workshops on study skills and test taking. Ask your instructor to contact us to arrange a session.
Links
| Time Management for Anarchists | A great, funny movie that covers all the basics of time management in a unstuffy way. |
| Assignment Calculator | Your paper is due when? This calculator will break any assignment into manageable chunks with due dates - a great place to start. |
| Study Guides and Strategies | A privately (!) maintained series of worksheets that cover just about every imaginable study skill. |
| How to Take Lecture Notes | The basics summarized neatly. |
| Quizlet | Web-based flashcards for times when you just can't face another recipe card. A great resource for checking yourself with unfamiliar cards before a test. |