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Skidmore College
The Philip Boshoff Writing Center

ELL Specialist on Staff 

The Writing Center staffs a ELL specialist to serve as a resource for faculty and students. Thad holds tutoring hours on the Writing Center schedule and can also be contacted directly via email for an appointment or a consultation.

Students can contact the specialist for help in:

  • Understanding assignments or professor feedback
  • Preparing essays
  • Navigating language issues
  • Learning techniques they can employ on their own

Faculty can contact the specialist in order to:

  • Learn more about the ELL population at Skidmore, especially the opportunities and challenges that are unique to our liberal arts setting 
  • Discuss the implications of mixed-fluency learners for course design
  • Find ways to integrate English-language study in courses across the curriculum
  • Explore pertinent ELL-related research