How to Share a Writer's Help Resource Page or Quiz

1. Sharing a Writer's Help Resource Page:

• Step 1: Click "Share a Link" from the menu on the right hand side of the page.
  
• Step 2: When the pop-up window opens, type in your email address (do NOT copy/paste the URL since it doesn't always work) 
  
  
  

2. Sharing Writer's Help Exercise Page:

• Step 1: Click "Share a Link" from the menu at the top of the pop-up window (the exercise page).

         

• Step 2: When the pop-up window opens, type in your email address (do NOT copy/paste the URL since it doesn't always work) 

        

Prepositions and Phrasal Verbs

Purpose/Tentative Topics: This workshop is for you if you have trouble with...

• Recognizing words that function as prepositions (as part of phrasal verbs or noun phrases)
• Recognizing grammatical structure of prepositional phrases and/or phrasal verbs
• Knowing how (or what kinds of) prepositions are used within/before certain noun phrases
• Knowing how (or what kinds of) prepositions are used after certain verbs or within certain phrasal verbs

Note: The list above is "tentative" and is subject to change based on the needs analysis of the students who sign up. Don't worry if you don't understand all the grammatical terms above. You do not need to know all the terms to be able to follow the workshop because they will explained during the workshop. Please also note that the focus of the workshop is to help you get better at "using" English grammar rather than acquiring the knowledge of English grammar itself.

Sign-up: Sign-up links for all sessions are available here.

Method/Procedure: The first hour of each session will be a lecture/discussion and the second hour will be a hands-on practice in smaller groups. There will be three instructors for each session, so you will have opportunities to ask for one-on-one help during small group activities.

Supplementary Materials: Any materials provided during the workshop that you may use for further study will be uploaded here AFTER each session.

Contact: Please contact eslwriting@mx.uillinois.edu for more questions.

Articles

Purpose: This workshop is for you if you have trouble with...

• Using the right kind of definite or indefinite articles in the given context
• Knowing what kinds of items (nouns) need definite articles (the) vs indefinite articles (a, an) in which context
• Knowing what kinds of items (nouns) are considered (not) countable and thus (not) require indefinite articles (a, an)

Note: The list above is "tentative" and is subject to change based on the needs analysis of the students who sign up. Don't worry if you don't understand all the grammatical terms above. You do not need to know all the terms to be able to follow the workshop because they will explained during the workshop. Please also note that the focus of the workshop is to help you get better at "using" English grammar rather than acquiring the knowledge of English grammar.

Sign-up: Sign-up links for all sessions are available here.

Method/Procedure: The first hour of each session will be a lecture/discussion and the second hour will be a hands-on practice in smaller groups. There will be three instructors for each session, so you will have opportunities to ask for one-on-one help during small group activities.

Supplementary Materials: Any materials provided during the workshop that you may use for further study will be uploaded here AFTER each session.

Contact: Please contact eslwriting@mx.uillinois.edu for more questions.

Tense and Aspect

Purpose/Tentative Topics: This workshop is for you if you have trouble with...

• Knowing when to use which tense and aspect (considering the context of your writing) in English
• Using the correct markers for certain tense and aspect in English
• Using the correct past or past participle forms of English verbs (esp. irregular verbs)
• Keeping your tense consistent by avoiding abrupt shift within a paragraph

Note: The list above is "tentative" and is subject to change based on the needs analysis of the students who sign up. Don't worry if you don't understand all the grammatical terms above. You do not need to know all the terms to be able to follow the workshop because they will explained during the workshop. Please also note that the focus of the workshop is to help you get better at "using" English grammar rather than acquiring the knowledge of English grammar.

Sign-up: Sign-up links for all sessions are available here.

Method/Procedure: Each session will be two hours. The first hour of each session will be a lecture/discussion and the second hour will be a hands-on practice in smaller groups. There will be three instructors for each session, so you will have opportunities to ask for one-on-one help during small group activities.

Supplementary Materials: Any materials provided during the workshop that you may use for further study will be uploaded here after each session.

Contact: Please contact eslwriting@mx.uillinois.edu for more questions.

Sentence Structure

Purpose/Tentative Topics: This workshop is for you if you have trouble with...

• Placing and ordering important elements of English sentences (e.g. nouns, verbs and adverbials) appropriately without omitting, misusing, or misplacing them in a sentence
• Making complex or compound sentences whose parts fit together properly    

Note: The list above is "tentative" and is subject to change based on the needs analysis of the students who sign up. Don't worry if you don't understand all the grammatical terms above. You do not need to know all the terms to be able to follow the workshop because they will explained during the workshop. Please also note that the focus of the workshop is to help you get better at "using" English grammar rather than acquiring the knowledge of English grammar.

Sign-up: Sign-up links for all sessions are available here.

Method/Procedure: Each session will be two hours. The first hour of each session will be a lecture/discussion and the second hour will be a hands-on practice in smaller groups. There will be three instructors for each session, so you will have opportunities to ask for one-on-one help during small group activities.

Supplementary Materials: Any materials provided during the workshop that you may use for further study will be uploaded here after each session.

Contact: Please contact eslwriting@mx.uillinois.edu for more questions.

EIL 422 Teaching Practicum Training

Part 1: Understanding UIUC ESL Undergraduate Students

Part 2: Analyzing Common Error Types
- Lecture (PPT; handout)
- Group Work

• Verb Usage (Group 1; Group 2; Group 3; Answer Key)
• Tense and Aspect (Group 1; Group 2; Group 3; Answer Key)
• Articles (Group 1; Group 2; Answer Key)
• Prepositions and Phrasal Verbs (Group 1; Group 2; Answer Key)

Part 3: Writer's Help Training

• Writer's Help Grammar Resources (with other supplementary materials) 
• Writer's Help Instructor Guide (Just read Part 1 and 3)

Helpful Links:

• UIUC ESL Writing Program Facebook Group
• UIUC Undergraduate ESL Student Essays
• Learner English - Focus on reading Chinese students' typical grammar issues (pp.317-323) or those of Korean students (pp.332-338)
• Spring 2015 ESL Grammar Workshop Series Sign-up Post for Students