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Students in Debrecen help their peers with language problems
Debrecen – English students are invited to apply for the mentoring program, which will last until the end of the academic year.
In the autumn semester, he announced the online mentoring program of the Anglo-American Institute of the Faculty of Arts of the University of Debrecen, the Writing Center.
The aim of the program implemented from the application source is to reduce drop-out rates, to support talent, but possibly still Hungarian and foreign students struggling with language problems, and to improve the quality of higher education in general.
There are now 12 students in the program taking tutoring assignments, selected based on their enrollment materials, and receiving special training.
Several of them also took part in the work of the previous semesters, during which they help two or three peers study, mainly by checking the chair and the entrants, in which they also take part in the preparation for the EYE, ie the basic language exam.
The entire program takes place online, with the help of the e-learning system.
– We consider it a professional success that we were able to start the program this semester as well, – Zsuzsanna Lénárt-Muszka told the portal hirek.unideb.hu. The instructor at the Anglo-American Institute emphasized that mentoring benefits all parties, as tutors gain valuable work experience through the Writing Center, mentored students receive special attention, and instructors also receive better quality written work.
Among the mentors, students of the institute from abroad came to the University of Debrecen from Tunisia, Albania and Morocco.
The Writing Center is still waiting for applications from English students who want to get involved, as the program will continue through the spring semester and end at the end of the school year.