Learning Center peer tutors are BISLA students who have proven themselves good writers and helpful peers and are supervised in their work by a faculty member. Students might be referred to the Learning Center for assistance by their teachers, for example before resubmission of a written assignment.

EMAIL bisla.tutor@gmail.com to book an appointment

Tutors 2020-2021 School Year

Supervisors: Lucas Sprouse

Natália Fáberová (faberova.natalia@gmail.com)

Markus Formel (markusformelbusiness@gmail.com)

Sofia Kohútová (sofia.kohutova1@gmail.com)

Viktória Križanová (krizanova.viktoria@gmail.com)

Lucia Ozaniakova (ozaniakovalucia@gmail.com)

Nikola Orlovská (nikola.orlovska@gmail.com)

Tomáš Štrba (strbatomina@gmail.com)

Writing tutors

Writing tutors offer guidance and tutoring for all papers from any course, from Academic Writing to EU Policy (including guidance on literature reviews, research/term papers, reports, documentation, and bibliography/reference citations). Weekly assignments, however, may be brought in only twice a semester (and that before Reading Week), for the purpose of grammar and style check. Expect to work with your peer tutor. They cannot (in fact, are forbidden to) do any changes to your paper in your absence, interfere with the content, or serve as free language editors. They can, however, and WILL help you become a better writer if you do turn up regularly.

Learning Center Policies

Students requesting help from Peer Tutors are asked to read and agree to the following policies:

1. Students can request help by sending email to bislatutor@gmail.com to arrange time and place for meeting with assigned tutor. Tutors can decide to hold session in specific times during which students are welcome to stop by.

2. A student who signs up with a specific tutor ahead of time will be helped first.

3. Before any session between student and tutor, students should provide tutor with paper they wish to discuss & specify which exercises, they are dealing with.

4. A student may make no more than one appointment per day and three appointments per week.

5. The student should bring copy of their draft to the session.

6. The student will come prepared with a writing utensil and assignment sheet (if necessary). They will also be ready with the questions they have about their writing assignment.

7. Tutors cannot evaluate or assign a grade to a student's paper. Only faculty and teaching assistants can evaluate student writing.

8. The student is responsible for their work and all decisions made during the session. The student must be an active participant in determining the shape and nature of the session.

9. Tutors cannot write, edit, or proofread papers for students. They will not correct grammar or provide alternative vocabulary. Tutors may use, or refer students to, educational software available online to help a student with grammar and/or vocabulary.

10. Tutors cannot solve Critical Thinking exercises for students; they can demonstrate the process and rules on other exercises. After students attempt, they may give feedback, point out missteps and guide them through the process. The goal of the session is not to get homework done, but rather guide students so they can do homework by themselves.

11. Writing Tutors will prioritize their feedback as follows:

12. The Learning Center tutors will only help students working on their own original work. If someone is discovered to have brought plagiarized work to a tutor, that student may no longer request help from the Learning Center.

13. Grading policies,grades,and/orinstructorswillnotbediscussed.

14. Because tutoring sessions are confidential, tutors will not discuss students’work with any third party other than the Learning Center Ysupervisor.