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Labs at City College Ways to Work The English Department's labs are open to all students enrolled in CCSF English courses and designed for English course work only. Your work in the labs should feel closely intertwined with the work in your English class, and the work you do in class should feel very much tied to what you are doing in the labs. Please speak with your teacher and the lab faculty and staff if the lab-classroom relationship does not feel meaningful. Here's a printable diagram of the various lab options.
Jump to the open lab and faculty tutoring hours for the English Department's three primary labs. Students in English classes should also take advantage of the Cyberia-based technology in the Mission Campus LAC and in the new Southeast Campus lab, Southeast 402. This is especially great for students using Reading Plus since that program can be accessed only at the Ocean campus (any lab), the Mission Campus LAC, and Southeast 402. |
Computer Programs and Web Resources On each Web Resources page you will find an extensive list of Web sites organized around particular skills and needs: e.g., mechanics, planning, research, reading, grammar. Match these online resources with what you are doing in class and with what your teacher says you should work on. For example, if your essay is loaded with comma splices or if you have homework related to comma splices, then go to one of the Grammar and Mechanics sites that helps you recognize and avoid comma splices. Since these are Web sites, you do not need to be in a campus lab to access them, so take advantage of them wherever you have an Internet connection. (Lab credit, however, will almost always require lab attendance.) Cyberia and the other English computer areas, such as the Reading Lab, have become very popular among students and teachers because of the focus on English work and the programs that we have purchased to help with that work. Brainstorm, plan, and visualize your essay in its early stages with Inspiration. Listen to your essay with Write OutLoud during the later revision and editing stages. Both programs are also very helpful with reading, vocabulary, and note-taking issues. Speaking of reading, hundreds of CCSF students are using Reading Plus, a powerful program that improves fluency and increases reading rate and comprehension. See what it does. Here are a few of the Web sites (out of the many on the Web Resources pages) that students have found very helpful: See the Web Resources page for more. Look for ways to combine the strengths of different sites and programs in order to address your needs and learning style. Please also check your English textbook publisher's Web site, where you might find a great Internet companion to your book loaded with helpful links and activities. |
