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Tutoring German Esl Students, Sabina Mussgnug
Tutoring German Esl Students, Sabina Mussgnug
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Tutors of American university writing centers can be invaluable advisors for German ESL students who come to study in the United States. The tutors can directly assist German students in coping with their particular academic and cultural difficulties.
German students must adapt to the American academic conventions to become successful students at their U.S. universities. The tutors can point out to them the features of the American academic standard and show them effective methods for learning and studying in the American environment.
The American academic standard includes the students' almost perfect reading comprehension. Students must be prepared for heavy reading …