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About us
- How EWSC began?
The English Writing Support Center: Univ-Tlemcen (EWSC) is a new initiative at the University of Tlemcen. The idea of its establishment stems from an idea that got developed in a PRFU research Project, named "Boosting EFL Students' Academic Writing through Writing Center Pedagogy: A Move towards the Target”, which is headed by Dr. Fatima Zahra Belkhir since January 2023.
Teamed with the PRFU research team and some volunteered teachers and doctoral students from the Department of English, EWSC initiative got piloted in the FLPATP research laboratory from 26th November, 2024 to 08th April 2025, after being hosted by the lab’s Director Dr. Fatima Zohra ADDER.
On 15th April 2025, on the occasion of Science Day يوم' العلم ', EWSC got officially launched in the FLPATP lab. with the presence of the ex-Dean of the Faculty of letters and Languages, Prof. Ghouti Hajoui, and a number of teachers and students interested in developing academic writing skills.
It is by the end of the academic year 2024-2025 that EWSC official establishment in the University of Tlemcen started its journey with an active collaboration from the Vice-Rector Prof. Ali Hamza Cherif and the Dean of Faculty of letters and languages Prof. Abderrahim Kherbouche.
- What is EWSC?
The English Writing Support Centre: Univ-Tlemcen (EWSC) is a place dedicated to all students and teachers who are interested in improving their academic writing in English . At EWSC, you can meet with our writing tutors, known as consultants and hold one-to-one consultation(s) with them to improve your writing at any level and with any genre of writing (e.g. paragraphs, essays, research papers, letters, presentations, speeches, PowerPoint slides … etc.)
EWSC is founded on the belief that “every writer needs a reader”.
- What is EWSC Context?
EWSC context has to do with:
- Basic Academic writing genres: paragraphs, essays, abstracts, letters, etc.
- Complex academic writing genres: research papers, manuscripts, reports, thesis, dissertations, APA and MLA reference styles, etc.
- Oral presentation and persuasive communication speech and skill: presentations, PowerPoint slides, speeches, persuasive communication skills in academic debate, etc.
- What is EWSC Vision?
EWSC Univ-Tlemcen is a pioneering initiative dedicated to support all students and teachers who need help or who want to improve their English writing skill with any writing genre and at any stage of the writing process. Therefore, EWSC is a place that is set to promote excellence in writing across all specialties in the University of Tlemcen.
- What is EWSC Mission?
The core mission of the EWSC Univ-Tlemcen is to help students become good writers, self-confident editors, and effective communicators by giving them effective writing and editing strategies.
