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Self-instruction……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………p。3  \n2. Resource Center………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………p。4  \na. For instructors ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………p。4  \nb。For students………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………p。4  \nc。For other institutions……………………………………………………………………………………………………p。5  \n3.New Services and Programs………………………………………………………………………………………………………………p。6  \nB. STATISTICAL SUMMARY OF THE USE OF THE WRITING LAB ……………………………………………p。8  \nC。 EVALUATIONS……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………p。14  \n1. InstructorsEvaluations of the Writing Lab's Services……………………………p。15  \n2. InstructorsEvaluations of Student Progress……………………………………………………p。17  \n3. Student Evaluations of the Writing Lab…………………………………………………………………p。19  \n# SUMMARY\n\nIn the 1979-1980 academic year,the English Department's Writing Lab continuedto offer students individualized supplementary instruction designed to help them im-prove their writing skills。A total of 4763 students were assisted in tutorial ap-pointments,on an immediate drop-in basis,in mini-courses,in classrooms visited bythe lab's Traveling Teacher program,and through the use of self-instruction mate-rials available in the lab。With expanded fecilities and new materials and servicesdeveloped by the lab staff,the Writing Lab was able to offer specialized assistance toa variety of students beyond freshman composition,including Business Writing studentsin English 420,students writing job or graduate school applications and resumes,grad-uate students studying for the Graduate English Proficiency Exam,foreign students en-rolled in English-a.s-a-Second-Language courses,English and English education ma,jorswho requested additional work on writing skills,and English majors who wanted apracticum in tutoring and materials development。  \nFor teachers of writing,the leb's Resource Collection of instructional mate-rials and its library of books and journals on the teaching of writing were borrow-ed by the composition staff,its lending library and reference collection were usedby students,its audio-visua.l programs were borrowed for use in composition class-rooms,and its facilities and materials were made available to faculty members atother colleges or universities where writing labs are being started or expanded。In addition,outside grants have been obtained to develop materia.ls for engineeringstudents using the lab,and members of the Writing Lab staff have presented papers,given workshops,and published articles about their contributions to the lab⁴sservices。  Fina.lly,several research projects undertaken in the lab have indicatedits rich potential as a facility for further research。  \nQuestionnaires aimed at evaluating the progress made by students who attendedthe lab were sent out to the students and to their composition instructors.  The  \nresponses to these questionnaires indicated that the tutorial instruction beingoffered by the lab greatly increased the writing competence,grades,motivation,and self=confidence of the students who attended the lab。  \n# INTRODUCTION\n\nIn the fall and spring semesters of the academic year 1979-1980 the EnglishDepartment's Writing Lab continued to serve as a supplement to the department'scomposition program,as a writing","cbCaimWkJWlrnNh2","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaimWkJWlrnNh2","pdf",857120,26,"English","# INTRODUCTION\n# A. WRITING LAB INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES\n## 1. Instruction in Writing Skills\n## a. Tutorial appointments\n## b. Drop-in help\n## c. Mini-courses and the Traveling Teacher program\n## d. Self-instruction\n## 2. Resource Center\n## a. For instructors\n## b. For students\n## c. For other institutions\n## 3. New Services and Programs\n# B. STATISTICAL SUMMARY OF THE USE OF THE WRITING LAB\n# C. EVALUATIONS\n## 1. 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