Writing, Reading, Speech Assistance

These sessions offer ESL students the opportunity to practice their English-speaking skills. Students are welcome to discuss a topic of interest to them, or the coaches may supply conversation topics. 

Currently enrolled COD students or students preparing for placement tests can make an appointment with a WRSA coach.

Walk-ins are welcome, but when you schedule an appointment, you are guaranteed that a coach will be available to work with you.

You can make an appointment up to two weeks in advance. The earlier you make an appointment, the more opportunities you will have to develop your skills.

If your desired time to meet with a coach is not available, you can sign up for the waiting list.

If an appointment opening becomes available, you will be notified via text or email. Once notified, login to cod.mywconline.com and schedule the appointment. Appointments are scheduled on a first come, first served basis.

You can make three reading, three writing, three ELA support and three speech appointments per week, but no more than a total of two appointments of different types per day. If a student does have two appointments of different types in one day, the appointments must be scheduled with different coaches.

Students are limited to eight appointments to prepare for each ACCUPLACER or Kaplan Test of English placement test.

Students connected with Access and Accommodations can schedule four sessions per week for each type of appointment, but no more than one of each type of appointment per day.  

If you have to miss an appointment, cancel in advance; otherwise, the appointment will be marked as missed. If you miss two appointments without cancelling in advance, your account will be disabled for the remainder of the semester and appointments will be allowed on walk-in basis only.

If you are running late, contact Writing, Reading, Speech Assistance at (630) 942-3355. If you are late by 10 minutes or more, your appointment will be marked as missed and your appointment will be made available for walk-in students or students on the waiting list.

By meeting with a WRSA coach, you acknowledge that your work is your original thinking. If we are uncertain, we will explain what plagiarism is and provide resources to help you understand and learn how to avoid it. The WRSA Coordinator will be notified of this conversation.

If plagiarism is questionable after a second appointment, you agree to sit with a coach and complete the COD Library's online plagiarism module to clarify confusion regarding citation practices and standards.

If plagiarism is suspected after a third appointment, you will lose your WRSA privileges for the remainder of the semester and your instructor may be notified.