English support services

Contact information

• Physical address:
  Wartburg room 410
  Martin-Luther-Straße 21
  66111 Saarbrücken
  
  
• Mailing address:
  English Support Services
  Max Planck Institute for Software Systems
  Campus E1.4
  66123 Saarbruecken
  Germany
  
  
• Telephone numbers:

  Office: +49 (0)681 932-5672
  Home: +49 (0)681 686-5441

• To request feedback on a project or to set up an appointment, please email me at

  

Writing

• Weekly scientific writing workshop
• Providing feedback and comments on intermediate drafts of sections and complete papers
• Assistance with CV's, emails or other written documents in English
• Grant writing feedback
• Proofreading final drafts of papers
• Writing conferences

Presentations and speaking skills

• Presentation skills workshops for doctoral students and post-docs.
• Feedback on regularly scheduled practice talks, focusing on communicative effectiveness and English
• Videotaping and debriefing practice talks
• Weekly English reading group, focused on vocabulary development and pronunciation

Other

• Electronic resources on academic and technical writing, scientific presentations, English pronunciation, CV and job search information, English vocabulary enrichment, common English errors at SWS, and other English learning materials.
• English current events reading group.  See our wiki page.
• Library of resources about English communication
• Workshops for faculty, staff, and students on special topics including correcting student writing, the writing process, academic job hunting, non-technical vocabulary development, and other topics