How the EAL Mentoring Program has Helped Me by Meng Lin Ma

march_mentoringBecause English is my second language, writing papers in English is extremely difficult for me. The way I organize words and sentences is very different from English native speakers therefore my sentences always sound strange and are difficult to read. I have been struggling with writing for the past two years. Last year, I went to the EAL Nursing Support Group and told them about my worries and difficulty with writing papers. Liza introduced a peer mentor, who is also a third year nursing student, to help me with improving my writing clarity and to correct my grammar. I feel it is very reassuring to have someone to read through my paper ahead of time, identifying my grammatical mistakes and flow of sentences in my paper.

Everything works very well in the EAL Nursing Support Group. However, I think I am not the only student who needs help in writing papers. There are still a lot of English as a second language students who want and need help with their papers. However, there might not be enough peer mentors to support all the students who need help. Therefore, I think it would be better if more students were willing to join the EAL Nursing Support Group to become a peer mentor to help those students who need help with their studies and papers.