Communication Skills Center

Our job is not to make your writing better, but to make you a better writer.

The Communication Skills Center, located on the second floor of the Harrington Learning Center, in room 208, offers a variety of services for students: individualized and group tutoring, writing workshops, computer-assisted English and English as a Second Language instruction, and word processing support.

Tutoring includes:

  • Writing skills
  • Reading skills and comprehension
  • Note-taking
  • Grammar skills
  • Punctuation
  • Spelling
  • Writing Skills
  • Research Skills
  • Word Processing

Kirsten Patey-Hurd, Learning Manager, kpatey-hurd [at] qcc [dot] mass [dot] edu

Courses Supported

  • Any English, ESL, or Humanities Course
  • Any course which involves or includes writing, reading, and thinking

Tutoring Details

The Communication Skills Center offers walk-in tutoring. No appointment is needed. Please visit us in person for further details

Tutoring Sessions May Include

  • analyzing assignments
  • strengthening editing skills
  • developing a thesis and clear focus
  • clear reasoning
  • organization of ideas
  • computer literacy skills
  • draft revision
  • clear and concise sentence structure