English Learning Center (ELC) - English Department
“Writing is easy. All you have to do is stare at a blank piece of paper until drops of blood appear on your forehead.”
- Gene Fowler
ELC Hours
- Fremont campus:
- Spring and Fall
Semesters
- Monday-Thursday: 8:00am - 9:45pm
- Friday: 8:00am - 7:00pm
- Saturday: 9:00am - 12:45pm
- Sunday, Holiday: CLOSED
- Summer
Term
- Monday-Thursday: 8:00am - 9:45pm
- Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Holiday: CLOSED
- Newark Center campus:
see Math & English Learning Center
Location and Telephone
 Fremont campus:
- Hyman Hall, Second Floor, Room HH-217
- (510) 659-6087
- Newark Center campus:
ELC Services
Self-paced English Courses
These classes are designed to help you improve your skills in vocabulary, learning techniques, spelling, reading, and/or reading speed. Working at your own pace and carefully following written directions, you will come to the ELC lab to complete your assignments over the course of the semester. Staff will be available to answer questions, sign off on completed work, and periodically check your progress.
- English 172 Vocabulary
- English 173 Learning Techniques
- English 174 Spelling
- English 175 Reading Comprehension
- Enlgish 176 Rapid Reading
Course descriptions for English classes are available in the Catalog: Courses Descriptions A-H (PDF)
(view with the free Adobe Reader software).
Tutoring Services
- Free English tutoring - students can sign-up at the ELC front desk for a weekly English tutoring appointment
- Drop-In English Tutoring
- English as a Second Language (ESL) conversation groups
Learning Assistant Program / Supplemental Instruction (LAPSI)
LAPSI sessions are regularly scheduled, out of class study sessions in which students compare notes, discuss readings and concepts, work on handouts, review lecture materials, develop learning and study skills and predict test items. Learn more about LAPSI.
Foreign Languages
- To check-out tapes and CD equipment please go to the ELC front counter. You will need a student ID
- To sign-up for a tutor please visit the ELC located in HH 217
- Tutoring Schedule (PDF)
Information Competency
See Information Compentency.
Tech Tools
See Tech Tools.
ELC Staff
- Rakesh Swamy
ELC Coordinator
(510) 979-7457
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Instructional Assistants
(510) 659-6087
- Mary Fontanilla
- Ingrid Granados-Thomas
- Brotati Guha
- David Wood
- Computer Support Technicians
Employment Opportunities
Students interested in applying for an English tutoring position or a clerk position, contact Mary Fontanilla at (510) 659-6087 or mfontanilla@ohlone.edu for more information.
Students interested in applying for a Foreign Language tutoring position, contact Ingrid Granados-Thomas at (510) 659-6087 or igranados-thomas@ohlone.edu for more information.
Equipment in the ELC
Computers
120 personal computers are available for lab work and research.
Printers & Copiers
A $1.00 bill is required to initially purchase a print card; $0.50 (50¢) pays for the card, leaving $0.50 (50¢) print credit.
Students may add value to the print card with a bill; the print card machine does not accept coins or credit cards. The ELC does not have a cash register or change machine.
Printed pages or copies are $0.10 cents (10¢) per page.
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