The Writing Assistance Team

Ariane Wittkowski (Academic Staff Member)

Focus and Interests:

• monitoring of writing processes
• organization of work load
• feedback to texts

Qualifications:

• Training as a peer-tutor at the University of Potsdam; qualification: University certificate, 2013
• French and Spanish philology studies at the University of Potsdam; degree: Bachelor of Arts, 2014
• Docendo Discimus training, summer semester 2014, winter semester 2014/15
• Romance philology studies at the University of Potsdam; degree: Master of Arts, 2017
• since 2017 doctoral thesis at the University of Potsdam
• Peer-tutoring-training for writing advisors at the European University of Viadrina; qualification: University Certificate "Writing Advisor", 2017

Publications:

Le Parcours und L'art du Déplacement - Die Kunst der effizienten Fortbewegung, 2016.

"Cela intrigue! Modifizierte Phraseologismen in französischen Werbeschlagzeilen" in Anja Hennemann/ Antje Lobin/ Kathleen Plötner/ Claudia Schaak (ed.): Werbesprache pluridisziplinär. Aktuelle Tendenzen in der romanistischen Werbesprachenforschung. Berlin. Frank & Timme, 2017, pp. 103-134.

Carolin Ganzer (Peer-Tutor)

Focus and Interests:

• time management
• motivation
• influence of personal factors on writing process
• getting started
• advising for writing groups and for forming writing groups

Qualifications:

• French and English studies (Secondary School) at the Universität Potsdam; degree: Bachelor of Education, 2018
• since 2018: Masterstudies French and English (Secondary School) at the Universität Potsdam
• extensive experience as seeker of writing assistance and memeber of various writing groups
• Peer tutoring training for writing advisors at the European University Viadrina; qualification: University Writing Advisor Certificate, 2016

Eva Dietrich (Peer-Tutor)

Focus and Interests:

• English texts
• pragmatic solutions
• discovering own ressources

Qualifications:

• studies of English and Political Sciences (​Secondary School) at the University of Potsdam; ​ ​
• production and translation of the Migration Report at the  efms (european forum for migration studies) at the University of Bamberg, 1999-2001
• peer-tutoring training as a writing advisor at the University of Potsdam

Rostislaw Suchin (Peer-Tutor)

Focus and Interests:

•  timemanagement
• motivation
• flow of writing
• reading techniques

Qualifications:

• studies of English and Music (​Secondary School) at the University of Potsdam; ​​degree: Bachelor of Education, 2019
• since 2019: Masterstudies in English and Music (Secondary School) at the University of Potsdam
• peer-tutoring training as a writing advisor at the University of Potsdam, 2018