Do not have much interest in certain courses or learning activities. Unless can connect a classroom assignment with what is going on in their lives or with some goal currently important to them they are not motivated to invest the time and energy necessary to do well. Do not have the confidence necessary to persist an a task. This lack of confidence is a major problem for the students we see in the English Center. Do not know how to use constructive criticism.
Unsuccessful students seem likely to focus on the negative comments and quickly get discouraged.
Do not continue to come back to use the English Center services. The more under prepared a student is, the more likely it is that the student will not come back. We also have copies of the textbooks used in English core courses. Set up routine appointments with the same consultant. We have been doing this for some time-, but unless the routine is initiated by the student, the appointments are forgotten.