It's very difficult. Thanks to technology, international students such as Lei can now get help over the World Wide Web. And I feel compassion for the disadvantages these students face when trying to write in a second language. My seven years experience as an EFL teacher has given me a unique ability to help these people, and going online is a very effective way to do it. The site is available in English, Korean, Japanese and Chinese versions.
Students requesting help send their documents via e-mail to the company.
Two to three days later, the paper returns with corrected grammar and hyperlinks by each corrected section, which link students to explanations of the mistake. The student has already invested their own intellectual thought into the creation of the document. What we do as proofreaders is overcome their disadvantage as second-language writers. But Michael Begnal, Penn State professor of English and comparative literature, said the lack of personal interaction in using a Web site is a drawback of the service. With a human being, you can ask a question about something that might not be on the screen.