A Study of Plans to Supplement the Operations of Curricular and Extracurricular Writing Programs in University: Focusing on Writing Center in University

The purpose of this study is to explore the directions of writing education in University with a focus on the roles of a writing center. The researcher believes that it is necessary to reinforce writing education further to help college students cultivate their communicative or writing abilities. Here, the management of a writing center will be essential which serves as a pivot to take full charge of writing education and promote its operation in each college and university. It is critical to ensure integrated management of writing curriculums and extra-curriculums to reinforce the cross-curricular nature of writing education and establish a beginning point of a continuous writing curriculum. It is also needed to introduce education on writing across the curriculum(WAC) to improve student's communicative abilities and help them transfer their writing abilities to their fields of specialization through writing education. In addition, there is a need to vitalize an online writing feedback system to guarantee the easiness of education and offer the continuity of writing education to students.