Student Handbook - Asian University for Women

Academic ResourcesTHE WRITING CENTERThe AUW Writing Center works with all writers within the university community at any time during thewriting process, providing one-on-one instruction and small-group workshops to enable students tobecome better writers.Our Philosophy. We approach writing as a process, not a product and seek to make better writers, not justbetter writing. By improving student writing ability across the curriculum, we work to advance students’critical thinking skills and self-sufficiency as writers.What we can do for you. The Center is staffed by tutors who have been trained to work with writers at alllevels, emphasizing second language learning skills. We work with you, not for you, and we work on somuch more than just writing!We work in many different ways: Exploring the expectations of academic writing Finding new ways (new words, phrases, and sentence structures) to say old things Bringing about your understanding of yourself as a writer Developing effective problem-solving strategiesDo plan ahead, come when you start writing or with a first draft, and bring your questions or an agenda tothe conference. Don’t expect to work on too many issues at once or come at the last minute—you’ll bestressed and so will your tutor!We do not edit or proofread papers. Instead, we aim to provide students with the proofreading skills andcorrect grammar that will allow them to succeed independently as writers. While we acknowledge theneed for students to master the rules of written English, we believe that students learn these skills best byworking on their own writing.How to make an appointment. Appointments for individual conferences with writing tutors can be made aweek in advance or the day-of by visiting our front desk.Two Kinds of Appointments. Appointments last 45 minutes or 20 minutes. Scheduled: Each student is allowed to schedule in advance either one 1-hour appointment or two20-minute appointments. Walk-in: Appointments scheduled on the day-of may be scheduled as often as you would like,although you may only come in, at the most, once-a-day.If you are more than 5 minutes late, your appointment will count as missed.If you miss an appointment without cancelling ahead of time, you will not be able to make anotherappointment until the following week.Resources. Along with weekly writing skills workshops, the Writing Center has handouts and otherwriting resources, such as learner’s dictionaries, citation guides, and writer’s handbooks, to aid students intheir writing. Materials are also available on our website(https://sites.google.com/site/thewritingcenteratauw/).Hours of Operation Location: 20H, Room 405Sunday – Thursday12:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.Saturday12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.28