Washington Adventist University Writing Center

What is the Writing Center?

The Writing Center is a space where students can get free help in improving their essays, papers, and presentations. It is a place where they can improve their writing, research, and critical thinking skills that will ensure their academic success.

Why Visit the Writing Center?

If you are still hesitant about asking for help, read through the list of things the Writing Center can help you with:

• Understanding your assignment

• Brainstorming on your paper, essay, research, or presentation

• Developing the idea

• Forming an argument, organizing and structuring your thoughts

• Improving the clarity, coherence, and cohesion of the text

• Polishing the style

• Correcting the grammar

• Documenting the sources

And much more.

Our Team

Meet the team of our professional student workers and their leader, Prof. Richard Grant.

How You Can Help Us

• Make an appointment

• Bring a description of the assignment

• Review your teacher’s comments and suggestions

• Bring a word-processed draft of your paper with you

• Plan ahead: don’t wait until the last minute to write your paper!

Make an Appointment

Due to COVID-19, the walk-in Writing Center hours are temporarily suspended; we are currently assisting the students Live-Online and by providing email consultations. Check out the tutoring schedule and make an appointment. Indicate your name, email address, type of assignment, a short description of what kind of help you need, and a preferable date and time of the meeting. If you are experiencing problems with making an appointment, do not hesitate to contact the tutors for further assistance using their emails.

Useful Links and Sources

Here are some links that could help you with your writing.

Research, Documentation, Citation Resources, Writing

1. Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL)

2. Article About Improving Your Scientific Research Paper

3. All Kinds of Useful Materials About Writing

Reference Materials

1. Dictionaries and Thesauri

2. Oxford Collocation Dictionary

3. Visual Thesaurus

4. JTW – finding common phrases and instances of usage

5. RhymeZone

6. Netspeak

7. COCA, Corpus of Modern American

8. Thesaurus – a very useful resource that has a few complementary tools that would help in writing; also contains a great editorial column about the English language, grammar, vocabulary, etc.

Tools for Analyzing the Text

1. Grammarly

2. SpellCheckPlus

3. Writersdiet.com

4. Marking Mate

Creative Writing Tools

1. Squibler

Public Speaking

1. Creating Presentation

2. The Presentation Genius of Steve Jobs

3. A Guide to a Brilliant Speech

4. Presentation Tips for Public Speaking

5. Presentation Prep

6. Tips on Creating the Presentation and Delivering It

7. Effective Speech Writing

Punctuation

1. How to Use Comma?

2. A Very Brief Guide to Punctuation

3. How to Use English Punctuation Correctly

For English Learners

1. Useful Self-Teaching Resource

2. Useful Self-Teaching Resource

3. EngVid — every topic videos on learning English with native speakers (our own #1 resource)

4. Pronunciation Tool

5. Pronunciation Lessons

6. Expand Your Vocabulary – for advanced learners

For Those Interested in Language

1. Short Articles About the English Language

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