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Welcome to the Writing Lab

Fall, Winter and Spring Quarter Hours:

 

Monday through Thursday: 8 a.m. - 8 p.m.

Friday: 8 a.m - 3:30 p.m.

Saturday and Sunday: 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.

 

Summer Quarter Hours


Monday through Thursday          8 a.m. – 4 p.m.


 

The Bellevue Community College Writing Lab gives students a free place to go for revision of any writing project, including class assignments, college applications, resumes, and personal projects.  During 25-minute sessions, tutors in the Writing Lab help students individually by identifying weaknesses in a student’s writing and explaining how to overcome them.  However, students meet with a tutor on duty; we will not make appointments for students to work with specific tutors.  Also, students may only have one tutoring session per day.  Students who want to work on their own may take any of the Writing Lab’s free reference handouts or may use English handbooks in the Writing Lab.


During times when no instructors have reserved the Writing Lab computer room, it is an open lab where students can use Microsoft Office, write and print papers, conduct research on the Internet, or practice exercises on the available grammar and writing skills development software.  Tutors can help in creating, saving, and printing documents.  To save your work, bring your own flash drive or transfer your work via email. 


WHAT TUTORS CAN DO FOR YOU:

  • Listen to your topic ideas and ask questions to help you develop your focus, so you can begin writing with confidence, knowing what you want to accomplish in your paper.
  • Help you learn how to correct and avoid repeated punctuation, grammar, sentence structure errors in your essay.
  • Review your paper to ensure it follows the assignment, and explain why if it does not.
  • Give you feedback on the clarity of your writing and point out any confusing parts.

 

WHAT YOU SHOULD DO WHEN YOU SEE A TUTOR:

    • Know exactly what the assignment is, and bring any books, handouts, or notes on the assignment with you.
    • Identify, at least, your general topic and purpose.
    • Bring something to work with: a rough draft, an outline, or a mind map (preferably typed). 
    • If you are rewriting a paper based on your instructor’s comments, rewrite the paper first, and then bring both the original and the rewrite, so the tutor can help determine whether you have done what your instructor asked.
    • Plan ahead and make a tutoring appointment at least two days before your assignment’s due date.  This way, you will be sure to get help and have plenty of time to correct any problems. 
    • While tutors can point out problems in your writing, you must try to correct the problems yourself.  Tutors can discuss topic choices with you, but they cannot create topics.  Tutors can care about your writing, but they cannot do it for you.
    • Keep in mind that a tutor’s suggestions are not the final word, nor is our work guaranteed.  The ultimate responsibility for a student’s work lies with the student.

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    To make an appointment for the Writing lab, please call 425-564-2200