• generate and develop ideas
• organise your content in logical paragraphs
• understand the expectations of your target reader
• learn paraphrasing and referencing skills
• find appropriate ways to express your ideas
• explain grammar points

We also have:

• free, take-away learning resources on how to plan, organise and write better
• guidelines on what the various departments in PolyU require of students' final year project
• guidelines on what employers in Hong Kong want to see and not see in job application documents

What you should do
You should make a WAP appointment well in advance and bring with you to WAP

(i) academic writing, e.g. a written assignment, an essay, a lab report or a final year dissertation,
      OR
(ii) personal writing, e.g. scholarship application, job application, a debate speech or a newsletter that you are writing for your club or association;
      OR
(iii) if you haven't actually started writing yet, the writing task or assignment question; and you can discuss ways to get started with a WAP teacher.

Important points to remember

• Come to the WAP early in your writing process so that you have enough time to revise your writing after receiving comments from a WAP teacher. Then you can come again after you have revised your draft.
• Our sessions are up to 50 minutes long, and once you have finished an appointment, you can book the next one.
• Remember: BOOK EARLY or you may not get an appointment!
• If you'd like to audio record the session, please ask the teacher in advance.
• If you only have a simple question to ask, consider going to the CILL Helpdesk instead.