The BCC Writing Center serves the writing needs of the College community. Writing Tutoring is available for all registered students, regardless of whether you are currently enrolled in a writing course. During busy periods (midterms and finals), students currently enrolled in English courses will be given priority in scheduling appointments with tutors, while all other students may take advantage of our weekly writing walk-in hours.

For appointments call: 201-447-7489                   

Download our Writing Center Brochure (pdf)

Fall  Hours (9-15-2008 to 12-20-2008):

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday: 9am-8pm

Friday & Saturday: 10am-3pm

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Writing Center Supervisor

Miriam Pollock

MA in English Literature (NYU), ABD in English Education (NYU)

Email: mpollock@bergen.edu

Phone: 201-447-7136

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When you enter through the main doors of our Tutoring Center (L125) and pass the reception desk (where you'll make your appointments), you'll find the Writing Center at the far end of the room.

We have computers and a wide variety of handbooks and composition readers available for use in the Writing Center, as well as handouts designed to answer common writing questions, including, "How do I use MLA citation?" and "How do I paraphrase and when should I quote?"

Visit the Writing Center early for help with essays, research papers, and even creative writing! We can help you get started as well as help you revise. Writing Center tutors can:

• identify writing skills you’ve mastered and those you still need to learn.
• find patterns of error and offer techniques to encourage independent self-correction.
• ask clarifying questions.
• help you own your work, locate your audience, and refine your voice.
• give you an opportunity to write and receive immediate feedback.
• assist with pre-writing strategies such as outlining, brainstorming, and clustering.
• help with reading comprehension of textbooks, essays, and assignments.
• offer research strategies, including how to narrow/broaden/complicate the scope of your thesis/question to meet page requirements.
• help you quote, paraphrase, and properly cite sources, both in-text and in a Works Cited, so as to avoid plagiarism.
• listen and act as a scribe and sounding board to help you hear yourself.

 

Writing Links:

Reference Materials:

• Using MLA Format (OWL at Purdue University)
• Plagiarism (Indiana University)
• Merriam Webster On-Line Dictionary + Link to Encyclopedia Britannica site
• A Glossary of Rhetorical Terms
  Paradigm Online Writing Assistant
• Bergen C.C. OWL (Online Writing Lab)

Research:

• Bergen CC Library
• The Library of Congress
• Women's Studies/Women's Issues Resource Sites

Writing Center Links for Tutors and those interested in Writing Center Theory and Practice:

Publications

• The Dangling Modifier: An international newsletter by and for peer tutors in writing, produced in association with the NCPTW. The mission of The Dangling Modifier is to provide an international forum for ongoing conversation among peer tutors in writing.
• The Writing Center Journal: An official publication of the International Writing Centers Association.
• The Writing Lab Newsletter: A forum for exchanging ideas and information about writing centers in high schools, colleges, and universities.
• Praxis: A Writing Center Journal

Blogs

• Peercentered: is a space for peer writing tutors/consultants or anyone interested in writing centers to blog with their colleagues from around the world. Bloggers here will share their ideas, experiences, or insight.

Professional Organizations

• Links for National and Regional Writing Center Associations

 

English Faculty Liaisons

Dr. Jessica Datema, jdatema@bergen.edu

Professor Brian Cordell, bcordell@bergen.edu

Professor Adam Goodell, agoodell@bergen.edu