As an HBKU student, you can make appointments for individual tutoring sessions (consultations) with an English or Arabic writing specialist. In these sessions, you can discuss and receive guidance on different types of writing assignments (academic genres), grammar, vocabulary, style, referencing and other aspects of academic writing.

Please note that we do not edit or proofread entire documents. Instead, our writing specialists provide helpful feedback about different patterns that appear in your paper/assignment so that you can improve your work and continuously develop as a writer.

You have three options for 1-1 sessions:

1. Face-to-face: Conducted in the Minaretein Building or Penrose House (LAS)  It is recommended that you bring a printed copy of the paper you want to work on.

• Mr Owen Connor – Office C.01.003 (Minaretein) oconnor@hbku.edu.qa
• Dr Omaima El-Hardlo (Arabic) – Office C.01.004 (Minaretein) oelhardlo@hbku.edu.qa
• Dr Juliet Lovering – Office C.01.020 (Minaretein) JLovering@hbku.edu.qa
• Dr Shifa Zuhara (STEM) – Office C123H (Penrose/ LAS) shzuhara@hbku.edu.qa

2. Synchronous Online appointment: Using the booking service platform, WCONLINE, to work on the paper collaboratively with the writing instructor in real time.

3. E-tutoring: Attach a paper to your appointment on the booking system – the writing specialist will review the paper for the duration of the appointment. It will then be returned to you via email with relevant comments and corrections that you can carry forward and apply to the remainder of the paper.

Please note that each e-tutoring appointment is the same 50-minute duration as a face-to-face or synchronous online appointment.

For options 2 and 3, remember to attach a copy of the paper you want to work on when you make the appointment or at some point before it.