Allies for Success: Writing Tutors’ Role in Scaffolding ESL Writing
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Abstract
This presentation examines the crucial role tutors can play in developing ESL students’ writing. It discusses the knowledge base for qualified assistance at different stages of the college writing sequence. A novel tutor training regimen is proposed: an ESL writing theory-based course combined with ESL class or tutoring session observations.
Allies for Success: Writing Tutors’ Role in Scaffolding ESL Writing
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This presentation examines the crucial role tutors can play in developing ESL students’ writing. It discusses the knowledge base for qualified assistance at different stages of the college writing sequence. A novel tutor training regimen is proposed: an ESL writing theory-based course combined with ESL class or tutoring session observations.
