I'LL TALK, YOU LISTEN: WRITING CENTER TUTORS READING ALOUD IN SESSIONS WITH L2 TUTEES

<p>Writing center tutors work in a field with a long tradition of fostering meaningful interaction between tutor and tutee. However, as university demographics change and more and more international students and second language users utilize writing centers, our long-held notions of meaningful interaction have been called into question as tutors struggle to reckon the needs of students with the implicit demands of their field. Using data taken from real writing center sessions, I use qualitative and quantitative methods to explore how tutors negotiate this necessarily changing paradigm, looking in particular at the way these changes manifest themselves in who reads a text aloud, how that influences session content, and who talks and when. Based on the data and analysis, I make suggestions for tutor practice, education, and further research.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts in English Composition

Level thesis:degree_level

Restricted Thesis: Campus only access

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

English

Year dc:date.available

2015

Author dc:creator

• Astiazaran, Francesca M.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Karen Rowan

• Writing Center
• L2 Students
• Tutoring
• Reading Aloud
• Grammar
• Peer Tutoring
• Applied Linguistics
• First and Second Language Acquisition
• Linguistics
• Phonetics and Phonology
• Social and Behavioral Sciences

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd/242

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu:etd-1271