Miscommunication and Mismatched Expectations: Challenges in an EFL Writing Center
SAGE OpenRecently writing centers are expanding to Asian higher education contexts. However, there is a scarcity of research from writing centers in Asian settings and from non-native English speaker (NNES) tutor perspectives. Therefore, the purpose of this study
Lindsay Mack
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Insiders, Outsiders, and Straddlers: A New Writing Fellows Program in Theory, Context, and Practice [PDF]
, 2014 There seems little question that writing centers have been increasingly visible and accessible (Jablonski; Nagelhout and Rutz; Spigelman and Grobman).
Macauley, William J. Jr
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Writing Center as Contact Zone: Resources for Mediation [PDF]
, 2003 When ESL writers write, they are attempting to be heard in an academic community. One of the academy’s shortcomings is its disinclination to hear from writers who struggle with academic discourse.
Murray, Jessica
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Studies in Self-Access Learning Journal, 2016 English writing centers in Japan are a somewhat new phenomenon. The purpose of this study was to gain a perspective of actual operations of writing centers abroad.
Shawn Andersson, Maho Nakahashi
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Creating Successful Campus Partnerships for Teaching Communication in Biology Courses and Labs
Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education, 2018 Creating and teaching successful writing and communication assignments for biology undergraduate students can be challenging for faculty trying to balance the teaching of technical content.
Susanne E. Hall, Christina Birch
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Toward Authentic Dialogue: Origins of the Fishbowl Method and Implications for Writing Center Work [PDF]
, 2012 Dialogue is central to a writing center’s mission. Whether we think of dialogue as the literal exchange of words between two people or as a method for prompting a creative openness to others’ perspectives, writers, tutors, and writing center ...
Garrison, Kristen +1 more
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Leveraging Campus Collaboration to Promote Sustainable, Inclusive Writing Support for All Students
Journal of Inclusive Postsecondary Education, 2020 Over the past 50 years, postsecondary institutions have increasingly established support services to mitigate barriers in order to make academia more accessible for a growing population of individuals with disabilities. One area receiving increased focus
Seb Prohn +4 more
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Organizing for Antiracism in Writing Centers: Principles for Enacting Social Change [PDF]
, 2011 We move through the chapter in three parts. First, we define organizing and answer the question of whether we in writing centers should do this work by showing how we already are.
Godbee, Beth, Ozias, Moira
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Writing Centers in Athletics, A New Contact Zone [PDF]
, 2013 When I meet someone for the first time and explain what I do, I commonly hear some version of the question “So, what? You write papers for football players?” It was in the spirit of combating this disheartening and marginalizing view of student athletes ...
Bitzel, Alanna
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UNIVERSITY WRITING CENTERS IN RUSSIA: GOALS AND PROSPECTS
Высшее образование в России, 2016 The author gives an overview of the first few academic writing centers in Russian universities and compares their missions and functions in terms of target audience and outcomes for the universities.
Irina B. Korotkina
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