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Language: English
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- Title
- ESL Writers: A Guide for Writing Center Tutors, 2nd Edition
- Author
- Rafoth, Ben; Bruce, Shanti
- Publisher
- HEINEMANN
- Publication year
- 2009
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0867095946
- ISBN 13
- 9780867095944
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Item weight
- 13 ounces
- Dimensions
- 6x0x9
Writing Center Director, European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder)
Writing Center Coordinator, University of Maine
Former president, International Writing Centers Association
- expands the definition of students and tutors with respect to their linguistic backgrounds, describing specifically the characteristics of a variety of English learners, including bilingual writers, Generation 1.5ers, recent immigrants, and foreign students who need support with academic English in a new first chapter
- focuses greater attention on the diversity of cultural and literacy identities among students and tutors
- addresses tutors’ most frequently asked questions about helping ESL writers with English grammar
- outlines methods for succeeding with tutoring ESL writers online as well as tips for common pitfalls.
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About the Author
Ben Rafoth directs the writing center at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, where he teaches courses in writing, research methods, and composition theory and pedagogy. He is the editor or coeditor of the Heinemann-Boynton/Cook titles ESL Writers, Second Edition (2009) and A Tutor's Guide, Second Edition (2005).His essays and articles on composition theory and teaching have appeared in several publications, including Assessing Writing, Journal of Teaching Writing, Research in the Teaching of English, and The Writing Lab Newsletter. Ben was an executive officer for the International Writing Centers Association and is a recipient of the Ron Maxwell Award from the National Conference on Peer Tutoring in Writing.
Shanti Bruce is coeditor of the Heinemann-Boynton/Cook title ESL Writers, Second Edition (2009). chairs the masters’ in writing program and coordinates the undergraduate writing program at Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. She is coeditor, with Kevin Dvorak, of Creative Approaches to Writing Center Work (Hampton Press).
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