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Peer Writing Tutoring Professional Development

Tutoring, Mentoring, and Teaching. What’s the Difference?

I’ve been a Writing Center peer tutor since my sophomore year at DePaul, and I can easily say that working here has been one of the most…

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Professional Development Writing about Writing

What Skills Have You Developed by Working at the Writing Center?

Every winter and spring quarter in what I’ve dubbed “internship application season,” I’ve found myself writing and rewriting my resume and thinking about how to best talk…

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Multilingualism Peer Writing Tutoring

How To Work With EAL Writers (Part Two)

This is Part Two of a post appeared on UCWbLing on 04/25/2022 Something I really struggled with when I first started working as a peer tutor was…

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Multilingualism New Tutors Peer Writing Tutoring

How to Work with EAL Writers (Part One)

When I first started working as a peer tutor at the DePaul University Center for Writing-based Learning (UCWbL), I found one of my biggest challenges to be…

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Peer Writing Tutoring

A Case for Working at the Writing Center—Especially If You Have an Unrelated Major

I’m a Music Performance major. When I tell people that I work at the DePaul’s Writing Center as a peer tutor, I’m often met with reactions of…

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Multilingualism Writing about Writing

CMWR Grammar Series: Commas

What is a comma? When should it be used? A comma (,) is a punctuation mark used to indicate separation within a sentence. They help to group…

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Writing about Writing

Cognitive Scaffolding: What and How?

By Alayne T., Anastasia K., and Koko T. What is Cognitive Scaffolding? Cognitive scaffolding is a teaching and tutoring method in which the tutor controls elements of…