On Friday October 7, the Collaborative for Multilingual Writing and Research (CMWR) hosted our first Conversation Group, an initiative designed to address the needs of DePaul and…
Category: Peer Writing Tutoring
Reflections on tutor’s professional experiences and poignant advice about the role itself; challenges they faced and/or victories with their important teachings; the divergent writerly genres one might encounter; and the scope of such position beyond the Writing Center
A little known fact about writing centers is that we are always engaging in cutting-edge research, and right now, scholarship on online tutoring is all the rage. …
It never fails. Finals approaching, deadlines hanging in the air, more projects to do than I can actually hold in my head at one time, and what…
This past week, I led my first face-to-face appointment with an adult student. There was of course no way to tell that the student bringing in a…
During the course of a conversation partner appointment with a student of English at DePaul University’s writing center, my partner and I stumbled onto a suggested technique…
I believe it was Marge Piercy who said, “If you want to be a writer, be a reader.” I think there is much practical, as well as…
*Co-written with Elliot Crumpley. The Collaborative for Multilingual Writing and Research (CMWR) held a workshop on October 3 focusing on American dialects. To this you might ask…
As a new member of the Writing Groups team—and a new tutor to boot—I was mystified by all the acronyms and new vocabulary I encountered during my…
As a new tutor with the UCWbL, my appointments so far have been either in person or via email. In both cases, I’ve felt in control of…
Think of all the choices you make between your handshake with a new peer and your first glance at his/her work. First of all, do you shake…