One tutoring technique I find useful, whether the appointment is written or face-to-face, is asking a question as a way of overcoming an obstacle. It is not…
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
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Preventing Tutor Fatigue
We’ve all had it happen. You’ve had four face-to-face appointments so far today, your eyes hurt from staring at your computer screen, and in walks your next…
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…
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…