ERIC Number: EJ972911
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012
Pages: 27
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ISSN: ISSN-0218-8791
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Criteria for Successfully Recruiting Online Peer-Tutors in Foreign Languages
Gabarre, Cecile; Gabarre, Serge
Asia Pacific Journal of Education, v32 n2 p197-223 2012
Informal discussions with final-year undergraduates majoring in French as a foreign language in a Malaysian public university revealed that they lacked confidence in their language proficiency. We believed that they needed some form of recognition and therefore developed a model of online peer-tutoring. In this study, nine final-year learners were selected to become online peer-tutors for 18 second-year learners. This article explains the selection procedure and the peer-tutoring model implemented in a reading and writing course. It also reviews the selection criteria based on the analysis of the peer-tutors' performances during the tutoring. The data consists of the results from online participation monitoring, self-reflective questionnaires and surveys. The findings were congruent with current research on peer-tutoring and validated the selection criteria (i.e., quantity of messages, quality of contributions, linguistic proficiency and accuracy of objectives). The peer-tutoring model was well received and benefited all participants. Its implementation revealed some traits in the tutor-tutee relationship specific to the Malaysian context. (Contains 3 tables and 18 figures.)
Descriptors: Criteria, Tutors, Peer Teaching, Language Proficiency, Tutoring, Teacher Recruitment, Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Online Courses, Teacher Selection, Public Colleges, French, Second Language Learning, Asians, Undergraduate Students, College Seniors, Scoring Rubrics, Questionnaires, Student Attitudes, Cues, Second Language Instruction, Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, Accuracy
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Malaysia
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