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Novice Tutors and Their ESL Tutees: Three Case Studies of Tutor Roles and Perceptions of Tutorial Success
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Weigle, Sara Cushing; Nelson, Gayle L. – Journal of Second Language Writing, 2004
This article presents case studies of three tutor/tutee dyads, focusing on the negotiation of tutor roles over a semester as part of a course requirement for MATESOL candidates. Tutors were enrolled in the course "Issues in Second Language Writing," and tutees were ESL student volunteers. Data came from on-line discussions from the course,…
Descriptors: Tutors, Tutoring, Student Volunteers, Language Proficiency
Chinese Students' Perceptions of ESL Peer Response Group Interaction.
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Carson, Joan G.; Nelson, Gayle L. – Journal of Second Language Writing, 1996
Investigates Chinese students' interaction styles and reactions to peer response groups in English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) composition classes. Interviews with Chinese-speaking and Spanish-speaking students were audiotaped and examined by researchers. Analysis of these tapes indicated that the Chinese students' main objective of group harmony…
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, Chinese, College Students, Comparative Analysis
Writing Groups: Cross-Cultural Issues.
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Carson, Joan G.; Nelson, Gayle L. – Journal of Second Language Writing, 1994
Writing groups, used in many English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) composition classrooms, pose problems for some students from collectivistic cultures such as Japan and China. Suggested reasons are the individual benefit goal, the need for feedback rather than group harmony, and strained group dynamics. (Contains 41 references.) (Author/LB)
Descriptors: Feedback, Foreign Countries, Group Behavior, Group Dynamics