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ERIC Number: EJ532525
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-1060-3743
Tutoring Second Language Text Revision: Does the Approach to Instruction or the Language of Communication Make a Difference?
Cumming, Alister; So, Sufumi
Journal of Second Language Writing, v5 n3 p197-226 Sep 1996
Describes the dynamics of problem solving through spoken discourse in one-to-one tutoring of second-language writing in order to determine whether these processes vary with either instructional approach or language used. Tutors' and students' cooperative efforts to solve problems in the students' draft compositions focused primarily on local levels of the compositions. (65 references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: College Students, Cultural Influences, Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language), Error Correction, Foreign Countries, Grammar, Language Variation, Punctuation, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Spelling, Syntax, Teacher Student Relationship, Teaching Methods, Tutoring, Tutors, Writing (Composition)
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Canada