Title Writing center talk over time : a mixed-method study / Jo Mackiewicz

Published New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2018 ©2018

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 241 pages) : illustrations Series Routledge research in writing studies Routledge research in writing studies. Contents Foreword / by Isabelle Thompson -- The UWS writing center in place and time -- Practice based in research -- A mixed-method approach -- Volubility, variation, and most frequent words -- Tutors' keywords -- Student writers' keywords -- Lexical bundles in tutors' and student writers' talk -- Student writers' very long turns-at-talk -- Changes in the aboutness of talk at the UWS writing center Summary In the last 15 to 20 years, writing centers have placed greater importance on tutor training, focusing on teaching tutors best practices in fostering student writers' engagement and writing skills. Writing Center Talk over Time explores the importance of writing center talk and demonstrates the efficacy of tutor training. The book uses corpus-driven analysis and discourse analysis to examine the changes in writing center talk over time to provide a baseline understanding of the very heart of writing center work: the talk that unfolds between tutors and student writers. It is this talk that, at its best, motivates student writers to continue to improve their writing and scaffolds their learning and that makes tutors proud of the service that they provide. The methods and analysis of this study are intended to inform other researchers so that they may conduct further research into the efficacy of writing center talk Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Jo Mackiewicz is Professor of Rhetoric and Professional Communication and Co-Director of the Advanced Communication Program at Iowa State University, USA. She is the author of The Aboutness of Writing Center Talk and co-author, with Isabelle Thompson, of Talk about Writing Print version record Subject English language -- Rhetoric -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- Case studies Academic writing -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- Case studies Tutors and tutoring -- Wisconsin -- Case studies Writing centers -- Wisconsin -- Case studies Writing. Writing writing (processes) LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Composition & Creative Writing. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Rhetoric. REFERENCE -- Writing Skills. Academic writing -- Study and teaching (Higher) English language -- Rhetoric -- Study and teaching (Higher) Tutors and tutoring Writing centers Wisconsin Genre/Form Case studies Form Electronic book LC no. 2018012062 ISBN 9780429469237 0429469233 9780429890147 0429890141 9780429890154 042989015X 9780429890130 0429890133

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