Crystal
I think that tutors can use some of the strategies that Graff and Birkenstein use when tutoring. They can learn what process the writer goes through while writing a paper. A tutor can converse with them about their paper and they can explain some of the things they have written. Through metacommentary the writer can tell the reader or tutor in this case how to think about what they wrote and how not to think about their major points in their paper.
I do not think that their method is not clearly based on templates. When using any of their methods I believe that you as the tutor can put your own twist on things. Depending on the person your tutoring you have to approach them a certain way. You can not deal with different people in the exact same way, when writing the same thing applies. A tutor has to keep their audience in mind.
I think that there are a lot of important moves to keep in mind when having a tutoring conference. I think that having the student talk about their writing and what they want their reader to thin about their writing will help not only the tutor but the writer as well.
2 comments:
I like your suggestion to use meta-commentary in peer tutoring, Crystal. In fact, good peer tutoring is probably *all* meta-commentary: i.e., tutors and clients reflecting together about a text.
Crystal, I agree with your point that "a tutor has to keep their audience in mind." I just met with my tutee for the first time and we went over different templates, discussed her writing style, what she felt comfortable using and what she may want to challenge herself to use in her future papers. I agree that not all templates work for everyone and like you said, "you can not deal with different people in the exact same way."
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