Open AccessReading an ESL Writer’s Text
Author(s) -
Paul Kei Matsuda,
Michelle Cox
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
sisal journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.178
H-Index - 2
ISSN - 2185-3762
DOI - 10.37237/020102
Subject(s) - reading (process) , writing center , rhetorical question , session (web analytics) , computer science , linguistics , professional writing , psychology , mathematics education , world wide web , library science , philosophy
This paper focuses on reading as a central act of communication in the tutorial session. Writing center tutors without extensive experience reading writing by second language writers may have difficulty getting past the many differences in surface-level features, organization, and rhetorical moves. After exploring some of the sources of these differences in writing, the authors present strategies that writing tutors can use to work effectively with second language writers.