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David-Michael, Have you seen this thread of info on ESL Tutoring? It may come in hand in the future. Lynette X 212 -----Original Message----- From: Open Forum for Learning Assistance Professionals [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Hotchkiss, Chrisa Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 4:30 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Policy for tutoring ESL students in writing Dear listers, I'm working on a policy for writing tutors working with ESL students. Our tutors don't proofread or edit students' papers. But that line always seems to be somewhat blurred when working with ESL students whose errors are often more surface-level grammar and mechanics issue. The approach some of our tutors use is to carefully analyze with the student the first page of an essay and then have the student work independently on the rest of the paper using the feedback from the tutor to look for similar patterns of errors. However, some ESL students are having difficulty with this because they know that when they work on their own without the tutor, they are likely to miss a lot of the errors. So the first part of the paper will be in better shape than the second and may affect their grade. I'm thinking a possible strategy to address this would be to have the student work independently on the second half of the paper and then bring it back to the tutor one more time for review. (Our ESL students are allowed two hours a week with a tutor.) Does anyone else use this practice? Or do you have feedback about how you address this issue using a different strategy? Thanks for any feedback you can provide. Chrisa Chrisa Hotchkiss Director of Learning Services The Teaching and Learning Center Bertrand Hall, room 110 Dominican University of California 50 Acacia Ave. San Rafael, CA 94901 [log in to unmask] 415-257-0153 (phone) 415-257-0177 (fax) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To access the LRNASST-L archives or User Guide, or to change your subscription options (including subscribe/unsubscribe), point your web browser to http://www.lists.ufl.edu/archives/lrnasst-l.html To contact the LRNASST-L owner, email [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To access the LRNASST-L archives or User Guide, or to change your subscription options (including subscribe/unsubscribe), point your web browser to http://www.lists.ufl.edu/archives/lrnasst-l.html To contact the LRNASST-L owner, email [log in to unmask]