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The Bedford Guide for Writing Tutors

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Sixth  Edition©2016  Leigh Ryan; Lisa Zimmerelli

ISBN:9781319054045

ISBN:9781457650727

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Including additional coverage of teaching in the information age and teaching multilingual writers, as well as a new chapter on research in the writing center, The Bedford Guide for Writing Tutors is attentive to the needs of writing tutors as both teachers and scholars. A brief and informative guide to tutoring in todays environment, the text helps establish your own tutoring techniques while reflecting on your teaching philosophies.

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Table of Contents

Preface for Writing Center Directors

Introduction for Tutors

  1. The Writing Center as a Workplace

    2. Professionalism toward the Writer

    Professionalism toward Other Tutors

    Professionalism toward Teachers

    The Many Hats Tutors Wear

    When is a Tutor Not a Tutor?

    Exercise 1A: Keeping a Personal Tutoring Journal

    Exercise 1B: Participating in Public Online Discussion Forums

    Exercise 1C: Investigating Your Writing Center’s History

    Exercise 1D: Exploring Tutors’ Roles

  2. Inside the Tutoring Session

    3. Getting Started

    Setting the Agenda

    Four Effective, Powerful Tools

    Using a Handbook

    Wrapping Up a Session

    Exercise 2A: Observing Tutors’ and Writers’ Body Language

    Exercise 2B: Observing Tutoring Sessions

    Exercise 2C: Working with Handbooks and Other References

    Exercise 3D: Role-playing the Tutoring Session

  3. Tutoring Writers Through The Writing Process

    4. Prewriting

    Drafting

    Revising

    Editing for Grammar, Punctuation, and Mechanics

    Coping with the Long Paper

    Working with a Text Digitally

    Exercise 3A: Exploring How Writing is Taught

    Exercise 3B: Understanding Common Terms of the Writing Process

    Exercise 3C: Developing a Handout

    Exercise 3D: The Writing Process in Action: Self-Reflection and Writer Case Study

    Exercise 3E: Reflecting on Being Tutored
    　

  4. The Writers You Tutor

    5. Learning Styles

    Students Concerns

    The Writer with Writing Anxiety

    The Writer with Basic Writing Skills

    The Multilingual Writer

    The Writer with a Learning Disability

    The Writer with a Physical Challenge

    The Adult Learner

    Exercise 4A: Reflecting on Writers’ Concerns

    Exercise 4B: Reflecting on Your Own Writing Concerns

    Exercise 4C: Reflecting on Tutoring Techniques

    Exercise 4D: Learning from Students
    　

  5. Helping Writers Across the Curriculum

    6. Research Papers

    Lab Reports and Scientific Papers

    Argument or Position Papers

    Literature Papers

    Book, Film, and Play Reviews

    Group Writing Projects

    Digital or Multimodal Environments

    PowerPoint and Alternative Platform Presentations

    Resumes (Traditional and Scannable)

    Cover Letters

    Application Essays and Personal Statements

  6. Tutoring in the Information Age

    7. Online Tutoring

    Online Writing Resources

    Helping Writers Evaluate Online Sources

    Exercise 6A: Developing Advice Templates

    Exercise 6B: The Challenges of Online Tutoring

    Exercise 6C: Creating Stock Responses

    　

  7. Addressing Various Tutoring Situations

    8. The Writer Who Comes at the Last Minute

    The Unresponsive Writer

    The Antagonistic Writer

    The Writer Who Selects an Inappropriate Topic or Uses Offensive Language

    The Writer Who Plagiarizes

    The Writer with the "Perfect" Paper

    The Writer with the Long Paper

    　

    Exercise 7A: Reflecting on Various Tutoring Situations

    　

  8. Research in the Writing Center

Formulating a Research Question

Conducting a Literature Review

Selecting Your Methods and Conducting Your Research

Sharing Your Research

Publishing Your Research

Why Research?

　

Exercise 8A: Researching Tutoring Strategies

Exercise 8B: "Where We Stand On…" Critical Literature Review

Exercise 8C: Analyzing a Research Study

9. The Writing Center as a Community

Exercise 9A: Articulating Your Tutoring Philosophy

Exercise 9B: Creating a Metaphor for Tutoring

　

Appendix A: Tutors Ask

Appendix B: Tutors Talk: Evaluating What They Say

Appendix C: Role-Playing Activities

Appendix D: Outside Tutoring and Editing Jobs

Leigh Ryan

Leigh Ryan has directed the Writing Center at the University of Maryland since 1982.  In addition to articles on mentoring, writing, and writing center theory, practice, and administration, she is the author of The Bedford Guide for Writing Tutors (Fifth Edition, with Lisa Zimmerelli).  She has presented at regional, national, and international writing center and composition conferences.  She has consulted on writing centers at institutions in the United States, South Africa, and the Netherlands.  Former secretary of the International Writing Centers Association and president of the Maryland Association of Teachers of English and Mid-Atlantic Writing Centers Association (MAWCA), she currently serves on the executive board for MAWCA and the planning committee for the IWCA/NCPTW 2010 conference.

Lisa Zimmerelli