Non-Native Speakers as Students in First-Year Composition Classes with Native Speakers: How Can Writing Tutors Help?.

Kennedy, Barbara L.

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ERIC Number: EJ462316

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Publication Date: 1993

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Non-Native Speakers as Students in First-Year Composition Classes with Native Speakers: How Can Writing Tutors Help?

Kennedy, Barbara L.

Writing Center Journal, v13 n2 p27-38 Spr 1993

Describes the five major problems faced by foreign students in traditional composition classes. Presents types of tutorial activities which may prove beneficial when dealing with the major problems that ESL students have in both reading and writing in English. Discusses the effect of such tutorial activities at the University of Kentucky. (HB)

Descriptors: Collaborative Writing, English (Second Language), Foreign Students, Freshman Composition, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Teaching Methods, Tutorial Programs, Tutors, Writing Improvement, Writing Laboratories

Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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