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As always, we would like to thank all of the people who submitted
articles to us, and likewise encourage you to submit articles
to the DM so that we can keep it updated regularly.
The first article is Tutoring Creative Writing Assignments,
by Priscilla McEver. In this article, Priscilla looks at the
different standards for creative writing and common elements
of creative writing that we can focus on as tutors.
Next is Age Differences Among Writing Center Tutors: A
Fifty-something's Perspective, by Celia Crotteau. Celia
discusses her observations as an older tutor and the strengths
that each generation brings to the writing center.
Our third article is by James Gapinski,
titled Writing for the Moment: "Idea Journals"
and the Tutorial Session. James explains the concept of
an Idea Journal and how he has modified the idea to make it
a tool for both the tutor and tutee.
Feminist Tutoring in the Writing Center
is the next article. Written by Andrew Rihn, it discusses
gender identity within the writing center and how it is more
productive for a tutor to take a feminist, rather than feminine,
approach to tutoring.
Our next article, What I learned about
ESL from SSL and GSL: Striving for Patience with ESL Students
by Remembering the Difficulty of Second Language Acquisition,
has one of the longest titles we've seen in awhile. The article's
author, Mike Sobiech, relates how his struggles in studying
Spanish and Greek have translated into success at tutoring
ESL students.
Our final article is Tutoring Non-Native
Speakers, by Lydia Sanchez. Lydia asks you to switch roles
with a nervous ESL student and consider what characteristics
best suit the ideal ESL tutor.
Our issue ends with a Call for Nominations
for the 2008 Ron Maxwell Award. Please click on the appropriate
links or here
for more details.
Some additional announcements: check the
main page for information about the new issue of Praxis:
Writing Center Journal; also new pictures have been posted
from this past year's NCPTW Conference held at Penn State.
By the way, the Tutor Guru had plenty of
free time this Spring semester (he said he's taking a brief
break from enforcing collaboration with an iron wand), so
he managed to answer all the tutoring questions you've submitted.
We ask that you keep them coming!
Thanks for stopping by the Dangling Modifier.
As always we hope that you found us helpful, or if not helpful,
at least entertaining.
If
you are interested in submitting to the Dangling Modifier,
please email Cindy Clem at crc189@psu.edu.
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