ESL Writers: a guide for writing center tutors

PART I. CULTURAL CONTEXTS

Insights into cultural divides / Nancy Hayward

Theoretical perspectives on learning a second language / Theresa Jiinling Tseng

PART II. THE ESL TUTORING SESSION

Getting started / Shanti Bruce

Reading an ESL writer's text / Paul Kei Matsuda, Michelle Cox

Avoiding appropriation / Carol Severino

"Earth aches by midnight": helping ESL writers clarify their intended meaning / Amy Jo Minett

Looking at the whole text / Jennifer Staben, Kathryn Dempsey Nordhaus

Editing line by line / Cynthia Linville

Tutoring ESL papers online / Ben Rafoth

Raising questions about plagiarism / Kurt Bouman

Is this my job? / Paula Gillespie

Creative writing workshops for ESL writers / Kevin Dvorak

PART III. A BROADER VIEW

The role of writing in higher education abroad / Gerd Bräuer

Trying to explain English / Ben Rafoth

ESL students share their writing center experiences / Shanti Bruce.