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Tutoring Second Language Text Revision: Does the Approach to Instruction or the Language of Communication Make a Difference?

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Cumming, Alister; So, Sufumi – Journal of Second Language Writing, 1996

Describes the dynamics of problem solving through spoken discourse in one-to-one tutoring of second-language writing in order to determine whether these processes vary with either instructional approach or language used. Tutors' and students' cooperative efforts to solve problems in the students' draft compositions focused primarily on local…

Descriptors: College Students, Cultural Influences, Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language)