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Apr 28, 2024
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ENG 408B - Tutoring Student Writers (3 units)
Trains students to work with peers on academic writing projects; prepares students to work in the university’s Writing Center.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 303 or Junior standing.
Units of Lecture: 3
Offered: Every Fall
Student Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this course:
1. Students will be able to connect theory and practice related to ethical writing and consultation processes.
2. Students will be able to conduct inquiry into students’ difficulties with writing and apply insight gained to create a focus for tutoring sessions.
3. Students will be able to learn and apply consultation methods appropriate for writers from different backgrounds, learning styles, and levels of writing proficiency.
4. Students will be able to understand and apply ethical principles of writing as well as supporting student writing.
5. Students will be able to collaborate effectively with other writers and consultants.
6. Students will be able to analyze, evaluate, and guide revision of different kinds of written texts with problems in a variety of areas, including audience and task orientation, focus on a specific purpose, development, global/local organization, integration of sources, logical connections, conventions of academic genre, documentation/citation, and sentence style/mechanics.
7. Students will be able to perform a variety of writing, consulting, research, and critical thinking tasks more effectively.
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