The Aboutness of Writing Center Talk: A Corpus-Driven and Discourse Analysis

by Jo Mackiewicz

Book Overview

Writing centers in universities and colleges aim to help student writers develop practices that will make them better writers in the long term and that will improve their draft papers in the short term. The tutors who work in writing centers accomplish such goals through one-to-one talk about writing. This book analyzes the aboutness of writing center talk--what tutors and student writers talk about when they come together to talk about writing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367882604
• ISBN13: 9780367882600
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"