Emi - Questions 1/23


I remember from my previous university that tutors in the WC would ask me weather they wanted me to notify the instructor about my visit to the WC. For them it was an option integrated in the website? Is this an option in our website too? Here I am probably thinking more about the Spanish WC, since we are now discussing ideas about how to notify instructors that their students have visited the WC.

In relation to the book, Ryan and Zummerelli suggest to “be careful about how much of the writer’s work you revise” (p.3).
I remember from my previous experience in a Spanish Writing having a hard time going over L2 essays that would just not make any sense. I corrected the work with the student and helped them construct sentences that were grammatically correct, but still, they were not even close to what a native speaker would actually say. I also skipped a lot of errors, because I felt they were way beyond their current level. So I guess my question is: where is the limit between revising too much, and letting the student leave with an essay full of mistakes?


Also, the authors in the book emphasize on separating the tutor’s responsibilities from the instructor’s’ responsibilities, especially when it comes to grading. My biggest concern, however, is what happens if you are both the instructor of a class and the tutor in the WC?. In this case, if my students come to me in the Spanish WC, wouldn’t they expect later a good grade in the course? How could these two responsibilities be better differentiated? 

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