Writing Centre Approach: Critical Issues and Practical Concerns.

As part of a research study on innovating the writing centre approach in Malaysian tertiary education, this paper critiques some common practices in writing centres, and raises issues pertinent to the writing centre approach. Critical issues discussed are the notion of help in writing centre tutorin...

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Main Author: Tan, Bee Hoon
Format: Article
Language:English
English
Published: Universiti Putra Malaysia Press 2007
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17662/1/Writing%20Centre%20Approach.pdf
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17662/
http://www.pertanika2.upm.edu.my/Pertanika%20ARCHIVES/JSSH/2007/VOL%2015%20NO.%202%20SEP%202007.pdf#page=83
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Summary:As part of a research study on innovating the writing centre approach in Malaysian tertiary education, this paper critiques some common practices in writing centres, and raises issues pertinent to the writing centre approach. Critical issues discussed are the notion of help in writing centre tutoring, generalist versus specialist tutoring, peer review versus peer tutoring, tutoring ESL students, and grammar instruction. Examples are drawn from context where the writing centre was originally innovated to explore a workable model for its application in Malaysian tertiary institutions.