During my fourth observation, I witnessed a tutor that had a great rapport with a student and crossed the fine line between professional and too friendly. It is important that the student feel comfortable during the student session, however, I believe the tutor should maintain an air of professionalism throughout the interaction. The tutor was very honest with the student about errors she made on her paper, even pointing directly to the errors and telling the student to correct it. The tutor did that numerous times.
The tutor mainly focused on LOCs during the entire session with the student. The tutor explained that she had a great rapport with the student and she could be blunt with her. As the tutor read the paper, she bluntly pointed out every single grammatical error the student made and didn’t discuss any HOCs with the student at all.
Instead of primarily pointing out LOCs, the tutor could have concentrated on helping the writer perfect the overall development of her ideas. Since the tutor and writer had a great rapport, the tutor could utilize their positive relationship and use the strategy of “Oral Composing” illustrated in the book Tutoring Writing. This strategy helps the writer develop relevant ideas, sentences and phrases that will aid in making the paper better. Only focusing on LOCs interferes with this process.
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