Tutoring Links

Here are some links on good tutoring.  The first two are especially useful, with tons of great handouts and resources for tutors.

1.      http://www.dvc.edu/org/facilities/computer-labs/english/handouts.htm

Diablo Valley College study skills handouts.  Not only composition tutoring, but general study skills.  Everything from “Scheduling your time well” to   “Improve your concentration and memory” to test prep strategies. 

2.      http://www.dvc.edu/org/departments/english/learningresources/

Also from Diablo Valley College, more handouts, this time more related to composition and ESL learners.  This is a really good resource for handouts for things like writing theses, punctuation, commas, reading skills, and tons more.

3.      http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/944/01/

The Purdue Online Writing Lab, tutoring grammar, including rationales for tutoring grammar and some basic strategies.

4.      http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/663/1/

Also Purdue OWL, but this is a Powerpoint presentation discussing how tutoring (here, “conferencing”) is different from teaching in a classroom.  This was useful for me since I have been teaching but not tutoring for a while.

5.      http://writingcenter.unc.edu/esl/teaching-resources/tips-for-writing-tutors/

U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Ten Tips for Writing Tutors (some are specific to ESL learners, but most are generally applicable).

6.      http://writingcenter.unc.edu/faculty-resources/tips-on-teaching-writing/what-is-good-writing/

U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill again, this time a list of elements of good writing. There is an interesting list of attitudes or skills our students might have.  For example, “Your students may have always written assignments the night before they are due;”  “Your students may not believe they have anything useful to say on the assigned subject.” 

7.      http://guts.studentorg.wisc.edu/resources/tutors/AMtutorhandbook2011.pdf

GUTS: Greater University Tutoring Service, U of Wisconsin, Madison.  This is a handout given to tutors in a student-run tutoring center.  Of particular interest is page 7, “How to Handle a Tough Tutoring Session.”

8.      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbmTv-SQNHE

Strategies for Tutoring English Language Learners from the College of Marin.  9 minute video about tutoring ESL writers from the perspective of the teacher/tutor and student.