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Thesis: understanding the differences and cultural factors will help with some guidelines for communicating with ESL students/tutees, thus leading to more beneficial tutoring sessions.
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severe
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ittle headway
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communications gap.
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made in the paper.
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struggled
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in my explanations
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Since the first paragraph identified the problem and stated the solution, the reader needs to understand what is causing the probelm
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cultural factors plague important aspects of ESL communications in the writing center.
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ack of a shared linguistic knowledge base,
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ifferences in the educational, rhetorical, and cultural contexts of their language
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acquisition
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learning
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subconsciously incorporating of linguistic forms through reading and listening.
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consciously assimilating rules and forms through study and instruction.
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What causes the communication gap/ differences between what the ESL learner wrote and what the tutor is trying communicate as errors
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Understanding those differences helps in formulating beneficial principles of communication
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rhetorical models are quite diverse
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In some cultures, one would be considered rude or abrupt to announce one's point immediately.
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Socratic dialogue
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The tutor takes on the role of collaborator and is an authoritative figure based on didactic tutoring. Tutors don't need to know all the answers, but it seems this paragraph is saying start by using didactic tutoring and move towards Socratic dialogue.
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didactic context
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So we have a communications gap, how do we begin to communicate with the ESL learner. What tutoring style should we use? Didactic context and communicate collaboratively, but realize that tutor is more of an authoritative figure, telling/informing the tutee of what he/she must do.
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shared assumptions and patterns of language
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apply a principle they have learned to a grammar error.
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communicate collaboratively
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ole as cultural/rhetorical informants as well as collaborators.
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Cultural differences in body language
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attitudes and preferences
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The acceptability of degrees of physical proximity and eye contact differ between cultures.
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Cultural differences in body language (speaking without speaking), attitudes and preferences need to be known so that the tutor and tutee may communicate effectively. Examples of these cultural differences are given: Latin American, Arabic, Asian, and Chinese.
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When I have gone to a new country, such as Zambia and Mexico, I looked up the ways in which to communicate with folks there, forbidden hand gesture, is shaking hands okay. In some culture they kiss each other on the cheek as a greeting. Ignorance towards body language, attitudes, and preferences may drive an eternal wedge between the tutor and tutee. This is a huge part of understanding cultural differences.
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it down first and allow the student to establish comfortable body positioning
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ake body language cues from the writer
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encouraging the student to speak up or ask questions
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This paragraph answers a question Writing Centers, directors and tutors may wonder: Do I have to know everything about every culture in order to communicate effectively? When writing essays it's important to keep in mind questions that may arise from the intended audience.
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The tutor does not need to know everything about every culture, rather keenly observe the tutee, and modify behavior when appropriate.
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utor can foster discourse through slightly modified behavior.
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temptation to address too many issues in one session
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Another issue with tutoring ESL learners: trying to fix everything at once. They are not the same as a native English speaker and cannot be expected to eat, chew and digest everything put in front of them. You need to pick up the steak knife and cut up the steak into manageable pieces.
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Native English speaker vs ESL learner; don't tutor them the same Although this paragraph seems slightly out of place and doesn't move the argument forward, it is a reminder that ESL students are tackling the foreign language and cannot be expected to handle the same workload as native speakers.
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effective communications is best achieved by limiting the topics covered within the session
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English is not the primary language.
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Going back to ESL learners, a part of understanding cultural differences is understanding that they are coming to me for help with their writing-writing which is in a foreign language to them. Understanding prioritizing is part of the solution when tutoring ESL learner, and all learners consequently.
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The driving force behind limiting is prioritizing.
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the primary cultural barrier to communication
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Explaining the differences in mechanics seen in varying languages spoken by other cultures. Patience is key nevertheless.
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So how do tutors not overwhelm the tutees? By prioritizing-what is causing the most issues and go from there.
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Communication barriers lie in the language itself and its attached conversational dialect, transcending into how the ESL learner communicates in their native tongue. * I think this paragraph could be two.
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ack of fluency in conversational dialect
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Close observation is a key to interpreting and dispelling cultural interference.
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Summarizing the last several paragraphs; close observation is the key as well as other possible modifications.
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Summarizing the main points is like the Therefore since we know all of this we can understand the cultural differences between the tutor and ESL tutee and thus eliminate or at least reduce the cultural barriers.
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A continuance of the last paragraph. All of this information presented may help or it may not.
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