Writing Center Talk over Time

Jo Mackiewicz is Professor of Rhetoric and Professional Communication and Co-Director of the Advanced Communication Program at Iowa State University, USA. She is the author of The Aboutness of Writing Center Talk and co-author, with Isabelle Thompson, of Talk about Writing.

• AcknowledgmentsForeword by Isabelle ThompsonChapter 1: The UWS Writing Center in Place and TimeChapter 2: Practice Based in ResearchChapter 3: A Mixed-Method ApproachChapter 4: Volubility, Variation, and Most Frequent WordsChapter 5: Tutors’ KeywordsChapter 6: Student Writers’ KeywordsChapter 7: Lexical Bundles in Tutors’ and Student Writers’ TalkChapter 8: Student Writers’ Very Long Turns-at-TalkChapter 9: Changes in the Aboutness of Talk at the UWS Writing CenterReferences Appendix A: GlossaryAppendix B: 2017 Interview QuestionsAppendix C: Mackiewicz and Thompson (2015) Coding Scheme for Tutoring StrategiesAppendix D: Letters for Participant RecruitmentAppendix E: Consent Forms and Data Release FormAppendix F: Demographic Information SheetsAppendix G: 2017 Training SyllabusAppendix H: 2017 Consultant Observation FormAppendix I: Excerpts from the 2017 ESL Training Schedule