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Reassessing the "Proofreading Trap": ESL Tutoring and Writing Instruction

Sharon A. Myers

Abstract

ESL writers present a common dilemma to writing centers-the desire for sentencelevel interventions from their tutors.Our staff often experience such interventions as contradicting the aim of writing centers, formulated by Stephen North

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Writing Center Journal
Published
2003
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10.7771/2832-9414.1544
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  1. Liu et al. (2022)
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