Directiveness in tutor talk

dc.contributor.authorCarstens, Adelia
dc.contributor.authorRambiritch, Avasha
dc.date.accessioned2022-02-25T08:04:35Z
dc.date.available2022-02-25T08:04:35Z
dc.date.issued2021-09
dc.description.abstractThe reigning orthodoxy in writing centres has been to avoid directive approaches and embrace non-directive approaches to tutoring. Although since the late 1990s various writing centre scholars have debunked this myth, many guidebooks on tutoring still adhere to it. We believe that theory-led empirical research on tutor approaches and actions is necessary to demonstrate the situation-dependent efficacy of directive approaches and thereby dispel the myth that a peer role is preferred to a teacherly role. This paper starts addressing the need for theory-led empirical research on directiveness by applying theories of linguistic pragmatics to analyse writing centre consultations and assist writing centre tutors to develop a critical awareness of both their actions and students’ responses. First, a synopsis is given of how directiveness is portrayed in the writing centre literature. This is followed by an overview of micro- and macro-pragmatic theories on speech acts in linguistics and suggestions on how they may be applied to better understand the role of directiveness in writing centre consultations. Finally, the present research project is described and an analysis of two excerpts (speech events) from a particular consultation is offered as an illustration of the insight offered by pragmatic theories.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentUnit for Academic Literacyen_ZA
dc.description.librarianpm2022en_ZA
dc.description.urihttps://journals.ufs.ac.za/index.php/pie/indexen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationCarstens, A. & Rambiritch, A. 2021, "Directiveness in tutor talk, Perspectives in Education, vol. 39, no. 3, pp. 151-168.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0258-2236 (print)
dc.identifier.issn2519-593X (online)
dc.identifier.other10.18820/2519593X/pie.v39. i3.12
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/84207
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherUniversity of the Free Stateen_ZA
dc.rights© Creative Commons With Attribution (CC-BY). Published by the UFS.en_ZA
dc.subjectDirectivenessen_ZA
dc.subjectNon-directivenessen_ZA
dc.subjectMacro-pragmaticsen_ZA
dc.subjectMicro-pragmaticsen_ZA
dc.subjectWriting centresen_ZA
dc.subjectWriting consultationsen_ZA
dc.subjectWriting tutorsen_ZA
dc.titleDirectiveness in tutor talken_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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