Recommended Citation
Kwon, Heejung, "Negotiating a Professional Identity as an International Tutor at the Writing Center" (2015). Purdue Writing Lab/Purdue OWL Graduate Student Presentations. Paper 14.
https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/writinglabgradpres/14
Date of this Version
4-10-2015
Keywords
international tutors, identity, self-efficacy, non-native speaker
Abstract
The ethos of international teaching assistants or non-native speaker professionals in the field of writing studies has been researched with a specific focus on teacher identity in classroom settings. The status of international tutors can become a topic of discussion in terms of their credibility, language proficiency, writing competence, and self-efficacy. In this presentation, I discuss how I situate myself as an international tutor at a writing center and ways to self-train and professionalize myself as a better tutor, as well as explore ways to think about mentoring relationships for prospective international tutors.