Hi Kate. Stephen Kuntz at the Academic Support Centre at the U of A tutors and offers writing courses and private tutoring for both undergrad & grad students. Stephen is a former EAP instructor with Faculty of Extension so I believe he takes a linguistic approach to genre instruction. You could contact him directly at [log in to unmask] Writing assistance is also provided to grad students at the Dept. of Secondary Education at the U of A as well, although I do not know the details of the tutoring sessions. Finally, and although perhaps not directly related, Faculty of Extension, English Language Program has been offering an evening thesis writing course; however, to my knowledge, there has never been enough enrollment for the course to actually run. Hope this helps. Gloria Michalchuk has been offering an eveningQuoting Kate Parsons <[log in to unmask]>: > I wonder if anyone knows of any research that's been done on genre and > writing centres. I'm specifically interested in how, or whether, > writing tutorials/consultations help L2 graduate students in learning > to write in their disciplinary genres, but I'd be interested in > anything even peripherally related. > > Thanks in advance. > > Kate Parsons > ALS Grad Student > Carleton Univ. > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > To leave the list, send a SIGNOFF CASLL command to > [log in to unmask] or, if you experience difficulties, > write to Russ Hunt at [log in to unmask] > > For the list archives and information about the organization, > its newsletter, and the annual conference, go to > http://www.stu.ca/inkshed/ > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- To leave the list, send a SIGNOFF CASLL command to [log in to unmask] or, if you experience difficulties, write to Russ Hunt at [log in to unmask] For the list archives and information about the organization, its newsletter, and the annual conference, go to http://www.stu.ca/inkshed/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-