It is an essential part of a Dyslexia Tutor's role to read the students'
work to identify problems that the students may have with such fundamentals
as sentence and paragraph structure, spelling, punctuation, grammar,
appropriate level of academic language, as well as the overall planning and
organization of their assignments. Analysis of such problems provides a
basis for developing coping mechanisms with the students to help them with
their work in the future.
Although this process may result in the student's work having been
'proofread' for errors, together with suggestions for expressing the
student's thoughts more clearly, it should be 'constructive proofreading',
with learning outcomes for the student, as opposed to a mere correcting of
errors.
Phil Lyons
Learning Support Tutor
Anglia Ruskin University
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Sent: Friday, February 09, 2007 3:41 PM
Subject: Re: proofreading
At UEA we feel the same. To proof read alone would not be developing
skills, merely correcting. I usually read the piece of work to the
student so that they can identify areas that need clarification. If I
spot a part that is ambiguous, I can then ask them to clarify their
intended thoughts. In this way, they are always generating the ideas but
I am able to use the occasion to teach aspects of structure, grammar,
spelling or punctuation.
Ellie Baker
Dyslexia tutor
University of East Anglia
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Sent: Friday, February 09, 2007 12:29 PM
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Subject: Re: proofreading
LSTs are happy to go through a piece of work with the student to
help them identify errors. We aim to teach the students the strategies
to develop their own proof reading skills as part of their overall
development as an independent learner. I don't think we would see it as
our role to provide a proof reading service.
Christine Y. Quinn
Student Support Services
(We have relocated temporarily to Bowland North, Room C91,
Bowland North )
Lancaster University
Lancaster
LA1 4YW
Tel: 01524 592111
Fax: 01524 594868
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staff. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Wendy Knowles
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Sent: 09 February 2007 10:30
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Subject: proofreading
I am interested to know from specialist dyslexia support tutors,
what percentage of your time is spent proofreading and indeed what your
opinions are on this i.e. is it an essential part of your role or do you
sometimes feel frustrated by the quantity of proofreading which you are
required to do? I look forward to your comments. Many thanks. Wendy
Wendy Knowles
Disability Service Co-ordinator
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