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TGD Me

• Dr Rodney Jones
• Department of English and Communication

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What is theLanguage Clinic?

• A peer-tutoring service for students which
  provides on-going help with English writing in
  course assignments
• Encourages students to take responsibility for
  their own learning (Co-learning and
  Empowerment)
• Integrating language learning with subject
  learning
• Developing a culture of literacy

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History

• The problem
• EN Language Clinic
• TGD 2003
• FHS Language Clinic
• FB Language Clinic
• TGD 2005
• Satellite Language Clinics in Student Residences
• TGD 2006

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Results
FHS
High rate of student usage
Favorable student evaluations
Language Clinic
FB
LAW
Improvement in English test scores
Better student assignments
CM
FSE
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Face-to-Face Peer Counseling Service

• Face-to-Face Consultations
• Mostly for revision of assignments
• 1030-730 Monday-Friday
• NOT an editing service
• Helping clients to develop the tools to improve
  on their own

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On-line Consultation

• Evenings and weekends
• Helping students while they are working on their
  assignments
• Helping students in their own cultural context

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The LanguageClinic Website

• Information about the Language Clinic
• On-line Booking Service
• Reading Corner
• Self-help Corner
• Writing Corner
• FHS http//www.cityu.edu.hk/language_clinic/
• FB http//www.cityu.edu.hk/language_clinic/fb
• FSE coming soon!

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Research Initiatives

• To improve the Language Clinic services and
  training of tutors
• To understand the extent to which peer tutoring
  can improve students language proficiency
• To understand the characteristics of successful
  peer-tutoring
• To understand the characteristics
  (advantages/challenges) of delivering
  peer-tutoring in different modes

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Selected output

• Jones, R., Garralda, A., Kwan, B., Li, D.C.S. and
  Lock, G. (2004a) The Language Clinic Experience
  Setting up a peer-run writing center for
  university English majors. A paper presented at
  the Cross-strait English Language Education
  Conference Chiayi University, Taiwan, May 28-29.
• Jones, R., Garralda, A., Li. D.C.S., and Lock, G.
  (2004b) Interactional dynamics in on-line and
  face-to-face peer tutoring sessions. A paper
  presented at the 18th International Language in
  Education Conference, Hong Kong, December 16-18.
• Jones, R., Garralda, A., Li, D.C.S. and Lock, G.
  (2006) Interactional dynamics in on-line and
  face-to-face peer-tutoring sessions with second
  language writers. The Journal of Second Language
  Writing 14 (3).

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Split between 3 worlds?
Teaching
TDG
Service
Research
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TDG and Me

• Finding my place
• Finding my way forward

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Contact me

• Contact me
• Dr Rodney Jones
• 27889636
• enrodney_at_cityu.edu.hk