RE: bilingual consultations

["Marek, Margaret-Rose" <M.Marek@tcu.edu>]

There is some evidence with ESL law students enrolled in legal writing and
research classes--that encouraging them not to think about or write about
their legal writing assignments in their native languages--may be
detrimental.  And in fact some research indicates that ESL writers may use
the technique of thinking and writing in their natives languages to
advantage.

I would think that this might also apply in our writing centers, and
especially if cultural differences in thinking and writing  patterns are
operating as well.  MRM
Margaret-Rose Marek
Technologies Coordinator
William L. Adams Writing Center
TCU Box 297700
Fort Worth, TX 76129-0001
817-257-6539 phone
817-257-6239 fax