There are certain things that should be done as a tutor and certain things that should not. Here are a few that I find most important:
"Do's"
Listen intentively, act interested, become involved in the writing.
Be an empathetic respondent while remaining detached (focused on the writing and not the writer.)
Pay attention to your body language, gestures and posture.
Give honest feedback, encouragement and deserved praise.
Encourage collaboration, getting the writer to talk while welcoming them to explore/express their own idea's.
"Don't"
Use praise to sugarcoat the truth (stating its perfect when there are obvious problem areas.)
Use aggressive gestures or words.
Interrupt, speak over and above the tutee or slouch and nod (acting authorative and/or disinterested.)
Be overly critical or picky (zeroing in on the Low Order Concerns.)
Disrespect the writers work by inserting, what you may think is, "better" language, information or style.
Act as a therapist by getting too personal and attempting to counsel the writer.
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Great work, Crystal. I think it is very important what you say about how the tutor should not insert better word choices, or do any of the writing for the student. Keep in mind, this can be challenging when actually tutroing. Many tutors cannot resist giving words and phrases to the tutee. And if someone is new to the language you may even need to occasionally help them out with word choice. It can be a very difficult balance to strike.
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