Chapter 1Introduction
1.1 Rationale and contextualization of the study
1.2 The writing centre and onetoone writing consultation
1.3 Tutoring L2 students/international students
1.4 Chinese students in UK universities
1.5 Research questions
1.6 Significance of the study
1.7 Summary
Chapter 2Study Context
2.1 Chinese education and English education in China
2.2 Writing centres and onetoone writing consultations in the UK
2.3 The UoS ELTC
2.4 Summary
Chapter 3Literature Review
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Background
3.3 Previous studies on the tutors role and the tutorstudent relationship
3.4 Content of onetoone writing consultations and students needs
3.5 Research on writing centre tutoring of L2 students
3.6 Issues with tutoring L2 learners in onetoone writing consultations
3.7 Summary
Chapter 4Methodology
4.1 Rationale for doing qualitative research
4.2 Research context
4.3 Participant information
4.4 Methods and data collection
4.5 Data collection for main study
4.6 Data analysis
4.7 Reliability and validity
4.8 Ethical issues
4.9 Summary
Chapter 5Results and Discussion
5.1 The tutors role
5.2 Studenttutor relationship
5.3 Chinese students needs
5.4 Tutors teaching strategies in writing consultations with Chinese students
Chapter 6Conclusions and Recommendations
6.1 Summary of key findings
6.2 Pedagogical implications and recommendations
6.3 Limitations of the research
6.4 Proposals for future research
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