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Language Attitudes of Writing Center Consultants: Perception and Expectation

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dc.contributor.author Sparks, Benjamin John
dc.date.accessioned 2021-11-25T19:57:10Z
dc.date.available 2021-11-25T19:57:10Z
dc.date.issued 2019
dc.identifier.citation Sparks, Benjamin John, "Language Attitudes of Writing Center Consultants: Perception and Expectation" (2019).Masters Theses. 939. https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/theses/939 en_US
dc.identifier.uri ${sadil.baseUrl}/handle/123456789/596
dc.description 89 p. ; PDF (Masters Thesis) en_US
dc.description.abstract This master’s thesis explores the results of research into the language attitudes of peer consultants working in a writing center at a large regional public university in the American Midwest. A survey was administered to writing center staff in which they were asked to evaluate the sociopolitical relationship between standard and nonstandard English dialects, the perceived relative grammaticality of these dialects, and the traditional concept of appropriateness in academic writing. Also included were questions pertaining to how consultants manage the practical responsibilities of their positions and the expectations of students and professors with the writing center’s stated policy of linguistic inclusivity. Analysis of collected data suggests that consultants are aware of language variation and acknowledge the linguistic principles that all dialects are equally valid and rule-governed but lack sufficient metalinguistic knowledge to fully understand why. Although consultants have been taught to appreciate nonstandard language in student writing, they feel frustrated when trying to promote linguistic diversity at their university, as they also recognize that standard English remains the only accepted dialect in most academic and professional writing and is largely expected by all writing center stakeholders to whom they are accountable. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Grand Valley States University en_US
dc.title Language Attitudes of Writing Center Consultants: Perception and Expectation en_US
dc.title.alternative A Thesis Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree of Master of Arts in Applied Linguistics Department of English en_US
dc.type Thesis en_US


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