While female tutors as institutional representatives by and large employed the same interactional and pragmatic features as their male counterparts, they differed in the selection of suggestion type and mitigation strategies. The higher institutional status of the tutor may have contributed to the similarity of their language. An Analysis of Linguistic Variables and Social Context. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Indiana University, September, 1998.
Tutorial success is gauged by the level of satisfaction achieved by the participants.
Uses conversational analysis to understand what makes a tutorial successful. Ulichny, Polly, and Karen Ann Watson- Gegeo. The Dominant Interpretive Framework in Writing Conferences. Analyzes transcripts of 20 writing conferences between 6th-grade teachers and students. A Proposal for their Formal Treatment.