start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=9 cd-vols= no-issue= article-no= start-page=43 end-page=50 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2013 dt-pub=20131230 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Writing is more than just writing: A case study of effective feedback within an intercultural writing center en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract= The purpose of this study is to examine a ‘popular’ tutor’s beliefs on feedback and her regular tutee’s receptivity toward the feedback in order to investigate factors involved in giving ‘good’ feedback within intercultural settings. The data was gathered by interviewing a pair of L1 tutor and L2 tutee and observing their tutorial sessions. The results revealed the importance of three points: building a ‘safe house’ for both the tutor and the tutee, respecting the tutee’s ‘writer’s identity,’ and using praise in an appropriate way. This research was conducted at a writing center; however, the findings offer important insights into feedback that are applicable to language teachers in multicultural and multilingual settings as well. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=YoshidaHiromi en-aut-sei=Yoshida en-aut-mei=Hiromi kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=岡山大学国際センター en-keyword=interpersonal feedback kn-keyword=interpersonal feedback en-keyword=academic writing kn-keyword=academic writing en-keyword=writing center kn-keyword=writing center END