This straightforward and practical primer on an often-overlooked area of instruction fills an important need for coordinators of writing centers, program directors, teaching assistants, new instructors, peer tutors, writing coaches, and all others involved in tutoring writers. Co-written by an English department chair and a writing lab coordinator at a diverse two-year school in California, Essentials of Tutoring is organized into three parts: an overview of tutoring basics, sentence-level tutoring and help for ESL students, and helping students with essays and research papers.