For those of you who don’t know, we’ve been mixing it up this quarter in the CMWR’s Book Club. Rather than read a single book throughout the quarter with our group of multilingual participants, we’ve been reading a different piece of flash fiction each … Continue reading
Last week, we at the Collaborative for Multilingual Writing and Research hosted a workshop on classroom strategies for learners of English as an additional language. We realized that a lot of the things that we talked about in the workshop—titled … Continue reading
Looking for a fun, catchy way to learn language? Listen to music! On Monday, October 22nd, the CMWR hosted our quarterly workshop on precisely this idea. Participants were greeted by Lady Gaga belting out “Edge of Glory,” and over the … Continue reading
On Monday, October 2, several international students joined the CMWR on our Walk & Talk to Pilsen, Chicago’s famous Latino-American neighborhood. The English Language Academy treated us all to a walking tour of Pilsen’s many beautiful murals and mosaics, both … Continue reading
Conversation appointments come with a host of issues that tutors who primarily tutor might not have even considered. I can confidently say that I’ve had more conversation appointments in the past two weeks than I’ve had over the course of … Continue reading
The CMWR is pleased to announce the forthcoming second edition of our e-magazine Global Voices, which showcases the work of the DePaul’s multilingual community. We are very excited about the work we are sharing this year ranging from narratives, to … Continue reading
Today’s poem in celebration of the end of this year’s National Poetry Month in April is a beautiful short poem called “Rain” by the Iranian poet Ali Abdolrezaei — a fitting selection given last night’s warm thunder/hail/lightning storm in Chicago.
This week’s installment for National Poetry Month is the ballad “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” by Goethe, a man best known for his contributions to literature as well as poetry, science and philosophy. Written in 1797, “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” was adapted as … Continue reading
Have you visited Chinatown yet? You should! Chinatown is one of those neighborhoods that allows you to feel transported; you can pretend you are in a different country and not just a different neighborhood. Stepping off the Chicago Red Line … Continue reading
The Collaborative for Multilingual Writing and Research’s second installment in celebration of National Poetry Month comes from the Chilean poet Pablo Neruda. This coming Thursday, April 26th is Poem in Your Pocket Day. Join the celebration by printing out your … Continue reading