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Multilingualism Writing about Writing

Representing Culture: Reflections on Being a Cultural Informant

On an excursion to Curry House with the CMWR the other day, one of the attendees asked me a question: “Why do people say that Americans are directive?”…

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New Media Writing about Writing

Playing with Portmanteaus: Skorts, Scuffins, Gerrymandering, and Cassingles

I was recently working with an English language learner in a conversation partner appointment, recounting a story about visiting Cumberland Caverns in Tennessee with my wife and…