On another fun Friday, The Collaborative for Multilingual Writing and Research (CMWR) held a Conversation and Culture discussion of the American high school system. We hosted students…
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Simplified explanations about the English language, its mechanics, and how other languages and its speakers may enrich the very act of writing.
As new members of a team and relatively new peer tutors, Shelley M. and I (Emily Po.) reflected on some of our first shifts as UCWbLers, appointments…
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Birth of English Café
On a cold, Chicago winter afternoon, when the sun had already set far earlier than most Chicagoans would have preferred, some hardworking members of the Collaborative for…
Spring weather has finally decided to come to Chicago, and it was just in time for the CMWR’s Walk and Talk to Chinatown.
With Spring Quarter underway, the CMWR has been busy as ever! In case you couldn’t make it to some of our events in the last few weeks,…
Last Friday, the CMWR held the first Book Club meeting of the quarter. The turnout was wonderful, and we had so much fun diving into new material…
When the CMWR facilitated the workshop, “Out and About: A Short Guide to City Living” on February 24, I was devastated that I could not be there,…
Our city, Chicago, has so much to offer. There’s shopping and dining and entertainment, countless things to do. But it’s not always clear how to navigate different…
We’re sitting at the UCWbL’s conference table in the back of the Loop Writing Center. The sunlight is coming through the windows, invading every corner of the…
Bilingual education in America isn’t exactly up to snuff when looked at in comparison to the global stage. Only about 20 percent of Americans speak more than…