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Multilingualism

What’s New in the SQ Book Club: Flash Fiction and Collaborative Writing!

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…

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Multilingualism

Fear? Fuhgeddaboudit!

Staring down a hallway, in your jammies[1], you have to pee. At age 10, this is the ultimate test of courage. The path to the bathroom is…

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Multilingualism

Welcome to the Jungle! The CMWR Goes on the Winter Walk and Talk

As many of you may be aware, Chicago winters can be…well, difficult.  Cold.  Windy.  Snowy.  Windy and snowy at the same time, even.  With this in mind,…

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Multilingualism

Help! How do I give a presentation? Five takeaways from the CMWR’s workshop

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…

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Multilingualism Outreach and Events Writing about Writing

Lessons From Lady Gaga

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…

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Multilingualism Outreach and Events

Art Afoot

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…

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Multilingualism Peer Writing Tutoring

Raising ELL Self Esteem

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…

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Multilingualism Writing about Writing

Global Voices: Publishing June 1st

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…

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Multilingualism Writing about Writing

National Poetry Month: Only Iron Men Rust in the Rain

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…

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Multilingualism Writing about Writing

National Poetry Month: “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice”

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…