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…
Category: Writing about Writing
Lessons, tips, and reflections on being writers; especially discussing the process of composing words, different genres and their related techniques, and meaningful glimpses into their growth as authors, tutors, and readers.
There’s nothing more frustrating than not being able to articulate a simple point – in any language. I struggle enough trying to formulate coherent sentences in French,…
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The Merits of Being Awful
Lit magazines are the heart of collegiate writing, especially for creative writers. Where else will self-conscious english majors be able to get their writing published? Getting published…
Whenever discussions in past CMWR events became heated, I knew I could rely on my ever-relatable, tattered crutch: I’m a language learner, too. Book Club already felt…
Public transportation in Chicago can give anyone a panoramic view of urban multiculturalism in action.
Although our Winter Quarter started with a polar vortex, CMWR team members and participants were not scared to venture out in the cold to meet for Conversation…
This winter quarter marks the inception of the largest Collaborative for Multilingual Writing and Research Team ever!
It has been an upstanding rule in school settings for years. We’ve all been guilty of it at some point or another, only to be admonished by…
The warm light drew me into the Richardson Library on a freezing Thursday night. That and the email notifying me of the new fiction edition of DePaul’s…
Have you ever read an article that you didn’t actually care about just because the name of the link you clicked was funny? Don’t feel bad if…