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CT-Eh? – Multiculturalism and Chicago Public Transit Culture

Public transportation in Chicago can give anyone a panoramic view of urban multiculturalism in action.

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Multilingualism Outreach and Events Writing about Writing

Warm Conversation during a Polar Vortex

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…

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Multilingualism Writing about Writing

Get to Know the CMWR

This winter quarter marks the inception of the largest Collaborative for Multilingual Writing and Research Team ever!

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Welcome to the CMWR Book Club

Our first meeting of the CMWR’s Book Club confirmed everyone’s deepest suspicions: middle school was terrible for everyone, international students included. This quarter the CMWR Book Club…

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Multilingualism Outreach and Events

To the Zoo!

It was a chilly December night as a small group, braving the wind and snow, ventured to an unknown land…a winter wonderland!

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Opa! CMWR Explores Chicago’s Greektown

The CMWR’s Fall Quarter Walk and Talk took place on October 21st in Chicago’s Greektown.  Around 3:30 we gathered outside of the National Hellenic Museum off the…

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Multilingualism Outreach and Events

CMWR Book Club: An Adventure down the Rabbit Hole

Only in the Book Club does a discussion of Amy Tan’s “Two Kinds” – a story of a failed child prodigy who tears the fabric of her…

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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

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…