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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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Peer Writing Tutoring

わたし

The above, which reads ‘watashi,’ means simply “I.” It took my colleague and I two weeks to appreciate this, and we have far from mastered its use.…

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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

CMWR’s Friday Forum is Back!

The CMWR’s Friday Forum is up and running for Winter Quarter, and this conversation-based group reads through a short text on different aspects of American culture and…

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Writing about Writing

Agenda Setting in Conversation Partner appointments

The UCWbL’s Conversation Partner appointments offer English language learners the unique opportunity to practice conversational English in the Writing Center. Since Conversation Partner appointments are so new…

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New Media

Read The Page

Have you read the latest issue of The Page, the Collaborative for Multilingual Writing and Research’s e-newsletter? In this nicely designed PDF, you’ll learn more about what…

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Multilingualism New Media Outreach and Events Peer Writing Tutoring Writing about Writing

Exploring English and Having a Good Old Time Doing It

On Friday October 7, the Collaborative for Multilingual Writing and Research (CMWR) hosted our first Conversation Group, an initiative designed to address the needs of DePaul and…

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Multilingualism Outreach and Events Peer Writing Tutoring Writing about Writing

How Many American Dialects Could There Possibly Be? (We’ll Tell You.)

*Co-written with Elliot Crumpley. The Collaborative for Multilingual Writing and Research (CMWR) held a workshop on October 3 focusing on American dialects. To this you might ask…