Thanks for your great participation to our workshop entitled ‘The Ownership of Language: International Instructors’ responding to students’ writing. (more…)

Thanks so much for participating the second part of our “Helping international student writers” series. We had a very interactive session full of interesting ideas about how to assist international students to become successful writers in English. (more…)

On February 21st, Laurie Maynell, an instructional consultant in FTAD, and I facilitated a discussion on how to respond international students’ writing. After watching Writing Across Borders–a documentary produced by experts at Oregon State University– we engaged in a lively discussion on the strategies we can use to improve international students’ writing. (more…)

Do you have questions about how to help multilingual students with their writing?

Many teachers feel overwhelmed when faced with a paper that seems to have so many surface-level problems that it is hard to decide where to start. Students may feel equally overwelmed when they get essays back which are heavily marked for grammar errors, with little or no advice on content, development, or organization. (more…)

Thank you to all who attended our workshop today. Below you will find the summary of the documentary we watched today. We encourage you to post your comments on how to help international students grow as writers in US colleges. We hope to continue our discussion on this topic through this blog. (more…)