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November/December Issue of WLN Features International Perspectives
The current issue of Writing Lab Newsletter, which should be reaching subscribers now, includes several articles of interest to the international writing center community. In “Going Global, Becoming Translingual: The Development of a Multilingual Writing Center” (1-6), Noreen G. Lape discusses the … Continue reading
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Going International: Stories of Second Language Writers
In the last three years, the writing center that I direct at Dickinson College has become a Multilingual Writing Center, or what we here like to call the MWC. Yes, we work with ELL writers who come from varied and … Continue reading
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Writing Center News You Can Use, April 2013
News You Can Use is a selection of articles that concern language and writing in an international context. Have an interesting article to share? Post it in the comments below or on Facebook! Interested in bringing World Book Night to your country? … Continue reading
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Grammar website
A new grammar website is now available at www.adelaide.edu.au/english-for-uni. The website features a new video on the teaching of the English article system, with Ms Parrot the grammar detective entering the ‘Thanks a Million’ game show hosted by the flamboyant Oscar … Continue reading
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New book on the WAC Clearinghouse
Dear colleagues, I posted this (or something very similar) to the EATAW list some time ago but I’m hoping it might be relevant here too Some of you will have come across this announcement already or will have contributed to … Continue reading
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Book on international research on writing
Such interesting posts! Thanks, Katrin Girgensohn, for helping us see what a well-thought out writing center space is like. Given that physical layout is important, I’m hoping others will post photos of their writing center spaces. Because this blog is … Continue reading
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Cultural perspectives on Plagiarism
I recently viewed an interesting page on the website of the Centre for Academic Development - Student Learning, at the University of Aukland, in New Zealand: http://www.cite.auckland.ac.nz/. It’s a page with video clips of students from different countries talking about … Continue reading
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