Multilingual Writers

Teaching Writing for Critical Language Awareness

The resources on this page, inspired by a critical language awareness (CLA) framework, teach students to examine language as a social practice and to reflect on the ideologies and power dynamics embedded within language use. Thank you to the Writing Program’s Curriculum Committee, who worked intensively on these resources in 2022-2024. 

Suggested Texts for WR 112

In general, WR 112 instructors should feel free to use as many of the following texts as they would like to build up their course, supplementing as they see fit with other texts (“texts” is broadly construed, including advertisements, videos, podcasts, TED talks, etc.). Please share any additional texts you are using beyond this list […]

Effective Collaboration with Writing Centers

How can we as faculty make the best use of the Writing Center for our students? This guide offers some suggestions for how to introduce the Writing Center at the beginning of the semester, how to discuss tutoring with individual students before they make an appointment, and how to encourage students to respond critically to […]

Pronoun Reference

Each Flipped Learning Module (FLM) is a set of short videos and online activities that can be used (in whole or in part) to free up class time from content delivery for greater student interaction. At the end of the module, students are asked to fill out a brief survey, in which we adopt the […]

Facilitating Discussions

Each Flipped Learning Module (FLM) is a set of short videos and online activities that can be used (in whole or in part) to free up class time from content delivery for greater student interaction. At the end of the module, students are asked to fill out a brief survey, in which we adopt the […]

WR 111 Language Presentations

In this activity, WR 111 students work in teams to review a language topic at the intersection of language and power, share it with the class, and practice their oral presentation skills at the same time. Instructors should make sure they have read the Faculty Guide to WR 111.  Objective To work together to review […]

Faculty Guide to Teaching WR 111 and WR 112

The following guide is designed for faculty who are teaching  WR 111 or WR 112, our courses for English language learners (ELLs), for the first time, or who would like to refresh themselves on our curriculum. WR 111 is an ELL academic writing course designed to orient students to the university, while WR 112 is […]

WR 112: Intercultural Literacy, Race, Racism, and Antiracism

Students, thank you for attending the WR 112 Spring 2021 discussion about race, racism, and antiracism! This page contains a series of follow-up activities for you to continue learning more about and reflecting on these important topics. Objective To be more aware of and take more steps toward intercultural literacy (our WR 112 Hub unit), […]

Teaching with Student Journals in WR 111 or WR 112

In this activity, students will examine and analyze prize-winning papers written in WR 111 or WR 112 (or the equivalent) and published in the WR Journal. You might consider doing a shorter, more focused version of this activity in WR 111 when introducing key features of the academic essay, and a longer, more expansive, student-driven […]