A Mini-Course w/ Ethan and Special Guest Rene Caputo.

Do you sometimes wonder where to start and when to stop when providing feedback on essays by multilingual student writers?

Does a response by one of your multilingual students to a simple yes/no question you asked sometimes seem mystifying?

Do you wonder what resources you might introduce students to that could help them improve their use of standard US academic English dialect?

Join us on for our new mini-course, where we’ll address these and related concerns that coaches and counselors face when supporting multilingual student writers.

Our course will be led by Rene Caputo, who has been teaching and coaching multilingual writers for over 20 years and who serves as the ESL specialist for Duke University’s writing program.

In this 2.5 hour mini-course, we’ll cover:

• What strategies you can use with students who have more experience with speaking English rather than writing in English
• What resources might support your students with improving their language use and word choice for an audience of US admissions readers
• How to communicate with multilingual students in an inclusive manner 
• How to respond to stylistic differences in writing that might be culturally based
• How to interpret differences in intercultural norms of communication
• How to provide effective feedback while being mindful of your writer’s voice
• How you might approach feedback on specific excerpts of application essays written by multilingual high school students
• What impact the educational norms of the family’s culture might have on the writing and college application process
• Lots more.