Explaining the purpose of the activities
explain the purpose of the methods you take in a consultation. this can help writers who feel like the session is not moving fast enough
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correspondence to the instructor and to other students, what technology should be used to communicate, and what kinds of questions might be asked (and how frequently). Similarly, multilingual students may have different cultural con-ventions governing their understanding of such issues as plagiarism
some concerns that may need to be addressed
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Preparing Faculty to Work with Multilingual Writers
work with faculty development department & WPA to train faculty on course/assignment design for multilingual writers
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course assignments should avoid relying on specific cultural knowledge to complete the assignment
pay close attention to course assignments that violate this rule and assess if a writer is missing cultural context to answer certain parts of an assignment
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f a student has difficulty understanding written instructions, oral and/or video in-struction might provide more clarity.
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should think broadly about the kinds of technolo-gies they might allow students to use in an OWC
slow responses can be because a writer is trying to come up with the right words, but can also be technology-related. writers on their phones will have a much harder time navigating WCONLINE. but if that's all a writer has, we can't tell them not to use it. how do we support them?
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links to videos or online help guides
locate instructional resources for writers to help familiarize them with expectations and practical methods for writing in academic contexts -- e.g. Purdue OWL video series on MLA formatting
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A Position Statement of Principles and Example Effective Practices for OWI (CCCC OWI Committee, 2013) provided a starting point from specific OWI principles by helping to raise questions particular to multilingual writers
reread these principles
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teachers should provide explicit expectations and instructions for how to par-ticipate in particular parts of the OWC
negotiating roles early on in the session = crucial to the writer's understanding of how much they should participate
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onsider the kinds of technologies their students might already be familiar with, or they can leave open the technologies students can use to accomplish various writing tasks (if appropriate) to draw upon students’ current literacy practices.
consider identifying and testing out technologies that would support students' linguistic needs
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“the process of acquiring syntactic and lexical competence” in a language does not happen in a semester or in a year
taking the time to read over what past consultants have worked on with this writer can be important to reinforcing the skills taught. comprehensive reporting is important as well. It's not enough to say that you worked on X with a writer; expand on where you think their progress is at. have they become proficient in this skill or is further support/reinforcement needed?
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The contextual cues that instructors might rely on to detect specific linguistic needs in an onsite classroom are sometimes absent in an online en-vironment, although other cues might be present.
watch for cues that a writer has linguistic needs -- these cues may be different depending on the environment (online vs. f2f)
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multilingual to refer to students who might speak a language other than English as their first language, speak multiple lan-guages fluently, or perhaps speak multiple dialects of English
multilingual writer definition
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Chapter 9 of Foundation Practices of Online Writing Instruction -- Multilingual Writers and OWI
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