Academic Writing

Reading and assessing the writing of multilingual students can be a unique challenge for college faculty. This guide offers strategies for how to read, assess, and provide feedback on the work of multilingual student writers, and it contextualizes these strategies in current Second Language Studies research. Please note that this guide primarily focuses on undergraduate students, though much of this material can also apply to graduate students. For more details on graduate student writers, please see the Faculty Guide for Working with Graduate Writers.

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Developed with funding from the Purdue University Graduate School.

The purpose of this guide is to aid faculty across the university in supporting graduate students as writers. T his guide is undergirded by the view that writing at the graduate level is not and should not be viewed as mysterious. Beyond the mechanics of writing, graduate students must learn how to be authoritative as scholars in and through their writing even though they are situated in the space between novice and expert (Kamler, 2008; Casanave, 2008).Although this guide may be read in its entirety, it is structured to allow readers to pick and choose sections that seem relevant to their needs for information and ideas.

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