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The U.S. is a multilingual nation, yet many writing classrooms are monolingual and based on one variety of English: Standard American English. This website is designed for those who are curious about language diversity and language inclusivity in writing instruction. We hope this website will serve as a place to learn more about the benefits and possibilities of linguistic pluralism in the composition classroom.

Welcome to the Written Englishes website 

A resource for information, pedagogy, and practice!

Why Written Englishes? Why now?
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Draw from your own language resources to complete these writing activities, or submit your own testimonial.
 
Browse teaching suggestions.
 
Find answers to questions you may have about language inclusivity in the writing classroom.

 

Read examples from published works of fiction and non-fiction that feature language varieties
 

Explore policies specific to language diversity in the classroom.

 

Learn about the features of language varieties such as African American Vernacular English, Appalachian English, and even World Englishes.

 

Discover leading authors and current thinking and writing about language difference in the annotated bibliography.

 

View videos regarding language variety and related topics.

 

Consider perspectives on language diversity, testimonials from educators and educators-in-training.

 

  • The United States in the 21st century is a multicultural, multilingual nation.

 

  • Students bring many varieties of English with them to the writing classroom, including the spoken language of their home and community as well as versions of English influenced by their culture, the geographic region in which they grew up, their economic status, and their parents’ place of birth.

 

  • Language is an important means for students to articulate their identities and their realities.

 

  • When teachers recognize, respect, and acknowledge students’ languages, it is empowering for individual students and enriching for class as a whole.

 

  • Hundreds of thousands of international students studying in the U.S. as well as increased globalization of the media, the entertainment industry, business, scholarship, and research require us to acknowledge English as a Second Language and world varieties of English in American composition classrooms.

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