Tag: linguistic diversity

Writing Fluency of Linguistically Diverse Students

Post author By Joan Hwang
Post date March 29, 2023
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In my previous post, I shared the story of my children and me to illustrate the complex and multi-dimensional diversity underlying our ethnic identity that appears homogeneous but is not. I also noted that I always felt to the depth of my bones the difference between the way my children use English and the way I do. When I think of my children’s accuracy and my fluency in English, I see the most critical differences between us relate to the onset of language and the environments in which we grew up.

Tags Equity, Gen Z, Inclusion, linguistic diversity, Writing fluency, Writing-to-learn

Equity-minded teaching Linguistic diversity

Diversity, Super-Diversity, and Teaching with Writing

Post author By Joan Hwang
Post date February 20, 2023
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Diversity is not a buzzword anymore on Mason’s campus. It is the very keyword of our institutional identity. Recent data from Diversity, Equity and Inclusion office at Mason shows our student body consists of scholars from more than 130 nations, and members of our campus community speak at least 80 languages.

An internal review conducted by the Multilingual Academic Success Committee found that 60% of students enrolled in ENGH 302 are multilingual students and that this enrollment trend is continuing to increase both at Mason and across the nation.

Indeed, these numbers indicate the diversity at Mason is a core institutional value and belief, one that has sustained our institutional growth for decades. Yet, the numbers and statistics only tell a part of the story. Behind them lie far more complex and multilayered features of diversity.

Tags Equity, inclusive teaching, linguistic diversity, Super-Diversity, Writing in the linguistically diverse classrooms