Sweetland provides support for all international and multilingual undergraduate students who are making the transition into the U-M community. Small class size, credit-bearing courses, appointments with experienced instructors to discuss writing and peer writing centers at several campus locations--these are some of the ways Sweetland serves international and multilingual students.
Writing Support
The Peer Writing Center in the Shapiro Undergraduate Library or our satellite offices offer writing help from Sweetland-trained, undergraduate, Peer Writing Consultants.
Writing Workshop is a free service that provides appointments with experienced instructors who address individual students' questions about writing assignments and drafts.
Courses
Writing 120
College Writing for International and Multilingual Students
Writing 120 is intended for all students who feel most comfortable with academic writing in a language other than English. This course is designed to help students develop their general and academic writing abilities in English. Students will develop written fluency and improve command over grammatical and rhetorical conventions common in a variety of academic disciplines with the aim of developing a rhetorical perspective on multilingualism as it relates to academic writing.
Writing 229
Editing and Style for International and Multilingual Students
This course is designed for international and multilingual students to practice English academic and professional writing in a supportive environment. This course runs on a discussion and workshop format, in which students explore the rhetorical effectiveness of stylistic elements commonly found in American academic and professional writing. To achieve this goal, students will participate in an online core grammar program, practice fundamental editing strategies, read exemplary essays and discuss their stylistic features. In each class, students will work individually on editing exercises and...
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