Alumni & Friends

Wednesday, November 18, 3:30pm, Alter 746 
Dr. Chris Tardy, De Paul University

Monolingualism, Multilingualism, and College Writing Instruction

While scholars in TESOL and composition studies have argued that first-year writing instruction continues to rely on outdated assumptions of a monolingual student population, very little research has examined how these assumptions might play out in the writing classroom. Based on a survey and interview study carried out at an urban university, Christine Tardy explores the perspectives of both writing teachers and their students in relation to language policies, ideologies, and practices in writing instruction. Drawing on the study's findings, she also shares 
specific strategies for transforming pedagogies to embrace the multilingual reality of today's college writing classrooms in the U.S.

Tardy is an assistant professor in the Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and Discourse at DePaul University. She specializes in genre and discourse studies, second language writing, and the policies and politics of English. Her research has appeared in the Journal of Second Language Writing, Written Communication, English for Specific Purposes, the Journal of English for Academic Purposes and ELT Journal. Her book, Building Genre Knowledge, was published in 2009 by Parlor Press

Dr. Chris Tardy, De Paul University - Part 1