We Authors

Welcome to We Authors, a space for work by heritage and second language students across the City University of New York.
These websites provide students with a public-facing component to their assignments, instrumental in increasing learner engagement and advancing language proficiency. Both websites are open for use by instructors of any language currently taught at a CUNY campus.

PRESENTATIONS

 Heritage Presentations

Graves, S., & Gatti, A.  (2023, November 16–19). Why Ask your Heritage Language Learners to Share their Work with the World?  [Conference presentation]. American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Convention and Expo, Chicago, IL, United States.

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Borrachero, A., Sánchez Jimenez, D., Gatti, A., & Graves, S. (2022, August 11, 12). Introducing WeAuthors: A website for multilingual students enrolled in heritage language courses across CUNY.  [Workshop presentation]. Institute for Language Education in Transcultural Context. New York, NY.

 L2 Presentations

Gatti, A., Graves, S., Saito, K., & Sperbeck, M. (2023, August 10). Introducing We Authors | Second-Language Writing [Workshop presentation]. Institute for Language Education in Transcultural Context. New York, NY, United States.

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Sperbeck, M., & Saito, K. (2023, November 16–19). We Authors for Second Language Writing – Student Tadoku Book Project. [Conference presentation]. American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Convention and Expo, Chicago, IL, United States.