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21W.240 Imagining English: Creative Writing for Bilingual Students (ELS)
Instruction for bilingual students in writing short stories and poems in English. Study of skills, revi-sion, and creativity, and close reading of important works by American, British, and non-native writers writing in English. Analysis of “the limits of English” through group discussions of students’ writing to distinguish linguistic freshness from grammatical incorrectness, with review of relevant rules. Includes academic and non-academic vocabulary building, a formal writ-ing process, literary analysis essays, short translations to and from students’ native languages, and the workshopping of creative work. Enrollment limited to 18. HASS-A. TR 1-2:30 p.m. (u.g. credit only) Eric Grunwald egrunwal@mit.edu