Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Journal of Writing Assessment

Abstract

Directed self-placement (DSP) methods remain relatively rare in multilingual writing programs because such methods present unique ethical and academic risks. Grounded in five years of institutional research, this article reports on a first-year writing program in which DSP is the sole means of placement for international students and in which the international student population is linguistically, educationally, and culturally diverse. We offer logistical and technical guidance for creating DSP programs for multilingual writers, and we argue that DSP can be a vehicle for more equitable, socially just writing placement for multilingual, multicultural writers.

First Page

1

Last Page

20

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5070/W4jwa.1550

Publication Date

2024

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