First -Year Multilingual Placement
Learn more about first-year placement for multilingual students.
About Multilingual Placement
During the fall semester, many first-year multilingual students enroll in WRIT 120: Workshop for Multilingual Writers. This full-credit course is a great companion course for students as they write for their Emily Balch Seminars. In the course, you'll join a close-knit community of multilingual students, connect over shared experiences, learn from each other, and strengthen your skills in college level academic writing in English.
Because we have a limited number of spaces in the course, incoming international students will complete Multilingual Placement in Summer 2026. Our goal is to provide the strongest foundation to those who need it most. Students for whom there is not enough space in the course will be offered other forms of support, such as a peer writing tutor and using the writing center as needed.
All international students will receive an email from the Director of Multilingual Writing by June 15. This email will share important information about Placement. Three virtual Placement Information Sessions will be offered in June, and incoming multilingual students are highly encouraged to attend at least one of them: Tuesday, June 16, 8 PM EDT; Wednesday, June 17, 9 AM EDT; Monday, June 22, 1 PM EDT.
Students will complete their part of Multilingual Placement in Moodle. There are two steps: a Reading & Writing Task and a Writing Inventory. The Reading & Writing Task is an analytical response to a short reading. Students have 2 hours to complete the task and no preparation is required. The Writing Inventory is a short survey to be completed after the Reading & Writing Task. It will ask you to reflect on questions related to your writing and language skills and experience. After Writing Program faculty have reviewed your submissions, the Director will email students about their placement.
The window to complete the placement in Moodle for incoming multilingual students in Summer 2026 is Tuesday (June 30th) - Friday (July 10th).
Incoming multilingual students are also encouraged to schedule a one-on-one meeting with the Director of Multilingual Writing for introductions and to discuss writing goals for the upcoming year. WRIT 120 is open to all multilingual students.
If you are a multilingual student who is not required to attend International Student Orientation and you would like to be considered for admission to WRIT 120, please email the director of Multilingual Writing.
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Workshop for Multilingual Writers (WRIT 120)
This full-credit course is offered in the fall. It is a good companion course for first year students as they write for their Emily Balch Seminars. In this course, you will join a close-knit community of multilingual students, connect over shared experiences, learn from each other, and strengthen your skills in college level academic writing in English.
Writing Partners
A writing partnership is a guaranteed, weekly appointment with a Writing Center tutor. Over the course of the semester, your partner gets to know you and your writing process and helps you set long-term goals for improving as a writer.
Partners might use their time together in a number of ways:
- to review writing assignments and strategize ways to approach them
- to talk out ideas for papers
- to discuss drafts
- to revise and copyedit
- to discuss course readings and figure out how to use them effectively in writing
- to explore resources that will make you a better writer.
Having a writing partner is like having a personal trainer for your brain! It's great for senior thesis writers, students taking classes with lots of writing assignments, frequent Writing Center patrons, students making the transition to college writing, or writers who procrastinate or have writer's block. The time commitment is small, but the payoff in terms of becoming a better writer is huge.
Emily Balch Seminars
All first year students enroll in an Emily Balch Seminar. These courses introduce all first-year students at Bryn Mawr to a critical, probing, thoughtful approach to the world and our roles in it.
One-on-One Consultations
Schedule an appointment with Kelly Frantz, the Director of Multilingual Writing.
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