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The course we describe here,“English 391ml: Multilingualism and Literacy in Western Mass,” raises students’ critical awareness of language by engaging them in the lived experience of writing among languages. This course combines several strands of innovation in composition studies: an upper-division writingabout-writing (WAW) course, a WAW course focused on multilingual writing, and a community literacy partnership with a local language school that serves immigrants and international students.  \nEnglish 391ml is an upper-division elective that introduces undergraduates to literacy studies through the lens of language diversity, examining what literacy and multilingualism mean in theory and in the communities surrounding the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.1 Taught by Rebecca Lorimer Leonard with assistance from graduate students Danielle Pappo and Kyle Piscioniere, English 391ml asks students to make meaning not only through literacy but also of literacy, exploring the social significance of literacy in all of its routines, values, and belief systems (Brandt). By thinking across classroom and community contexts, students especially encounter the tension between academic theories (for example, English as hegemonic global language) and urgent expressed community needs (English as workplace necessity) . English 391ml aims to be functional, providing writing support for a local school and community experience for UMass students, but also important, complicating commonplace assumptions about literacy’s problems and promises for all participants.  \nInstitutional Context  \nThe University of Massachusetts Amherst is the flagship of the University of Massachusetts system. Founded in 1863 as a land-grant agricultural school,“Mass Aggie” evolved into Massachusetts State College in 1931 to reflect its broadening curriculum. Soon afterward it became the University of Mas-  \n1. You can find the syllabi and course calendars for each Course Design essay on the Composition Studies website at [https://compstudiesjournal.com/](https://compstudiesjournal.com/) .  \nComposition Studies 48.1 (2020): 103–114  \nsachusetts, a major research university with a current student population of 28,000 and commitments to the liberal arts, STEM, numerous professional schools, and community outreach (“Our History”) . English 391ml is a designated service learning course and fulfills a requirement for UMass’ interdisciplinary Certificate in Civic Engagement & Public Service. In addition to English majors, the course has drawn majors from biology, economics, education, linguistics, political science, psychology, Spanish, and theater and attracted students with a more diverse language background than is the UMass norm, with nearly half of students identifying as multilingual or fluent in a language other than English.  \nThe UMass Amherst English Department has a diverse 43-member faculty teaching primarily literature but also in areas such as American studies, creative writing, and composition and rhetoric. English 391ml is an upper-division elective for the English major and counts for the undergraduate specialization in the study and practice of writing (SPOW), which offers undergraduate courses in composition and rhetoric. English 391ml’s course content, from the fields of composition, literacy, education, and TESOL, remains unusual to most of the course’s English majors and to all of the students from outside the department. Thus, students react to the course as a rare find, and evaluations show their requests for more courses like this in the department.  \nThe course’s community partner, the International La","cbCaioFSs7uvGXmW","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaioFSs7uvGXmW","pdf",112249,12,"English","# Course Description\n# Institutional Context\n# Theoretical Rationale","[{\"question\":\"What is the main goal of English 391ml?\",\"answer\":\"English 391ml aims to raise students’ critical awareness of language and literacy by engaging them with how writing is practiced across languages in classroom and community contexts.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the course structure connect to community needs?\",\"answer\":\"The course is a service learning elective that provides writing support for a local language school, combining course content with community experience for UMass students.\"},{\"question\":\"Which theoretical approaches inform the course design?\",\"answer\":\"The course design draws on sociocultural approaches to literacy, post-structural perspectives on language diversity, and critical approaches to community engagement.\"}]","English 391ml: Multilingualism and Literacy in Western Mass | PDF",1792088285]