Workshop 3/3: Writing Across Cultures

Adapting Communication and Thought Patterns for Academic English

This workshop focuses on writing expectations shaped by culture, examining how different languages organize ideas, arguments, and information. Participants learn how English academic writing reflects specific assumptions about clarity, structure, audience, and persuasion—and how those expectations may differ from those of their home languages.

Rather than asking writers to abandon their linguistic identities, the workshop helps them translate their ideas into forms that align with native English conventions. Participants analyze examples, discuss rhetorical differences, and practice adapting their writing to meet academic and professional expectations in English.

Participants will:

• Identify differences in communication and rhetorical styles across languages

• Understand how cultural expectations appear in English writing

• Learn common organizational and argumentative conventions in English

• Practice revising writing to align with audience expectations

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This workshop is part of a three-part E3SL workshop series designed to support multilingual writers by addressing grammar patterns, linguistic structure, and cross-cultural writing expectations—moving from awareness to application and confidence.