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Whatever varieties of English you speak currently, I hope you will begin to see all varieties as real Englishes. As you engage in the writing projects in this book, the primary objective is not to write with grammar that perfectly matches the variety of American English typically used in academia.  The primary purpose of the activities and writing projects in this book is to help you gain confidence in expressing yourself in English writing.

The activities in this book will guide you in thinking about the audience and purpose of various writing tasks. You will then make informed decisions about what English to use based on what you are trying to communicate and whom you are trying to communicate with. In some writing situations, you may want to play it safe and stick with English that is as close to conventional American academic English as possible. Sometimes you may want to get more creative and engage in what linguists call “code-meshing” or “translanguaging,” which means merging elements of various languages and varieties of language together in a single piece of writing. These decisions are up to you as a writer. Your teacher can guide you, but, ultimately, writing is a form of self expression, and I hope that as you work your way through this book you become increasingly confident in your ability to express yourself in English writing.

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