{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Another Word","provider_url":"https:\/\/dept.writing.wisc.edu\/blog","author_name":"Robert Zatryb","author_url":"https:\/\/dept.writing.wisc.edu\/blog\/author\/rzatryb\/","title":"I'm So Sorry, English Is Not My First Language - Another Word","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"I66idkh1d6\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dept.writing.wisc.edu\/blog\/im-so-sorry\/\">I&#8217;m So Sorry, English Is Not My First Language<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/dept.writing.wisc.edu\/blog\/im-so-sorry\/embed\/#?secret=I66idkh1d6\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;I&#8217;m So Sorry, English Is Not My First Language&#8221; &#8212; Another Word\" data-secret=\"I66idkh1d6\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/dept.writing.wisc.edu\/blog\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/dept.writing.wisc.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/andrew-stutesman-l68Z6eF2peA-unsplash-1024x680.jpg","thumbnail_width":1024,"thumbnail_height":680,"description":"By Robert Zatryb, University of Connecticut\u2014\u2018I\u2019m so sorry, English is not my first language.\u2019\u00a0Have you ever heard this sentence in your tutoring sessions? Have you read it among the information provided by the student writer ahead of the appointment? I certainly did, with a surprising regularity and always in a similar, apologetic wording.\u00a0To some tutors and administrators, this tone might go unnoticed and be trivialised, but it actually should be very striking. The writers are [...]"}