This page is for news on L2 writing and changes in this site and SLWIS.
News
Joint UK-Pakistan TESOL Conference
This conference (March 3-4, 2009) is coordinated by the School of Education at the University of Wales, Newport, and the International Islamic University, Islamabad. Proposal submissions are due by September 30, 2008.
ISLS 2009 Annual Conference
The submission date for the International Society for Language Studies 2009 Annual Conference is soon coming to a close on September 1, 2008. For more information, go to their website.
Update on Tamkang International Conference
I received an email from Yu-Lan Liu, a conference coordinator, that the site should be okay now.
Tamkang International Conference on Second Language Writing
I just learned about the Tamkang International Conference on Second Language Writing (via TeachEnglish). Wish I could go!! That would be great to learn about pedagogy and research on L2 writing outside of the North American context.
On a sidenote, my Firefox browser said that the official website for this conference was an "attack site," so I would use the information at TeachEnglish instead of going to the site. Firefox added that the site could have been compromised without their knowledge, and I imagine that it was (if it actually was).
SSLW Interactive
There's a new site for those interested in second language writing: Second Language Writing Interactive. Paul Kei Matsuda set it up just a short time ago, and it looks like it may become the site to go to for all things related to L2 writing. Go check it out and, if you like, make a contribution and help it grow.
Resources Moved to SLWIS
Most of the "More resources" page was moved to Teaching Resources on the SLWIS site, and the page was renamed "Email Lists" to reflect what remained.
Changes in Second Language Writing
As I am now managing the Second Language Writing Interest Section website, I've moved the pages for Organizations and Bibliographies over to it to avoid too much duplication of resources. Further changes to this site and to SLWIS will be announced here, along with pertinent news on L2 writing.