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	SLW-IS Newsletters October 2008, Volume 3 Number 2 February 2008, Volume 3 Number 1 October 2007, Volume 2 Number 2 March 2007 Volume 2 Number 1 September 2006 Volume 1 Number 2 February 2006 Volume 1 Number 1 Note: You must be a member of TESOL to access the newsletter; you may become a member through the TESOL website. Call for Submissions Second Language Writing Interest Section Newsletter Volume 4.1 SLW News is soliciting articles on second language writing theory, research, and pedagogy in all ESL/EFL settings. SLW News welcomes articles that focus on L2 writer and characteristics and text features, classroom materials and practices, placement and assessment issues, writing program administration, teacher development, and other related areas. SLW News encourages submissions related to any educational setting, especially traditionally underrepresented contexts (Pre-K through 12, two-year colleges, community programs, international K-12 schools, etc.). Given the newsletter's electronic format, authors are encouraged to include hyperlinks. Submission Guidelines Articles should: be no longer than 1500 words include a 50-word (up to 500 characters) abstract and 2-3 sentence author biography contain no more than five citations follow the style guidelines in Publications Manual of the American Psychological Association, Fifth Edition (APA) be in MS Word (.doc(x)) or rich text (.rtf) format Deadlines August/September Issue: June 30 February Issue: December 31 Please direct your submissions and questions to Margi Wald, SLW News Co-editor College Writing Programs University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA 94720-2500 USA E-mail mwald@berkeley.edu Tel. +1 510.642.2652 Fax +1 510.642.6963 CALL Column Information If you are interested in submitting a CALL-related item, please contact Catherine Smith, SLW News CALL Column Editor, at catherinesmith@troy.edu. Book Review Policy SLW News welcomes reviews of teacher resource books and student texts dealing with second language writing, teaching, research, and administration. Anyone interested in writing a review for SLW News may choose a recent book in the field and contact the editor for approval and review copies. Reviews will be considered for publication based on the quality of the reviewer's evaluation and description of the book, and the book's relevance and importance to the field. Reviews should be in APA format be 600-900 words in length include a 50-word (up to 500 characters) abstract and 2-3 sentence author biography Further information and book review suggestions are available from Steven Bookman and Sharon Whitehead Loben Sels, Book Review Co-editors, at steven.bookman@lehman.cuny.edu and sharonwhitehead@sbcglobal.net respectively. Call for Column Editors Context Column Editors Given SLW News' goal of encouraging submissions related to a variety of educational settings, especially traditionally underrepresented contexts, we are seeking editors for our Context Column to ensure strong, broad coverage. Ideally, we will have several editors for this column, each of whom would represent a particular educational level or context. Possible contexts include, but are not limited to, elementary, secondary, 2-year or community colleges, community programs, professional institutes, and workplace programs; both ESL and EFL contexts should be represented. Editors will solicit articles of relevance to people working in the chosen context and coordinate with the SLW News editors to ready articles for publication. If interested, please note the context you would like to represent. Research Forum Editor The goal of this column is to provide a venue for researchers to share research questions, preliminary results, and areas of interest and for members to keep abreast of current research in the field. The research forum editor will compile a list of brief reports on recently completed or in-progress research projects by SLWIS members. This editor will also compile summaries of conferences and presentations on L2 writing outside TESOL. Furthermore, this editor will solicit reports and summaries from SLWIS members, as well as choose a format and a system of categorization for reports. Candidates must be members of TESOL and SLWIS (primary or secondary). If you are interested or have questions, please contact Margi Wald, SLW News Co-editor, at mwald@berkeley.edu.

SLW-IS Newsletters

Note: You must be a member of TESOL to access the newsletter; you may become a member through the TESOL website.

Call for Submissions
Second Language Writing Interest Section Newsletter
Volume 4.1

SLW News is soliciting articles on second language writing theory, research, and pedagogy in all ESL/EFL settings. SLW News welcomes articles that focus on L2 writer and characteristics and text features, classroom materials and practices, placement and assessment issues, writing program administration, teacher development, and other related areas. SLW News encourages submissions related to any educational setting, especially traditionally underrepresented contexts (Pre-K through 12, two-year colleges, community programs, international K-12 schools, etc.). Given the newsletter's electronic format, authors are encouraged to include hyperlinks.

Submission Guidelines

Articles should:

be no longer than 1500 words
include a 50-word (up to 500 characters) abstract and 2-3 sentence author biography
contain no more than five citations
follow the style guidelines in Publications Manual of the American Psychological Association, Fifth Edition (APA)
be in MS Word (.doc(x)) or rich text (.rtf) format

Deadlines

August/September Issue: June 30
February Issue: December 31

Please direct your submissions and questions to

Margi Wald, SLW News Co-editor
College Writing Programs
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720-2500 USA
E-mail mwald@berkeley.edu
Tel. +1 510.642.2652
Fax +1 510.642.6963

CALL Column Information
If you are interested in submitting a CALL-related item, please contact Catherine Smith, SLW News CALL Column Editor, at catherinesmith@troy.edu.

Book Review Policy
SLW News welcomes reviews of teacher resource books and student texts dealing with second language writing, teaching, research, and administration. Anyone interested in writing a review for SLW News may choose a recent book in the field and contact the editor for approval and review copies. Reviews will be considered for publication based on the quality of the reviewer's evaluation and description of the book, and the book's relevance and importance to the field.

Reviews should

be in APA format
be 600-900 words in length
include a 50-word (up to 500 characters) abstract and 2-3 sentence author biography

Further information and book review suggestions are available from Steven Bookman and Sharon Whitehead Loben Sels, Book Review Co-editors, at steven.bookman@lehman.cuny.edu and sharonwhitehead@sbcglobal.net respectively.

Call for Column Editors

Context Column Editors

Given SLW News' goal of encouraging submissions related to a variety of educational settings, especially traditionally underrepresented contexts, we are seeking editors for our Context Column to ensure strong, broad coverage. Ideally, we will have several editors for this column, each of whom would represent a particular educational level or context. Possible contexts include, but are not limited to, elementary, secondary, 2-year or community colleges, community programs, professional institutes, and workplace programs; both ESL and EFL contexts should be represented. Editors will solicit articles of relevance to people working in the chosen context and coordinate with the SLW News editors to ready articles for publication. If interested, please note the context you would like to represent.

Research Forum Editor

The goal of this column is to provide a venue for researchers to share research questions, preliminary results, and areas of interest and for members to keep abreast of current research in the field. The research forum editor will compile a list of brief reports on recently completed or in-progress research projects by SLWIS members. This editor will also compile summaries of conferences and presentations on L2 writing outside TESOL. Furthermore, this editor will solicit reports and summaries from SLWIS members, as well as choose a format and a system of categorization for reports.

Candidates must be members of TESOL and SLWIS (primary or secondary). If you are interested or have questions, please contact Margi Wald, SLW News Co-editor, at mwald@berkeley.edu.