SLW-IS at TESOL 2010

Flyers and information for Second Language Writing IS, TESOL 2010:

• SLWIS Sessions List (pdf)
• Special SLWIS Sessions (pdf)
• Special Event Flyer: An Evening with Friends of Second Language Writing (pdf)

Presentations and handouts for Second Language Writing IS, TESOL 2010:

• Looking at Student Needs First: A Report on an IEP Student Needs Research Project (doc and ppt) (Valerie Carpenter)

SLW-IS at TESOL 2009

Meeting Minutes for TESOL 2009:

• Open Business Meeting Minutes (doc)
• Steering Committee Minutes (doc)

Below are links to presentations (handouts or powerpoint) and the flyers on SLWIS sessions and social for TESOL 2009.

• SLWIS Sessions Handout
• SLWIS Social Flyer
• Academic Session: Contexts of Second Language Writing
  • Session title: Academic Literacy Practices in the Context of High-Stakes School Reform: An SFL Perspective (Meg Gebhard)
  • Session title: "Context" in L2 Writing Pedagogy and Research: Emergent and Dynamic (Lourdes Ortega)
• Intersection Session: Strangers Here Ourselves: How NNESTs Work with Multilingual Writers
  • Session title: Hauntedness of Nonnative Writing (ppt) (Ryuko Kubota)
• Intersection Session: Writing Across the Curriculum and Applied Linguistics: Research and Practice
  • Session title: Write Like a Chemist: Drawing on Applied Linguistics Research (doc and ppt) (Fredericka L. Stoller)
• Colloquium: Activities for Explicit Language Instruction in EAP Writing Courses
  • Learners First: Activities for Explicit Language Instruction in EAP Writing Courses (Gena Bennett)
  • Causal Relationships: Getting Beyond Because, So, and Therefore (Margi Wald)
  • Best Practices in the Teaching of 'Flow' (Jan Frodesen)
  • Criticality: Focus on Form (Diane Schmitt)
• Colloquium: New Approaches to Strategies for Developing Self-Regulated Writers
  • Session title: Self-Regulation in Textbooks and Assessment (ppt) (Tim Collins)
  • Session title: The Students We Surveyed (ppt) (Timothy Grove)
  • Session title: Building Blocks of Writing (ppt) (Charles Nelson)
• Colloquium: Preparing L2 Writing Teachers for Generation 1.5
  • Session title: Preparing pre- and in-service teachers for writing instruction (doc and ppt) (Youngjoo Yi)
• Teacher Training for CCE Speakers (doc and ppt) (Shondel J Nero)
• Three presentations (Nigel A. Caplan, Ruelaine Stokes, and Andrew McCullough)
  • Playing Games, Creating Writers
  • Beyond "Help!" Diagnosing the L2 Writer's Essay: A Strategies-Based Approach
  • Help Students Step Up their English for the iBT

SLW-IS at TESOL 2008

Meeting Minutes for TESOL 2008:

• Open Business Meeting Minutes (doc)
• Steering Committee Minutes (doc)

Many exciting SLW-IS events were held at TESOL 2008 in New York:

• The SLW-IS booth in Exhibition Hall
• An Evening with the Second Language Writing Interest Section, Thursday, April 3rd, 8-10pm (Meson Sevilla, 344 West 46th Street) [Flyer available here]
• Open Business Meeting, Friday, April 4th, 5-7pm (Sheraton Madison Suite 3)
• Dozens of papers, colloquia, discussion groups, posters, and workshops--download a full schedule of sessions here

See SLW News, Vol 3, Issue 2, and you'll be able to read reviews and comments on TESOL 2008.

 

SLW-IS at TESOL 2007

Meeting Minutes (click to download the MS Word documents)

• Open Meeting
• Planning Meeting
• Steering Committee Meeting

At TESOL 2007, Deborah Crusan (SLW-IS Chair, 2007-2008), organized a Hot Topics session, in which those interested in writing-related issues could network and discuss topics with experts in the field. Thanks to Deborah's hard work, the event was successful and well attended.

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