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| LEADERSHIP UPDATES |
| LETTER FROM THE CHAIR |
| Tanita Saenkhum, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA |
SLWIS Chair Tanita Saenkhum gives a report on the SLWIS’s TESOL
2018 sessions and discusses ways that IS members can stay connected
throughout the year. Read More |
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| LETTER FROM THE EDITORS |
| Elena Shvidko, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, USA & Ilka Kostka, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA |
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The SLW News editorial team welcomes readers
to this issue, provides an overview of the articles, and invites
readers to share their research and teaching ideas with the newsletter
readership. Read More |
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| ARTICLES |
| ON THE POSSIBILITY OF A NON-ERROR-BASED APPROACH TO SECOND LANGUAGE WRITING |
| Joel Heng Hartse, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada |
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Is it possible for instructors of second language writing to
reserve judgment on errors, adopting instead a sociolinguistic approach
to variation in language? This article explores three points to keep in
mind—differing priorities, varieties of English, and notions of
authority—when attempting a “non-error-based” approach to second
language writers’ texts. Read More |
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| MULTIMODAL GENRE ANALYSIS: A LESSON PLAN |
| Sara Nezami Nav, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA |
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This article includes a description of a lesson for multimodal
text analysis with the purpose of empowering second language writers who
are required to write multimodal essays in an international academic
writing course at Oklahoma State University. Read More |
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| SCHOLARSHIP ON L2 WRITING IN 2017: THE YEAR IN REVIEW |
| Tony Silva, Kai Yang, Ji-young Shin, Yachao Sun, & Phuong Minh Tran, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA |
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Overwhelmed by the sheer number of new second language writing
publications available? This resource is for you. It not only includes
an extensive bibliography of nearly 340 items published in 2017, but
also provides a concise overview of this research broken down by topic
and focus. Read More |
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| MEET THE EXPERTS: AN INTERVIEW WITH PROFESSORS DWIGHT ATKINSON AND CHRISTINE TARDY |
| Interview by Elena Shvidko, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, USA |
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In this interview, Elena Shvidko talks to renowned second
language writing experts Dwight Atkinson and Christine Tardy, who
delivered a presentation about the future of second language writing at
the 2018 Symposium on Second Language Writing in Vancouver, British
Columbia, Canada. Read More |
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| NEW BOOKS |
| REVIEW OF ENGAGING STUDENTS IN ACADEMIC LITERACIES |
| Anna Davis, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA |
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In this book review, Davis praises Brisk for her ability to
define and validate systemic functional linguistics (SFL) and a
genre-based pedagogy for an audience unfamiliar with these methods.
Davis also discusses how Brisk’s numerous ready-made lesson plans make
SFL and genre-based pedagogy accessible to all teachers in mainstream
classrooms. Read More |
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| GRADUATE STUDENT SPOTLIGHTS |
| TAMARA ROOSE |
| Interview by Elena Shvidko, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, USA |
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In this section edited by Elena Shvidko, we introduce you to a
graduate student who is researching and teaching second language
writing. Read More |
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| ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY |
| SLW NEWS: CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS |
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SLW News is soliciting articles on second
language writing theory, research, and pedagogy in all ESL/EFL settings.
Consider sharing your ideas with SLW colleagues by submitting a piece
for the next issue. Read More |
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| SECOND LANGUAGE WRITING IS CONTACT INFORMATION |
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TESOL’s Second Language Writing IS provides a forum for
researchers and educators across grade levels and institutional settings
to discuss and exchange information in the area of second language
writing. We invite you to join the conversation—contact a SLWIS leader
for details. Read More |
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