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Greetings, SLWIS Members!
Happy 2020! We are looking forward to another exciting year in our second language writing community.
First of all, we share our sadness with the cancelation of the
2020 TESOL Convention, and we surely appreciate the thoughtfullness of
the executive council as we know it was not an easy decision to make. We
hope that you and your loved ones are safe. Please stay connected with
our professional community and follow updates through our Facebook
page.
In this issue, Second Language Writing Interest Section (SLWIS)
Chair Betsy Gilliland describes how SLWIS members can participate in
book club discussions organized by the members of the SLWIS steering
committee. We encourage you to be a part of our book club—it will give
you the opportunity to not only participate in interesting conversations
with other members of the club but also interact with book authors in
live discussions.
This issue features two articles. Ilka Kostka provides helpful
suggestions on how to publish in TESOL newsletters. Ilka has just
finished her service as managing coeditor of SLW
News, and we are very grateful for the wonderful work she has
done for the newsletter during the time of her service. Elena Shvidko
shares several projects that can be implemented in a writing course to
help students write for audiences beyond the classroom.
In our regular section, Graduate Student Spotlights, we feature
Saurabh Anand, a graduate student in the MA TESOL program at Minnesota
State University, Mankato. Saurabh describes his research and teaching
interests and shares his experience of learning to write in academic
settings in India and the United States. We always enjoy hearing from
graduate students, so if you are a master’s or doctoral student and
would like to contribute to this section of SLW
News, please contact Elena Shvidko for more
information.
We also like to hear about pedagogical resources and research
materials you use in your professional activities. If you have read a
recently published book on second language writing or used a second
language writing textbook in your course and would like to submit a
review on this resource, contact our book review editor Steven Bookman for
more information.
Our next issue will be published in October 2020. We encourage
you to share your pedagogical and scholarly experience with our
professional community. The deadline for submissions is 30 June. For
more information, please have a look at the Submission Guidelines in
this issue.
Happy reading!
Sincerely,
Elena Shvidko
SLW News Managing Editor (on behalf of the editorial team)
SLW News Editorial Staff
Gena Bennett
Steven Bookman
Adam Clark
Ming Fang
Helena Hall
Joel Heng Hartse
Kristina Lauer
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