SLW News welcomes articles that focus on L2 writers 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.). In light of the newsletter’s electronic format, authors are encouraged to include hyperlinks.

DEADLINES

June 30 for the August/September issue and December 31 for the February issue.

GENERAL SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Articles should

• be no longer than 1,500 words
• include a 50-word (maximum 500 characters) abstract and 2- to 3-sentence author biography
• contain no more than five citations
• follow the style guidelines in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th Edition (APA style)
• be in MS Word (.doc(x)) or rich text (.rtf) format

All tables, graphs, and other images should be sent in separate jpg files. Please direct your submissions and questions to

Margi Wald, SLW News Editor

E-mail: mwald@berkeley.edu