SLWIS Newsletter - Volume 6 Number 1 (Plain Text Version)

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In this issue:
LEADERSHIP UPDATES
•  LETTER FROM THE CHAIR
ARTICLES
•  GRADUATE LEARNING COMMUNITIES? INTEGRATING LANGUAGE SUPPORT FOR ESL AND NATIVE-ENGLISH-SPEAKING GRADUATE STUDENTS
•  INNOVATIVE SPELLING STRATEGIES FOR MULTIPLE LEARNING STYLES
•  POSTSCRIPT TO A DISSERTATION: EPISODES OF SELF-MARGINALIZATION
Book Reviews
•  REVIEW OF GRAMMAR-WRITING CONNECTIONS: MASTERING STRUCTURE FOR IMPROVED WRITING
•  REVIEW OF ESL WRITERS: A GUIDE FOR WRITING CENTER TUTORS
•  REVIEW OF WRITING ASSESSMENT AND THE REVOLUTION IN DIGITAL TEXTS AND TECHNOLOGIES
CALL Column
•  COMING SOON: CALL-SLW INTERSECTION NEWSLETTER
EFL Column
•  THE ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY AND EFL ARABIC SPEAKERS
Four Year Private Liberal Arts College/University Column
•  "ARE YOU THE ESL PERSON?": FIRST IMPRESSIONS AS AN L2 LIAISON
TESOL 2011 Updates
•  TESOL 2011: SECOND LANGUAGE WRITING IS HIGHLIGHTED SESSIONS
•  SPECIAL EVENT: FRIENDS OF SECOND LANGUAGE WRITING TO GATHER IN NEW ORLEANS
Announcements and Information
•  SYMPOSIUM ON SECOND LANGUAGE WRITING: 2011 PREVIEW
ABOUT THIS MEMBER COMMUNITY
•  SECOND LANGUAGE WRITING IS CONTACT INFORMATION
SLWIS Submissions
•  SLW NEWS: CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
•  BOOK REVIEW POLICY
•  CALL COLUMN SUBMISSIONS
•  EFL COLUMN SUBMISSIONS
•  SUBMISSIONS FOR THE FOUR-YEAR, PRIVATE LIBERAL-ARTS COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES COLUMN

 

SLWIS Submissions

SLW NEWS: CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

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 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