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

EFL COLUMN SUBMISSIONS

This column welcomes both short and long submissions.

Topics for short submissions (under 500 words) include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Statements of instructional problems
• Classroom tips that worked
• Resources and how to integrate them in classroom instruction
• A recent article review

Topics for longer submissions (up to 1,200 words) include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Summary of research
• Literature review with pedagogical implications
• Book review
• Lesson plans
• Handouts and activity sheets
• Proposed joint research projects

In order to ensure diversity of interest and coverage of as many areas of instruction in the field of EFL writing as possible, the EFL column encourages submissions on the following themes:

• University writing classrooms
• PreK-12 writing instruction
• Learner communities in the writing classroom
• Computer and the Internet in the writing classroom
• Writing for tests (TOEFL and IELTS)
• Technical writing as a booming genre in the EFL context
• EFL writing instructors’ professional development

Submissions should be in APA format and include a 50-word (maximum 500 characters) abstract and a 2- to 3-sentence author biography. Please direct questions and send your contributions to Lilian W. Mina, column editor, at lilian.mina@gmail.com.