HEIS Newsletter - October 2018 (Plain Text Version)

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In this issue:
LEADERSHIP UPDATES
•  MESSAGE FROM THE EDITOR
ARTICLES
•  STUDENTS' PERSPECTIVES OF WRITING A LETTER AT THE GRADUATE LEVEL
BOOK REVIEW
•  BOOK REVIEW: THE POLITICS OF ENGLISH SECOND LANGUAGE WRITING ASSESSMENT IN GLOBAL CONTEXTS
ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY
•  HIGHER EDUCATION INTEREST SECTION
•  CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
•  CALL FOR BOOK REVIEW SUBMISSIONS
•  CALL FOR COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY SUBMISSIONS

CALL FOR BOOK REVIEW SUBMISSIONS

Book reviews are always a very popular feature of the newsletter. To request or suggest a book for review and for details, including submission deadlines, please contact Joseph Slick.

Submission Guidelines

HEIS News welcomes reviews of scholarly books and textbooks dealing with English teaching, applied linguistics, second language acquisition, language assessment, or other disciplines as they relate to ESL or TESL instruction in higher education settings. Anyone interested in writing a review for HEIS News may choose a recent book in the field and contact the editor for approval. Reviews will be considered for publication based on the quality of the reviewer’s evaluation and description of the book, and the book’s relevance and importance to the field.

Reviews should

• be commentary/critical, not merely summary, and must include elements such as assessment of the writing, the content, the research/evidence provided, the book's usefulness, etc.
• be 600-900 words in length
• include a 50-word (500 character or fewer) abstract
• include a 75- to 100-word bio of the reviewer
• follow the style guidelines in the Publications Manual of the American Psychological Association, Sixth Edition (APA Manual)
• be in MS Word (.doc or .docx) or rich-text (.rtf) format
• include a headshot

Additional information about academic book reviews from the USC article, "Writing Academic Book Reviews."