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| LEADERSHIP UPDATES |
| LETTER FROM THE CHAIR |
| Nigel Caplan, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, USA |
SLWIS Chair Nigel Caplan provides an update on the TESOL
strategic agenda regarding the new structure of the interest sections
and discusses how SLWIS members can take an active role in our interest
section. Read More |
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| LETTER FROM THE EDITORS |
| Elena Shvidko, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, USA & Ilka Kostka, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA |
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The SLW News editorial team welcomes readers
to this preconvention issue, provides an overview of the SLWIS sessions
and meetings at TESOL 2018, and invites members to write for our
newsletter. Read More |
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| ARTICLES |
| MAKING WRITING INSTRUCTION MEANINGFUL: SUGGESTIONS FOR ENGAGING ACADEMIC STUDENT WRITERS |
| Zuzana Tomas, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan, USA & Jennifer A. Mott-Smith, Towson University, Towson, Maryland, USA |
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Writing teachers often struggle to make instruction meaningful
to their students because the assignments they require or practices they
employ often seem either inauthentic or hard to relate to. This article
presents 10 approaches to make instruction more meaningful to second
language writers, thus improving student outcomes and reenergizing
writing instructors. Read More |
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| DIGITAL WRITING FOR BROADER AUDIENCES |
| Mariam Alamyar, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA |
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This article describes a writing project whose purpose is
two-fold: to show students how to skillfully write an argumentative
paper and to help them to create a website to showcase their writing to
broader audiences. Read More |
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| DESIGNING A GENRE-BASED WRITING LESSON PLAN |
| Thu M. Lau, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA |
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The goal of this article is to discuss the implementation of a
genre-based approach in designing a lesson plan for an academic writing
course. The article offers five major steps for designing a second
language writing lesson plan from a genre perspective. Read More |
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| THE NARRATIVE ESSAY: USING GENRE-BASED PEDAGOGY TO TEACH DIALOGUE AND SENSORY DETAILS |
| Anna Davis, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA |
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This lesson plan informs teaching practices for the narrative
essay by combining genre-based pedagogy with the communicative language
teaching approach. Students work in groups to write a paragraph using
dialogue and sensory details from an in-class activity in which they
describe objects using their five senses. Read More |
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| NEW BOOKS |
| REVIEW OF PROFESSIONALIZING SECOND LANGUAGE WRITING |
| Shyam B. Pandey, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA |
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Professionalizing Second Language Writing,
edited by Matsuda, Snyder, and O’Meara, discusses various issues related
to the professionalization of the field of second language (L2)
writing, including research, publication, networking, and professional
opportunities. It is a useful guidebook for all L2 writing
professionals, especially aspiring and current PhD students and
early-career scholars. Read More |
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| GRADUATE STUDENT SPOTLIGHTS |
| GRADUATE STUDENT SPOTLIGHTS: HANNAH SOBLO |
| Hannah Soblo, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, Tennessee, USA |
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In this section edited by Elena Shvidko, we introduce you to a graduate
student who is researching and teaching second language writing. Read More |
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| ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY |
| SLW NEWS: CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS |
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SLW News is soliciting articles on second
language writing theory, research, and pedagogy in all ESL/EFL settings.
Consider sharing your ideas with SLW colleagues by submitting a piece
for the next issue. Read More |
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| SLWIS IS CONTACT INFORMATION |
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TESOL’s Second Language Writing Interest Section (SLWIS)
provides a forum for researchers and educators across grade levels and
institutional settings to discuss and exchange information in the area
of second language writing. We invite you to join the
conversation—contact an SLWIS leader for details. Read More |
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