SLWIS Newsletter - March 2014 (Plain Text Version)

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In this issue:
Leadership Updates
•  LETTER FROM THE CHAIR
•  NOTE FROM THE EDITORS
Articles
•  THREE WAYS METAPHOR CAN HELP YOUR SECOND LANGUAGE WRITING CLASS
•  IMPLEMENTING SELF-MONITORING IN THE EFL WRITING CLASSROOM
•  CHINESE WRITERS IN THE U.S. CLASSROOM: MARRYING CULTURES OF LEARNING
•  HOW WELL DO WE UTILIZE CAMPUS RESOURCES TO HELP L2 WRITERS?
•  EXPLORING PEDAGOGICAL TECHNIQUES IN SECOND LANGUAGE WRITING INSTRUCTION: A SELF-REFLECTION ON REFORMULATION
•  DISTANCE TUTORING: ONLINE WRITING CENTER FOR L2 UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
•  DIALOGUE ACROSS THE LINES: CROSS-TRAINING THE WRITING CENTER
Brief Reports
•  REVIEW OF PLACEMENT PRACTICES FOR SECOND LANGUAGE WRITERS IN COLLEGE COMPOSITION
•  DIFFERENT VOICES WERE HEARD: THE 2013 SYMPOSIUM ON SECOND LANGUAGE WRITING
Book Reviews
•  REVIEW OF NEXT GENERATION GRAMMAR
•  REVIEW OF HEADWAY ACADEMIC SKILLS: READING, WRITING, AND STUDY SKILLS - INTRODUCTORY LEVEL
•  REVIEW OF L2 WRITING DEVELOPMENT: MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES
TESOL 2014 PREVIEW
•  SLWIS SPECIAL SESSIONS AT TESOL 2014
ABOUT THIS MEMBER COMMUNITY
•  SECOND LANGUAGE WRITING IS CONTACT INFORMATION
•  SLW NEWS: CALL FOR 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 (preK–12, 2-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 2000 words
  • contain no more than seven citations
  • include a 50-word (maximum 500 characters) abstract and two- to three-sentence author biography
  • be accompanied by an author photo (.jpg)
  • follow the style guidelines in the fifth edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th Edition (APA style)
  • be in MS Word (.doc/.docx) or rich text (.rtf) format

All tables, graphs, and other images should be submitted as separate .jpg files.

Please direct your submissions and questions to
Margi Wald, SLW News Managing Editor
E-mail: mwald@berkeley.edu

Please use “SLW News Submission” in the subject line of your email. See below for more information concerning book reviews and submissions related to specific topics and contexts.

Action Research Projects

SLW News welcomes summaries of classroom-based action research projects. Submissions should include a discussion of the following items:

  • statement of the problem
  • research design
  • proposed solutions
  • analysis of results
  • final reflections

Please include any relevant classroom materials that emerged from the research.

Book/Media Reviews

SLW News welcomes reviews of teacher resource books and student texts dealing with second language writing, teaching, research, and administration. Anyone interested in writing a review for SLW News may choose a recently published book in the field and contact the editor for approval and review copies. Reviews will be considered for publication based on the quality of the reviewer’s evaluation and description of the book as well as the book’s relevance and importance to the field.

Reviews should

  • be in APA format
  • be 600–900 words in length
  • include a 50-word (maximum 500 characters) abstract and a two- to three-sentence author biography

CALL Submissions

SLW News welcomes CALL-related articles, announcements, reports, and reviews in the following categories:

  • Software/Hardware (e.g., organizing systems or integrating software/hardware in learning environments to enhance writing instruction, assessment, or program evaluation)
  • Materials Design (e.g., using software such as Flash or MonoConc to design language-learning activities or materials that address specific language-learning goals, including discovery activities, practice exercises, storybooks, quizzes, or games)
  • Curriculum Design (e.g., using course management software such as Blackboard or eCollege to design e-courses, e-programs, or hybrids for second language writing)
  • Applied Writing Research (e.g., writing computer programs to identify lexicogrammatical features, discourse patterns, or errors/learner variation in writing, i.e., corpus linguistics).

EFL Submissions

SLW News welcomes submissions focusing on EFL contexts. Topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

  • statements of instructional problems
  • summary of research
  • literature review with pedagogical implications
  • book/media 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, SLW News encourages submissions on the following themes:

    • university writing classrooms
    • preK–12 writing instruction
    • learner communities in the writing classroom
    • computers and the Internet in the writing classroom
    • writing for tests (e.g., TOEFL, IELTS)
    • technical writing as a genre in the EFL context
    • EFL writing instructors’ professional development


    Writing Center Submissions

    Given that many ESL/EFL students need (and want) more individualized or in-depth assistance with their writing than instructors can understandably provide, these students look to the writing center for support. This phenomenon has been reflected in the increasing number of writing-center-related sessions at professional conferences, as well as discussions on various e-lists.

    To share information on this topic with a wider audience, SLW News encourages submissions highlighting

    • research,
    • programming,
    • administration, and/or
    • best practices.


    Articles can focus on

    • tutor development,
    • one-on-one tutorial sessions,
    • writing groups,
    • workshops, and/or
    • other models.