Second Language Writing

Click here for a list of TESOL 2012 sessions related to second language writing.

CCCC 2011 Presentations and workshop materials (compiled by Steve Simpson) are now posted at the SLWIS website.

A list of SLWIS sessions for TESOL 2011 is now online, along with highlighted sessions. 

Note, too, that a new flyer for SLWIS's "An Evening with Friends of Second Language Writing" has been posted as the previous one had an incorrect address.

There are two calls for submission on the SLWIS newsletter page. One is for the regular SLWIS newsletter and the other is a special call for articles on SLWIS-CALL intersections.

Sponsored by Composition and TESOL Program, Academic Literacies Symposium: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Academic Literacies across Educational Contexts will be held February 27-28, 2010 at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Keynote speakers will include Suresh Canagarajah and Alan Hirvela. For the Call for Proposals, go to the SLWIS Professional Development page.

The SLWIS website is also posting handouts and presentations on second language writing from TESOL 2009 (See SLW-IS at TESOL 2009.) 

If you presented on second language writing and would like others who may have had to miss your session to have the opportunity to see it or read about it, then send your handouts and presentations to me, and I'll post them. Or if you put them on your own website, I can provide a link to them.

To help you plan for TESOL 2009, below is a list of SLWIS sessions, information on the SLWIS business meeting, and information on our hot topics evening with the experts and on reading proposals.

At TESOL 2009 in Denver, the Second Language Writing Interest Section will host an event in which we can discuss hot topics with the experts on second language writing. You can read and print out the flyer below:

The SLWIS is seeking nominations for the following positions:

• Chair-Elect
• Steering Committee Member (3)

If you are interested in becoming more involved in the IS, please consider nominating yourself for these positions. We are looking for nominees who reflect a broad range of professional interests, institutional contexts, and geographic locations.  All officers must be TESOL members and are expected to attend TESOL conventions during their terms of service.

To nominate yourself for any of these positions, please email a brief (100-words max) statement of interest, including biographical information, to Deborah Crusan, Past-Chair (deborah.crusan@wright.edu), by January 28, 2009.

ONE person to be elected Chair-elect (starting at the end of the TESOL Convention until the close of the next annual Convention. The person elected will serve as chair-elect 2009-2010, chair 2010-2011, immediate past chair 2011-2012.

The Chair-Elect:

• In the temporary absence of the Chair, presides at all meetings of the Second Language Writing IS and the Steering Committee
• Prepares, in cooperation with the Chair and the Second Vice President of TESOL, the Second Language Writing IS’s segment within the general TESOL convention program, including the academic and discussion sessions
• Conducts an evaluation of the Second Language Writing IS program offered at the Annual TESOL Meeting and submits a report to the steering Committee within 30 days after the Meeting.  This report should include recommendations for changes to be made the following year
• Generally assists the Chair in carrying out his/her responsibilities and performs other duties assigned by the Chair
• Serves as a voting member of the Steering Committee
• Serves as a Second Language Writing IS Delegate to the annual Interest Section Council meeting, if membership is adequate to warrant two representatives.

The main duties of the Chair include:

• Administering refereeing of SLWIS proposals
• Conducting annual Open Meeting of the IS
• Delegating responsibility for the booth prep

THREE members of the Steering Committee who hold office for three years.
Duties of the Steering Committee are: