Source: Call for Nominations: CASDW Annual Research Award

Source: IWCW Day 5: A Culture of Writing

Academic Writing and English Language Learners conference | Saint Mary’s University | Halifax

Call for papers

Global Methods – Local Practice

ELL Writing Pedagogy and Practice for Global Citizenship

April 29-30, 2016 | Saint Mary’s University | Halifax, Nova Scotia

Topics related to Academic Writing & English Language Learners welcome. Successful submissions will include immediate and practical applications with pedagogical and theoretical foundations that conference attendees can use within their academic communities. Sessions will be in a 30-min paper and 1-hour workshop format. Please indicate preference in your submission.

Questions for consideration may include, but are not limited to:

• Pedagogy and practice for multilingual classrooms
• ELL pedagogy relating to globalized students
• Learning community writing practice
• Technology in writing practice relating to ELLs
• Multimodal approaches to ELL writing instruction and practice
• Considerations of general teaching and learning practice to ELLs

We encourage participation from all academic fields and disciplines.

Please submit your 250 word proposals by March 7, 2016 via e-mail: writing@smu.ca