From WLN BLog… Humble Brag: How Seriously Should We Take National Student Survey Results? || McLean’s University Rankings Canada Linnet Humble is the Writing Centre Coordinator at St. Thomas University in Fredericton, New Brunswick. In April, a Maclean’s article shared by a colleague on Facebook caught my eye. This colleague noticed our university ranked first […]

via Blog Post || Humble Brag: How Seriously Should We Take National Student Survey Results? || McLean’s University Rankings Canada — Canadian Writing Centres Association / l’Association Canadienne Des Centres de Rédaction

Brian Hotson is editor-in-chief of the WLNBlog and Director of Academic Learning Services at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax, NS. Each August, our centre holds a two-day Summer Writing Workshop. Its main purpose is to provide incoming, first-year students an opportunity to experience writing at a university level prior to September. It’s also a chance […]

via File cards of bravery: First-year writing anxiety — Connecting Writing Centers Across Borders (CWCAB)

The 17th edition of the Chicago Manual of Style is almost here, incorporating many changes and updates. We spoke with Carol Saller, editor of The Chicago Manual of Style Online Q&A and of the CMOS Shop Talk blog, about the new edition. WLN Blog: What is the progenitor of the CMOS changes? How did they […]

via Ibid., but Different | Changes to The Chicago Manual of Style, with Carol Saller of CMOS Shop Talk — Connecting Writing Centers Across Borders (CWCAB)

Andrea Rosso Efthymiou, guest contributor Devoted to fostering research and conference participation for peer writing tutors, the National Conference on Peer Tutoring in Writing (NCPTW) is gearing up for its 2017 conference at Hofstra University. In this post, NCPTW 2017 Chair, Andrea Rosso Efthymiou, interviews this year’s keynote speakers, Lauren Fitzgerald and Melissa Ianetta, co-authors of […]

via The Oxford Guide for Writing Tutors : An Interview with Lauren Fitzgerald and Melissa Ianetta — Connecting Writing Centers Across Borders (CWCAB)

Over the next few months, we will be posting on writing centre work in China. Contributing are 杨雪 Xue (Rachel ) Yang, Beijing Normal University, Zhuhai School of Design; 宋凌珊 Lingshan Song, Writing Center Assistant Director, Mississippi College; Jessie Cannady, Module Convenor Writing Centre, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University; Brian Hotson, Director, Academic Learning Services, Saint Mary’s University; and Julia Combs, Writing […]

via Writing Centers in China | The Writing Center @BNUZ School of Design | Part 1 of 5 — Connecting Writing Centers Across Borders (CWCAB)

The WLN’s (formerly the Writing Lab Newsletter) blog, “Connecting Writing Centers Across Borders,” is available at http://www.wlnjournal.org/blog/. The blog welcomes international readers and recent blog topics included: • the dress code conversation • an interview with Julie Christoph, the chair of the National Conference on Peer Tutoring in Writing • Les Perelman’s post about the […]

via Publication || The WLN Blog — Canadian Writing Centres Association / l’Association Canadienne Des Centres de Rédaction

UBC Writing Centre to shut down tutorial services

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