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| LEADERSHIP UPDATES |
| LETTER FROM THE CHAIR |
Aylin B Atilgan Relyea, Santa Rosa Junior College, Santa Rosa, California, USA |
| Aylin Baris Atilgan Relyea provides an overview of the activities that SLWIS conducted since last October, highlights the TESOL 2021 SLWIS academic session and intersection sessions coming up, and invites members to join the invigorating TESOL 2021 Virtual Convention in March. Read More |
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| LETTER FROM THE EDITOR |
Elena Taylor, Utah State University, Logan, UT, USA |
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The SLW News Editor Elena Taylor welcomes readers to this issue, provides an overview of the articles, and invites readers to share their research and teaching ideas with the newsletter readership. Read More |
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| ARTICLES |
| ACADEMIC INTEGRITY AND L2 WRITING DEVELOPMENT |
Özgür Çelik, Balikesir University, Turkey |
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Academic integrity and L2 writing development have an intermingled relationship. Academic integrity acts as a prerequisite for students’ writing development. This is especially true at the secondary school level, where students start to develop their writing styles and find their voices. It is essential to achieve this within a culture of academic integrity. Read More |
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| USING CORPUS-BASED MATERIALS TO TEACH ENGLISH IN K-12 SETTINGS |
Ali Yaylali and Aleksey Novikov, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
Hadi Banat, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA, USA |
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This article presents examples of Data-driven Learning (DDL) materials that utilize a learner corpus. We show how English language teachers can use DDL to raise English learners’ awareness of exemplification phrases in writing tasks assigned in K-12. Read More |
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| IF YOU MUST: THREE TAKEAWAYS FROM CHANGING PRACTICES FOR THE L2 WRITING CLASSROOM: MOVING BEYONG THE FIVE-PARAGRAPH ESSAY |
Lauren Lesce, County College of Morris, Randolph, NJ, USA |
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While Changing Practices for the L2 Writing Classroom: Moving Beyond the Five-Paragraph Essay edited by Nigel Caplan and Ann Johns offers convincing arguments for moving away from the five-paragraph essay, the book contains useful considerations for instructors who are required to use it. Read More |
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| REFLECTIONS ON CONTRASTIVE RHETORIC IN A VIETNAMESE CONTEXT |
Pamela Stacey and Lê Hữu Hoàng Anh, Fulbright University Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam |
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This essay follows the authors as they uncover differences between Vietnamese and American English academic writing conventions. Through sharing excerpts from their personal reflections, the authors unpack the implications of these differences for decolonizing English writing pedagogy. Read More |
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| GRADUATE STUDENT SPOTLIGHTS |
| MARK CHRISTIANSEN |
Mark Christiansen, Utah State University, Logan, UT, USA |
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In this section edited by Elena Taylor, we introduce you to a current graduate student who is interested in how to use Task-Based Language Teaching approach to teaching academic 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 (SLW) 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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| SECOND LANGUAGE WRITING IS CONTACT INFORMATION |
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TESOL’s Second Language Writing IS 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 a SLWIS leader for details. Read More |
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