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<b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">TECHNOLOGY <span class="il">FOR</span> SECOND LANGUAGE LEARNING (TSLL) <br>
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<b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Technology and Teaching Writing <span class="il">for</span> Academic Disciplines</span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Iowa State University</span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">October 18-19, 2013</span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Plenary Speaker: John Flowerdew, City University of Hong Kong</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span></b></p>
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<p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The Applied Linguistics and Technology program at Iowa State University invites proposals <span class="il">for</span> the
2013 TSLL Conference. The current generation of electronic texts, computational tools and writing practices in academic disciplines presents an array of opportunities and challenges <span class="il">for</span> the teaching of academic writing. Collections
of professional academic writing that used to be physically distant from writing instructors are now easily obtainable through electronic library collections and the Internet. Electronic writing tools provide opportunities <span class="il">for </span>students
to access and analyze the professional texts in their disciplines. The proximate texts, tools and technologies appear in a landscape where a strong need exists <span class="il">for</span> educated people who can comprehend, produce, and evaluate technical
materials in their disciplines as well as work across disciplines. Teachers are therefore challenged to explore these new affordances <span class="il">for</span> student learning.</span></p>
<p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">TSLL will bring together researchers and teachers who aim to better understand and
use technological resources to improve the teaching of academic writing. We are especially interested in teaching writing <span class="il">for</span> particular academic disciplines (e.g., biology, industrial engineering, and veterinary medicine). </span></p>
<p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Proposals are invited <span class="il">for</span> <span class="il">papers</span> and
posters on current practices, challenges, and research directions in computer-assisted teaching of disciplinary writing. </span></p>
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<p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Proposal topics are encouraged to address one or more of the following areas: </span></p>
<p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">What
are successful practices in computer-assisted teaching of disciplinary writing?</span></span></p>
<p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">How
does the language teacher use technology to help meet the practical challenges of teaching discipline-specific writing?</span></span></p>
<p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">How
can students in a language class use technology to obtain useful models <span class="il">for</span> and feedback on their discipline-specific writing?</span></span></p>
<p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">How
can technology help in assessing students' learning of discipline-specific writing practices?</span></span></p>
<p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">How
can the analytic approaches from linguistics help teachers to use technology to understand discipline-specific writing and the challenges it presents to students?</span></span></p>
<p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">How
can work in corpus linguistics and computational linguistics help to develop appropriate tools <span class="il">for</span> teaching discipline-specific writing?</span></span></p>
<p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">What
research is needed to advance the profession's use of technology to meet the challenges of teaching discipline-specific writing?</span></span></p>
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</span><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Types of presentations</span></b></span></p>
<p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><u><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="il">Papers</span></span></u><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">:
Theory-oriented presentations or reports on completed research related to the theme of the conference. The presenter will have 20 minutes to present, followed by 10 minutes <span class="il">for</span> questions and comments.</span></span></p>
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Presentations of work in progress and research at the planning phase. All poster presenters will give a 5-minute introduction of their study to the whole audience, and will then host their posters <span class="il">for</span> the rest of the session. This is
a great opportunity <span class="il">for</span> graduate students to discuss their research plans.</span></span></p>
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<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Submissions should be made by June 5, 2013 to: </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/17pTY5v1loag2cARmNVvwE6N8GXOu9VhCfmwA1Vxuty8/viewform" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">TSLL
2013 Abstract Submission Form.</a></span></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Submissions should include the presenter’s name, contact information, co-presenter’s name(s), institutional affiliation, type of presentation, title
of proposal and 250-word abstract.</span></p>
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<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">If you have questions regarding the abstract submission, please email </span><a href="mailto:tsll@iastate.edu" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">tsll@iastate.edu</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">.
Acceptances will be sent by June 28.</span></span></p>
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