30.1377, Calls: Applied Linguistics/United Arab Emirates

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LINGUIST List: Vol-30-1377. Wed Mar 27 2019. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 30.1377, Calls: Applied Linguistics/United Arab Emirates

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Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2019 23:03:20
From: Tharwat EL-Sakran [elsakran at hotmail.com]
Subject: Conference on Writing for STEM

 
Full Title: Conference on Writing for STEM 

Date: 28-Nov-2019 - 29-Nov-2019
Location: Sharjah, United Arab Emirates 
Contact Person: Roger Nunn
Meeting Email: rnunn at aus.edu
Web Site: https://www.aus.edu/media/events/conference-on-writing-for-stem 

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics 

Call Deadline: 28-Aug-2019 

Meeting Description:

The conference addresses issues related to writing pedagogies, writing
contexts and academic writing in STEM publications. It will provide a platform
for presentations and how-to workshops on areas of writing such as writing for
scholarly publications in English; collaborative interdisciplinary authorship;
writing research reports; developing research arguments; audience engagement;
critical thinking and writing; teaching reading and writing to STEM students;
and analyzing written text.

Speakers:

Paul Kei Matsuda
Professor of English and Director of Second Language Writing, Arizona State
University

John Unger
Associate Professor, Georgia Gwinnet University and Founder of the
Transitional Literacy website


Call for Papers:

The conference welcomes contributions that draw on the insights of both
reading and writing specialists, and STEM educators and researchers about
reading and writing in STEM. Please submit your abstract in no more than 200
words as a Word document to wstem at aus.edu.  Abstract will be reviewed until
September 30, 2019. We welcome early submissions and will respond within two
weeks of submission. The conference welcomes practical contributions supported
by a convincing rationale, research presentations and concept-based papers.
Presentations will be 30 minutes in length including discussion time.

For more information visit:
https://www.aus.edu/media/events/conference-on-writing-for-stem




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