Writing mapping project -- now in Russian!

[Nina Shevchuk]

Dear Colleagues:
The International WAC/WID Mapping Project at UC-Davis (Research on Activity/Initiatives
Worldwide Devoted to Student Writing in Disciplines) began in 2006 with the aim to identify, compile, analyze, and
facilitate activity and interest in writing in the disciplines in 
higher education around the world. We are interested both in first-language 
and English-language initiatives. 
The Project is sponsored in part by the International Network of WAC
Programs (INWAC).

The preliminary survey is now available in Russian. As teachers and colleagues, we hope you will take a moment to 
complete it on this website:
 http://mappingproject.ucdavis.edu/preliminarysurvey/
and/or forward the link to our colleagues in Russia and former Soviet countries. 
The survey collects confidential data about students' writing in your
program. At this stage, researchers are especially interested in 
student writing in and across disciplines other than English, including other
languages. 

For us, as teachers of Russian, this survey also represents a
chance to reflect upon our own disciplinary practices in regards to
writing as a learning tool at all stages of language acquisition and,
later on, in inter-cultural studies.

All responses are anonymously collected in a database that serves as the basis for various studies. 
I'll be happy to answer any questions that you or your colleagues might have.

Thank you,

Nina Shevchuk-Murray, MS, MA


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