Writing Mapping Project -- Where are Students Writing

[Nina Shevchuk]

Dear SEELANGers:
 I am posting this on behalf of Dr. Chris Thaiss and the International 
 WAC/WID Mapping Project at UC-Davis (Research on Activity/Initiatives 
 Worldwide Devoted to Student Writing in Disciplines). 
 Begun in 2006, this project aims 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. We are also interested in graduate-level 
 initiatives, but we pay primary attention to undergraduate, 
 college-university activities focused in disciplines, as well as academic
 
 writing centers or similar services devoted to working with students and 
 faculty/staff in and across disciplines.
 
 The Project is sponsored in part by the International Network of WAC 
 Programs (INWAC). 
 
 As teachers and colleagues, we hope you will take a moment to complete a 
 brief survey on this website: http://mappingproject.ucdavis.edu/preliminarysurvey/ 
  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. 
 
 The investigators welcome your comments. You can contact Dr. Thaiss at cjthaiss at ucdavis.edu


Best regards,

Nina Shevchuk-Murray


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