The 2017 Technology for Second Language Learning Conference at Iowa State University (September 22-23) invites abstract submissions from prospective presenters wishing to contribute to the program with a paper, poster, or colloquium on the theme of boundary crossing in technology and second language learning. The Call for Proposals is open now, with proposals due May 18.

Conference Theme:

Crossing Boundaries: The Geographical and Intellectual Diffusion of Technology for Language Learning

Technology serves as a bridge that crosses historically constructed boundaries between second language teaching and other disciplines. It has created an unprecedented level of interconnection between language learning researchers and language teaching classrooms. It also provides the affordances to connect language teachers throughout the world in mutually beneficial interactions and expanded educational circles.

At the 15^th Annual TSLL conference, we will highlight, explore, and celebrate the multifaceted ways that the spread of technology internationally and disciplinarily prompts new paths for inquiry and education. We look back on 15 years of research and development of technologies for second language learning from previous TSLL conferences as a springboard for boundary-crossing work of the future.

Important Dates:

Call for Proposals Opens: March 31, 2017

Call for Proposals Closes: May 18, 2017

Notification of Acceptance: June 1, 2017

Conference Dates: September 22-23, 2017

 

The University of British Columbia is hiring a new Program Manager for the Centre for Writing and Scholarly Communication. The Program Manager works as part of a team of learning specialists, librarians, and peer writing consultants. There is a tight turnaround time on filling this position, so the posting will only be available until April 19. You can find the position here. Scroll down until you find the listing for ‘Program Manager’ (Library – Irving K. Barber), Job ID#26155.

CASDW invites nominations for its Annual Research Award—an award given to the author(s) of the best journal article or book chapter published by a 2016 CASDW member during the 2016 calendar year. Co-authored articles or chapters will be eligible as long as one of the authors was a CASDW member during the year of the award.  The deadline for nominations is April 30, 2017. The winner of the award will be announced at the 2017 CASDW conference at Ryerson University.

The selection criteria are as follows:

•    Significance and contribution to the field.
•    Depth of the research.
•    General quality of the writing, including its comprehensibility.
•    Originality.

The award includes a prize of $100 and a one-year CASDW membership for the following year.

Please note: Ideally, e-mail nominations will include an attached pdf of the journal article or book chapter, as well as a complete reference.

Nominations should be sent in an e-mail addressed to Graham Smart (GrahamSmart@CUNET.CARLETON.CA) and copied to the other members of the selection committee: Sarah Banting (sbanting@mtroyal.ca), Sheila Hannon (shannon2@uwo.ca), and Duncan Koerber (dkoerber@ryerson.ca).

Authors are invited to nominate their own publications as well as those of other CASDW members.

The Joan Pavelich CASDW Annual Award for the Best Dissertation in Writing and Discourse Studies recognizes the most outstanding PhD dissertation in Writing Studies, Discourse Studies, Rhetoric, or a cognate field for the preceding year. The award will be given to a student in a Canadian university or to a Canadian student studying outside Canada.  To be eligible, dissertations must have been defended between January 1, 2016, and December 31, 2016. An announcement of the winning dissertation will be made at the CASDW Annual General Meeting.

The award includes a prize of $100 and a one-year free CASDW membership for the following year.

The deadline for nominations is April 30, 2017. Self-nominations are accepted. The assessment criteria for the award are the following: (1) the overall quality of the writing and thinking; (2) the significance of the question(s) addressed in the research; (3) the importance of the new knowledge presented in the thesis; and (3) and methodological rigour and/or innovation.

Applicants/nominators should send the following items to each member of the selection committee listed below: a pdf file containing the dissertation (or a link to an online repository), a CV, and a cover sheet with the applicant’s full name, citizenship, institution and degree program, and the contact information for their primary supervisor.

Doreen Starke-Meyerring doreen.starke-meyerring@mcgill.ca

Jay Dolmage dolmage@uwaterloo.ca

Rachael Cayley rachael.cayley@utoronto.ca

Patty A. Kelly patty.kelly@ubc.ca

 

Early-bird registration rates for Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences 2017 will end on March 31!

To register now, click here.

To renew or sign up for membership in CASDW, click here.

 

The Ninth Annual Conference of
the Canadian Association for the Study of Discourse and Writing (CASDW / ACR)

The Presence of Writing: Making a Place for the Study of Writing and Discourse

Saturday, May 27 to Monday, May 29, 2017

Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Keynote: Professor Rebecca Moore Howard, “Teaching Rhetorical Ethics in a Post-Truth Economy”

Closing plenary: Professor Catherine Schryer, Ryerson University

For more information on the CASDW conference, click here.