SSLW
The Symposium on Second Language Writing is an annual international conference that brings together teachers and researchers who work with second- and foreign-language writers to discuss important issues in the field of second language writing.
The Symposium began in 1998 at Purdue University as a way of facilitating the advancement of knowledge in the field of L2 writing and to build a sense of community among those who are involved in L2 writing research and instruction. The First Symposium featured sixteen internationally recognized experts in the field, who addressed issues in theory, research, instruction, assessment, politics, and articulation with other disciplines.
In response to the overwhelmingly positive feedback from the participants and many requests from people who were not able to attend the first gathering, the Symposium became a biennial event. Purdue University has continued to serve as the institutional home, but due to a large number of requests from other countries, the Symposium began to reach out to the world by holding its first meeting outside the United States in 2007.
The 2009 Symposium will meet at Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.
For more information, please visit: http://sslw.asu.edu/.
Past Themes:
1998: Symposium on Second Language Writing
2000: Contexts of Second Language Writing
2002: Constructing Knowledge: Approaches to Inquiry in Second Language Writing
2006: Practicing Theory in Second Language Writing
2007: Second Language Writing in the Pacific Rim
2008: Foreign Language Writing Instruction: Principles and Practices