Dear colleagues,
I hope you are doing well.
We are pleased to host the inaugural Second Language Writing Interest Section (SLWIS) Research Symposium for Aspiring Scholars. The event is scheduled for 15:00–17:30 GMT on Sunday, March 15,online via Zoom; you can find your local time using this Time Zone Converter tool.
Join us for a strong lineup of presentations to learn from, connect with, and support our presenters (tentative schedule included at the end of this email). Please complete this registration form to reserve your spot by the end of Thursday, March 12. A follow-up email with the Zoom link will be sent on Friday, March 13.
Questions and inquiries may be directed to the SLWIS Chair, Andy Jiahao Liu, at bordbarfj.
We look forward to seeing many of you there!
With very best wishes,
Andy Jiahao Liu
Chair, Second Language Writing Interest Section
TESOL International Association
2026 SLWIS Research Symposium for Aspiring Scholars (Tentative Schedule)
15:00 GMT | Tran Bao Tran
Patterns and Experiences: Multi-Clause Sentences in Academic Writing by English-Majored Freshmen
15:20 GMT | Tran Thanh Tan and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tran Quoc Thao
Writing Anxiety Across Academic Achievement Levels: Vietnamese English-Major Students’ Experiences
15:40 GMT | Dalia Cohen
Investigating Authority Projection Through Written Argument in Academic Writing
16:00 GMT | Kunyang Qu
Generative AI-Supported Writing and the Affective Filter in EFL Learners
16:20 GMT | Alex Agyena Duah
Tech-Mediated Instruction and L2 Writing Anxiety: Insights from Empirical Research
16:40 GMT | Othniel Williams
Designing for Multilingual Repertoires: Early Instructor Conceptions of Multimodal Writing
17:00 GMT | Tu Thi Cam Dang
Agency of Newly-Arrived Multilingual Adolescents in English Writing Practices
17:20 GMT | Mark Sullivan
Frequency and Consistency of Discourse-Level Feedback Among Experienced L2 Instructors