> From: "Horn, Esther" <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: January 20, 2009 9:14:17 AM EST
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: FW: 2009 Language Symposium at Northwestern
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> The Council on Language Instruction and The MultiMedia Learning  
> Center at N=
> orthwestern University, together with The Sandi Port Errant Language  
> and Cu=
> lture Learning Center at the
> University of Illinois-Chicago
> and
> The Center for the Study of Languages at the University of Chicago
>
> invite you to participate in
>
> LANGUAGE SYMPOSIUM 2009
> =93From The Quill to the Wiki: Writing Toward Fluency=94
> April 24-25, 2009
> Northwestern University
>
> opening keynote speaker:
> Professor CHARLENE POLIO from Michigan State University.
>
> On Saturday the Symposium will continue with presentations on  
> writing techn=
> ology, writing methodology and writing genres.
>
> Topics may include:
>
> Writing in cyberspace: blogs, wikis, discussion boards
> Using writing software in foreign & second language contexts
> Challenges of using non-Roman scripts and alphabets
> Integrating writing with other skills
> The writing process vs. the written product
> Research on writing
> Articulation and assessment
> Task-based writing
> Using writing portfolios
> The role of writing centers in language instruction
> Instructor and peer feedback: what, when, how?
> Writing for specific purposes
> Text types: narrative, descriptive, and persuasive texts
> Second language vs. foreign language writing
>
> Language instructors at all levels are invited to submit proposals;
> all languages are welcome.
>
> Proposal forms and submission requirements available at www.cli.northwester 
> =
> n.edu
>
> Proposal submission deadline: Monday, February 9, 2009
> Early registration deadline: Friday, April 10, 2009




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