Symposium on Second Language Writing 2011

Symposium on Second Language Writing 2011
Writing for Scholarly Publication: Beyond "Publish or Perish"
Howard International House, Taipei, Taiwan
June 9-11, 2011
http://sslw.asu.edu/2011/

ONLINE PREREGISTRATION NOW AVAILABLE!

The 2011 Symposium will be held June 9-11, 2011, in Taipei, Taiwan. Taiwan has long been a major site of second language writing research, and in recent years, it has emerged as one of the growth areas where increasing numbers of researchers and teachers from various disciplinary backgrounds--computer assisted language learning, English for Specific Purposes, literacy studies, rhetoric and composition, and TESOL, among others--are drawn to the topic of second language writing. It is also a context in which the pressure to publish in certain international journals is strongly felt by researchers across the disciplines.

Given the immediate demands in this and many other parts of the world, it seems natural to focus on the practical question of how to publish successfully in international academic journals. This goal continues to be important to second language writing specialists--both as teachers and researchers of written discourse and as active researchers who are subject to the same kind of pressure. Yet, the uncritical and widespread acceptance of the "publish or perish" attitude also perpetuates a problematic situation, in which evaluation criteria and funding resources constrain the knowledge creation process in ways that are not consistent with the goals and values of the fields. While continuing to serve the needs of students and researchers in various disciplines, we second language writing specialists also need to examine larger issues of the politics of knowledge making.

This year's Symposium will seek to move the field beyond the "publish or perish" mentality by bringing together internationally known researchers, teachers, and journal and book editors in writing- and language-related fields the world over to question, resist, challenge, negotiate and overcome institutional expectations for international scholarly publication. In so doing, we hope to generate a better understanding of issues in international scholarly publication that can not only help improve the productivity of researchers from various parts of the world but also to generate new knowledge that can help shape the evaluation system in ways that facilitates the production of truly valuable knowledge.

Plenary Speakers

• A. Suresh Canagajarah, Pennsylvania State University, United States
• Mary Jane Curry, University of Rochester, United States
• Theresa Lillis, Open University, United Kingdom
• John Flowerdew, City University of Hong Kong, China
• Icy Lee, Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
• Hui-Tzu Min, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan

Invited Speakers

• Dwight Atkinson, Purdue University, United States
• Diane Belcher, TESOL Quarterly, Georgia State University, United States
• Ulla Connor, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, United States
• Neil Johnson, University of Aizu, Japan
• Budsaba Kanoksolapathan, Silpakorn University, Thailand
• Haiying Feng, Beijing University, China
• Becky Kwan, City University of Hong Kong, China
• Leo van Lier, Modern Language Journal, Monterey Institute for International Studies, United States
• Rosa Manchón, Journal of Second Language Writing, University of Murcia, Spain
• Paul Kei Matsuda, Arizona State University, United States
• Lourdes Ortega, Language Learning, University of Hawaii, United States
• Tony Silva, Purdue University, United States
• Paul Thompson, Journal of English for Academic Purposes, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom

For more information, including the online pre-registration form, please visit:
http://sslw.asu.edu/2011/.