Questionnaire for participants in the Writing Forum:
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1. Which institution/s and which department/s or faculties of these institutions do you teach in presently or have you taught in previously? Private and/or public sector?
2. Do you teach or administer academic or technical writing courses or have you done so previously? Yes / no.
If yes, please describe briefly the population (e.g., graduate and/or undergraduate students, business setting), aim, and language ofcourse/s.
3. Do you teach academic reading courses with writing components or have you done so previously?
Yes / No
Describe briefly how you have used writing (e.g., summaries, presentations that include a writing element).
4. Has academic writing been included in any of the other courses you teach? For example, have you taught the elements of writing a research paper in your seminar courses, or have your students engaged in action research where they were required to write a final project paper?
Yes/No
Please explain.
5. Do you do research in the field of academic/workplace writing?
Describe your research interests briefly.
6. If you were to participate in a one-day event such as a Writing Forum, what kind of presentations, workshops, or other activities would you be interested in organizing or joining?
7. Would you like to be on the planning committee or help organize the event in some other way? (e.g., reading abstracts)
8. Will you be able to attend the meeting at Tel Aviv U. on November 22nd?
Yes / No
If you cannot attend, do you wish to be on our email list for future events?
Yes / No
Academic Writing Conferences
Dates / Place / Name of Organization / Conference Theme / Web site25-27/10/07 / Madrid, Spain / METM – Mediterranean Editors & Translators Meeting / Building Bridges – Constructing Networks / http://www.metmeetings.org/pagines/events_METM2007
9-10/11/07 / Athens, Greece / 1st Athens International Writing Centers Conference / Revisioning Tomorrow's Writing Center: Roles, Practices, Audiences / http://writing.hau.gr
22-24/2/08 / Santa Barbara, CA / Writing Research Across Borders / http://www.writing.ucsb.edu/wrconf08/.
2-5/4/08 / New Orleans, LA / CCC – College Composition & Communication /
24-26/4/08 / Brussels, Belgium / University Discourses: Forms, Practices, Transformations / University Discourses: Forms, Practices, Transformations /
28-31/5/08 / Austin, Texas / IWAC – International Writing Across Curriculum / http://www.utexas.edu/cola/progs/wac/conferences/iwacc/index/
11-13/6/08 / Lund University, Sweden / EARLI Sig / This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
19-22/6/08 / Freiberg, Germany / EWCA – European Writing Centers Association / Initiating Writing Center Work - Connecting Secondary, Higher, and Professional Education / www.ph-freiburg.de/ewca2008.
22-25/6/08 / Glasgow, Scotland, UK / Writers’ Retreat / .
25-27/6/08 / University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland / WDHE --Writing Development & Higher Education / Times and Spaces for Writing / http://www.strath.ac.uk/caple