[Registration Open] TESOL SLWIS Research Symposium for Aspiring Scholars

[Andy Jiahao Liu]

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 andyjia...@uiowa.edu and/or the research symposium organizers, James J. Riley at JRedu...@hotmail.com and Fatemeh Bordbarjavidi at bord...@gmail.com.

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

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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

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