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Announcements

Conferences and Conventions

Thirteenth Annual Meeting of the American Association for Applied Linguistics. March 21-24, 1991, New York City. For more information, write: AAAL Membership Office, 1325 18th Street, NW, Suite 2111, Washington, DC 20036.

International Society of Applied Psycholinguistics Conference. July 16-21, 1991. Preconference workshop on intercultural education on July 14 and 15. Victoria College, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. General theme: Research Trends in Applied Psycholinguistics.

Seventeenth World Congress of the FIPLV, in conjunction with the Hungarian Society for the Dissemination of Knowledge. August 12-16, 1991, Pets, Hungary. Theme: Foreign Language Learning and Lifelong Education. For information write P. Basel, National Center for Foreign Language Teaching of T.1.T XI, Bocskai ut 37, H-1113 Budapest, Hungary.

Eighth International Symposium on Language for Specific Purposes. August 18-23 1991, Jerusalem, Israel. Theme: LSP and the Language Industry. Deadline for proposals, January 1, 1991. For Information, write: Dr. Dennis Kurzon, Dept. of English, Hebrew University, 91905, Jerusalem, Israel.

CALL for PAPERS

Theories of writing: Student, instructor, and program perspectives on writing in the composition classroom

TWI Fall 1991

The Fall 1991 issue of TWI will explore some of the beliefs that students of composition and their instructors have about writing along with the ideologies that guide writing program methodologies. In doing this, consideration will be given to the historically situated nature of such beliefs and theories, along with their current embodiments in student behaviour, classroom practices, and program philosophies. Most importantly, an examination of how these various assumptions and beliefs influence student performance and program effective- ness will be conducted. Specific topics include, but are not limited to the following:

l how students have induced their own theories about writing both from their previous educational experiences as well as from their more recent compo- sition class(es).

l how instructors develop theories about writing and how these theories are

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instantiated in classroom practices. l how program administrators develop and operate in accordance with certain

ideologies regarding writing and how their own philosophies have developed over time.

l the advantages and disadvantages of these writing theories for students, instructors, and college composition programs.

l how and why some of these theories/beliefs have taken on a folk-like status in writing classrooms.

Manuscripts should not exceed 4,000 words; all documentation should conform to the ML.A Style Manual (1988). Four copies of each manuscript and all correspondence should be addressed to: The Writing Instructor, ATTN: Constance Gergen, Fall 1991 Issue Editor, University of Southern California, University Church, 817 West 34th. Street, Los Angeles, California 90089.

Deadline for submission: March 1, 1991 (Negotiable!, April or May submis- sions acceptable).

The 11th Annual Conference of the Southeastern Writing Centers Association (SWCA)

Birmingham, Alabama April 11-13, 1991

The conference celebrates the first decade of the SWCA. The keynote speaker is Elaine Maimon, Dean of Experimental Programs at Queens College, CUNY. Conference theme: Writing Beyond the Curriculum: Approaching the 21st Century. Cohosted/codirected by Samford University and the University of Montevallo .

For more information, contact Loretta Cobb, Harbart Writing Center, University of Montevallo, Montevallo, AL 35115

David Roberts, University Writing Programs Samford University, Birmingham, AL 35229