Conference topic: "Teaching Writing On Line and Face to Face"

Theme 1: Technology in teaching and tutoring writing

• On-line Writing Centers
• Software for writing
• The psychological dimension of using computers to teach writing
• How technology shapes the new roles of writing tutors
• CALL in teaching academic writing
• The human-computer interaction in teaching writing and in tutoring

Theme 2: Viability of Writing Centers: A free service or a free enterprise?

• E-commerce and Online Writing Centers
• The commercial aspect of Writing Centers

Theme 3: Organizational models for the teaching of academic writing

• Organizational models to integrate writing into study programs of European universities
• The interrelation of writing programs and writing centers
• Establishing new writing programs in European universities
• Implications of technology for organizational models
• Historical aspects in the development of writing pedagogy
• WAC models in Europe

Theme 4: Cross-national and cross-cultural issues in the teaching of writing

• Diversity in writing cultures, styles and linguistic conventions
• Dealing with cross-cultural differences in teaching writing
• Universals and specifics of academic writing across languages
• Connections and transitions between writing in school and university in different cultures

Theme 5: Research & Innovation in the teaching and tutoring of writing

• New teaching and tutoring models
• Implications of new research for teaching and tutoring practice
• Best practice reports and their implications for writing theory
• Implications of new technology for writing theory and practice

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