2023 WRAB Workshop
Welcome to the International Writing Researchers Workshop at WRAB
Trondheim, February 17, 2023
For all participants—both workshop leaders and participants signed up for the workshop—here are the contributions to read in advance of the workshop. They are organized by time slot [see below]. You can download each draft text by simply clicking on the title. You should read all of the texts once, to get a general sense of them.
Each text includes a description of the institutional context in which the work is occurring, a brief glossary, and a digest of key theorists or theoretical groundings framing the work. Please read these before reading the draft text—they are key to fruitful exchange! Sometimes they can be found at the *end* of the text rather than the beginning.
Once you have read through all of the drafts, select a first choice and a second choice to read from each cluster (except the cluster that includes your own text). Please e-mail your reading choices to us at intlreseachersconsortium@gmail.com by January 5, 2023.
- First cluster [A, B, C]
- Second cluster [D, E, F]
- Third cluster [G, H, I]
- Fourth cluster [J, K, L]
- Fifth cluster [M, N, O]
Once we have received the reading preferences from you, we will create reading groups for each text, making every effort to see that you get as many first choices as possible, but also ensuring that all papers get a sufficient number of readers.
We will share the composition of the reading groups by January 15, 2023 giving you one month to read the texts you’ll be discussing during the workshop.
Keep in mind that many of these are works in progress—they vary a great deal in length and development. The idea is to share and further our work and thinking through this format. As workshop leader, each researcher will present their draft for 5 minutes at the beginning of their assigned cluster time. Remember that there will be **no formal presentations in this workshop.** The bulk of our time together is spent in actual discussion.
Don’t hesitate to contact us with any questions: intlreseachersconsortium@gmail.com
- Christiane Donahue
- Magnus Gustafsson
- Steffen Guenzel
Clusters and Schedule: February 17, 2023
MORNING SESSION
8:30-9:00 Introductions
9:00-9:45 Discussing First Cluster of Readings
- A Developing a genre concept inventory: A new method for measuring genre understanding and learning--Gwen Gorzelsky and Carol Hayes
- B Learning to theorize through writing: 8-10 year old’s ‘gateways’ into new thematic conventions--Frances Bodger
- C The brothers project: The writing trajectories of two young men as they prepare for college, career, and life--Juan Araujo and Dawn Araujo
9:45-10:00 Break
10:00-10:45 Discussing Second Cluster of Readings
- D Writing for publication: Teacher training--Alena Kasparkova
- E Constructing a theoretical model of writing engagement--Jonathan Marine
- F Becoming an academic writer. Early career researchers' voices in transition--Andrea Karsten
10:45-11:00 Break
11:00-11:45 Discussing Third Cluster of Readings
- G Writing within and beyond the engineering university: Focus on lifelong learning--Liudmila Bulsunovskaya
- H Assessing writing development through a sociocognitive lens--David Slomp
- I Academic and research literacies in the context of student-centred supervision (vejledning)--Karl-Heinz Pogner and Vibeke Ankersborg
11:45-12:30 Whole group discussion and notes from clusters
12:30-2:00 Lunch
AFTERNOON SESSION
2:00-2:45 Discussing Fourth Cluster of Readings
- J Analyzing the writing processes in the Project Fair debating and written argumentation in grade nine--Winnie-Karen Giera
- K Describing excellence: the teaching portfolio as professional academic genre in Swedish higher education--Janna Meyer-Beining
- L English academic writing of the students from the ex-Soviet countries in European context-- Anna Abramova
2:45-3:00 Break
3:00-3:45 Discussing Fifth Cluster of Readings
- M Working at the interface of academic and professional concerns: identifying 'critical moments'--Theresa Lillis
- N Measuring writing transfer from first-year Communication Studies courses: A longitudinal mixed-methods research project--Tyler Evans-Tokaryk
- O Framing Humanities Inquiry: The Swales Moves Reconsidered--Phillip Troutman
3:45-4:30 Closing reflections and discussion: What is at stake in this exchange?