The National Writing Centers Consortium is inviting teachers of academic and research writing, writing centers’ staff, journal editors and researchers to participate in the conference “TESOL Contexts: Global Practicesof Teaching Academic Writing” focused on contemporary theories, practices, and trends in teaching EAL learners to communicate their research ideas in writing.

The conference is meant to be a platform for professionals from various cultures to discuss ways of helping learners develop the skills necessary to write clearly and effectively in a variety of discipline-specific genres. There is also a need to explore how the advent of AI-based technology impacts teaching writing. The technology has the potential to revolutionize the way writing centers provide assistance, too, which is also an important topic for discussion.