European Association for the Teaching of Academic Writing

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The European Association for the Teaching of Academic Writing (EATAW) [1] is an academic association supporting scholarly activity in academic writing. [2] The association was first established in 1999 [3] with the first conference being held in 2001. [4] The Europe-wide association has two main activities: a bi-annual conference, and the Journal of Academic Writing. [5]

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The EATAW Conference

The EATAW conference is held every two years in a European University. It was first held in 2001 in Groningen. The occasion of the bi-annual conference is when the EATAW board is elected for a term of two years. [6]

YearCountryHost institutionKeynotes speakersSource
2001 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands University of Groningen Olga Dysthe; Lennart Björk; John Bean
2003 Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary Central European University, Budapest Ann Johns; Otto Kruse; Claire Furneaux [7]
2005 Flag of Greece.svg Greece Hellenic American Union, Athens Lotte Rienecker; Constantie Stephanidis; Katrin Girgensohn [8]
2007 Flag of Germany.svg Germany Ruhr-Universität Bochum Kirsti Lonka, Ken Hyland [9]
2009 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg The United Kingdom Coventry University Sally Mitchell, Christian Schunn, Gabriela Ruhmann [10] [11] [12]
2011 Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland University of Limerick Peter Elbow, Katrin Girgensohn [13]
2013 Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary Central European University, Budapest Paul Kei Matsuda, [14] Christiane Donahue, [15] Bojana Petric [16] [17]
2015 Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn Ulla Connor, Caroline Coffin, Jim Donohue, Terry Myers Zawacki [18]
2017 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg The United Kingdom Royal Holloway, University of London Katrin Girgensohn, Ron Barnett [19] [20] [21]
2019 Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg Chris Anson & Karen Head; Montserrat Castelló Badia; Emma Dafouz Milne [22]
2021 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic Technical University of Ostrava, Ostrava Dylan Dryer, John Harbord, Madalina Chitez & Otto Kruse [23]
2023 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Winterthur - [24]

The Journal of Academic Writing

The Journal of Academic Writing is a peer reviewed journal established by EATAW. [5] The journal, first published in 2011, generally has one issue a year with articles based on presentations from the preceding conference. The journal has published a number of articles that have been widely cited. These include:

Peer-tutoring in Academic Writing: the Infectious Nature of Engagement by Í O'Sullivan, L Cleary 2014

Student learning and ICLHE–Frameworks and contexts by M Gustafsson, C Jacobs 2013

'What is the Purpose of Feedback when Revision is not Expected?'A Case Study of Feedback Quality and Study Design in a First Year Master's Programme by O Dysthe 2011

Let them plagiarise: Developing academic writing in a safe environment by C Ireland, J English 2011

Research article titles and disciplinary conventions: A corpus study of eight disciplines by RL Nagano 2015

Screencast feedback for essays on a distance learning MA in professional communication by K Edwards, AF Dujardin, N Williams, 2012

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