Programme

Programme of Strands 1-4

Strand 1
Strand Chairs

Extensive reading, reading for pleasure; teacher training with non-canonical literature
Rektorin Prof Liesel Hermes, Karlsruhe University of Education and Prof Laurenz Volkmann, Jena University

Time	Name	Working in:	Title
Friday, 26th Feb.
10.30-11.00	Jennifer Basset	UK	Extensive reading: the Cinderella at the ball
11.00-11.30	Andy Reed	Germany	Joyfully learning to read
11.30-12.00	Wendy Arnold	UK	A pragmatic solution to differentiation in the ELT classroom using a graded extensive reading scheme
12.00-12.30	Rita Collins	Czech Republic	Building bridges: university students reading with young learners
LUNCH
14.30-15.00	Joanna Smith	Portugal	Rewarding Reading
15.00-15.30	Atsuko Takase	Japan	Easy Picture Books versus Graded Readers: Which is more effective for EFL high school students?
15.30-16.00	Anne Hachmeister	Germany	Extensive reading with Michael Morpurgo?
16.00-16.30	Ken Smith	Taiwan	Integrating 1 hour of In-School Weekly Sustained Silent Reading (SSR): effects on language development and phrasal verb retention
RECEPTION

Saturday, 27th Feb.
9.00-9.30	Sowa, De La Vega, Englebrecht	United Arab Emirates	Teaching, Reading and Modelling: strategies for promoting the educational and personal benefits of children’s literature among Emirati pre-service teachers.
9.30-10.00	Beniko Mason	Japan	Efficient language acquisition from reading and listening to stories
10.00-10.30	Janice Bland	Germany	Intertextual relationships between children’s and adult literature: A Literary Studies course design for ongoing EFL teachers
10.30-11.00	Hitoshi Nishizawa	Japan	Impact of a long-term extensive reading program for reluctant EFL learners in Japanese college of technology.
BREAK
11.30-12.00	Christian Holzmann	Austria	So many books – so little time – young adult novels in ELT
12.00-12.30	Nadežda Vojtková	Czech Republic	Training future primary teachers to use picture storybooks and promote love for reading
LUNCH
13.30-14.00	Annika Kolb	Germany	Extensive reading of picture books in primary EFL
14.00-14.30	Claudia Soeffner	Germany	International Youth Library – A world-renowned centre of international children’s literature
14.30-15.00	Ya-Chen Su	Taiwan	Integrating fairy tales into Taiwan’s EFL and art classes at the elementary level

Strand 2
Strand Chairs

Pre-teens and teens: young adult novels, graded readers, non-fiction, poems and graphic novels.
Prof Gabriele Blell, Hannover University and Prof Carola Surkamp, Göttingen University

Time	Name	Working in:	Title
Friday
10.30-11.00	Ute Ritzenhofen	Germany	Poetry for children of all ages: teaching Sharon Creech’s Love that Dog
11.00-11.30	Li-Feng Lee	Taiwan	Taiwanese EFL adolescents reading American young adult literature: a reader response study
11.30-12.00	Feryal Cubukcu	Turkey	The interface between Aesop's Fables and Critical Thinking Strategies in ELT and moral development
12.00-12.30	Susanne Reichl	Austria	Doing identity: Transcultural learning through children's and young adult literature
LUNCH
14.30-15.00	Sigrid Rieuwerts	Germany	“We are Britain!” Culture and ethnicity in Benjamin Zephaniah’s novels
15.00-15.30	Michael C. Prusse	Switzerland	“The Play’s the Thing”: Shakespeare in Children’s and Young Adult Fiction
15.30-16.00	Liesel Hermes	Germany	Graded Readers: A critical overview and a plea
16.00-16.30	Burcin Kagitci	Turkey	How to use children’s poetry in young-adult EFL classes

Saturday
9.00-9.30	Grit Alter	Germany	In the same boat? – Young Adult Fiction by minority authors and the implications for transcultural learning
9.30-10.00	Maria Eisenmann	Germany	Promoting literary proficiency in mixed-ability classes
10.00-10.30	Carola Hecke	Germany	Developing and Sustaining Intercultural Communicative Competence by Teaching and Studying Graphic Narratives
10.30-11.00	Almut Küppers	Germany	The Same Difference? Intercultural learning in the secondary EFL classroom based on the picture book A Country Far Away
BREAK
11.30-12.00	Rhiannon Ifans	UK	Is poetic licence an option for the writer of non-fiction? Re-writing history in children’s books
12.00-12.30	Johan Strobbe	Belgium	Teenage fiction project
LUNCH
13.30-14.00	Christiane Lütge	Germany	Otherness in Children´s Literature
14.00-14.30	Janet Evans	UK	Raymond Briggs: Controversially blurring the boundaries among comics, graphic novels, picture books and illustrated books
14.30-15.00	Danisile Ntuli	South Africa	Original children’s literature and readers – the South African experience

Strand 3
Strand Chairs

Young learners: picture books; poems and nursery rhymes; language acquisition with literary texts
Janet Evans, Liverpool Hope University and Sandie Mourão, Aveiro University

Time	Name	Working in:	Title
Friday
10.30-11.00	Daniela Elsner	Germany	Multilingual Talking Books – A beginning idea to foster multiliteracy with (very) young language learners
11.00-11.30	Insa Albrecht	Germany	Selecting picture books for the EFL classroom
11.30-12.00	Jamie Gibbings	Singapore	Exploring social themes through literature with lower primary ESL Learners
12.00-12.30	Miori Shimada	Japan	Expansion of picture books for EFL learners
LUNCH
14.30-15.00	Arscott, Hoskins, Whitney	UK	Picture books past, present, and future: from fairy tales to Ipods
15.00-15.30	Britta Viebrock	Germany	Storytelling with picture books and comprehension in the primary EFL classroom
15.30-16.00	Agnieszka M. Turek	Poland	English nursery rhymes in ELF classrooms
16.00-16.30	Annett Schäfer	Germany	Investigating the use of songs, rhymes and stories in primary EFL teaching

Saturday
9.00-9.30	Caroline Linse	UK	Selecting and Using Non-Fiction Picture Books in ELT Classroom
9.30-10.00	Marie Luise Rau	Germany	How Picture books enhance discourse and literary skills in young language learners
10.00-10.30	Eva Gressnich	Germany	Speech acts in picturebooks
10.30-11.00	Sandie Mourão	Portugal	The Picture Book – an object of discovery
BREAK
11.30-12.00	Susanne Palmer	Germany	The Gruffalo – from picture book to play
12.00-12.30	Julia Veltum	Germany	Nonsense Literature in the EFL classroom? – The “Nonsenses” of Edward Lear
LUNCH
13.30-14.00	Syana Harizanova, Nikolina Tsvetkova	Bulgaria	Helping children acquire critical and inter-ethnic literacy
14.00-14.30	Laszlo Magocsa	Hungary	Stories as contributors to L2 development
14.30-15.00	Felicitas Kröger	Germany	Anthropomorphic animals - human beings in disguise? The role and function of humanized animals in picture books

Strand 4
Strand Chairs

Storytelling and workshops
Wendy Arnold, YLT SIG co-ordinator and Dr Caroline Linse, Belfast University

Time	Name	Working in:	Title
Friday
10.30-11.30	Maria Luisa García Bermejo, Teresa Fleta Guillén	Spain	The “Art” of teaching Creative Story Writing
10.30-11.30	Fitch O'Connell	Portugal	Tales and Consequences
11.30-12.30	Carol Read	Spain	Picture books and cross-curricular themes
11.30-12.30	Nicholas Tims	UK	From Igglepiggle to Potter to Heat: the Rise and Fall of Children’s Reading
LUNCH
14.30-15.30	Anton Prochazka	Austria	Enjoying Stories with Young Learners
14.30-15.30	Martin Bradbeer	Germany	Reading Circles - a 'magic' formula for getting your students reading
15.30-16.30	Alan Maley	UK	Creative Writing for Students and Teachers
15.30-16.30	Yvonne M. Moore	Spain	Story sacks a way of bringing books to life!

Saturday
9.00-10.00	Mercedes Perez Berbain, Andrea Blawdziewics de Caillon, Maria Laura Garcia	Argentina	The impact of storytelling in the EFL Classroom
9.00-10.00
10.00-11.00	Fátima & Vanessa Tenório	Brazil	Exploring other language skills and concepts through reading
10.00-11.00	Paola Traverso	Italy	Enhancing children’s self-esteem and positive attitudes through storybooks
BREAK
11.30-12.30	Mechthild Hesse	Germany	The Intermediate EFL Classroom – a Perfect Place for Teenage Fiction
11.30-12.30	Ellen Darling	Italy	Primary age literature and picture books and on-line teaching resources
LUNCH
13.30-15.00	Andrew Wright	Hungary	Your Stories for Them