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Children's Literature in Language Education
– from Picture Books to Young Adult Fiction

Hildesheim University, Germany

International Conference 25th – 27th February 2010


Plenary speakers:

Prof. Dr. STEPHEN KRASHEN, University of Southern California (Emeritus)
Free reading: Still a great idea

Prof. Dr. EVA BURWITZ-MELZER, University of Giessen
Approaching Literary and Language Competence: Picturebooks and Graphic Novels

Dr. ALAN MALEY & ANDREW WRIGHT
on the Power of Story and Poetry

STRAND 1.
EFL extensive reading – reading for pleasure; teacher training with
non-canonical literature
STRAND 2. Pre-teens and teens: young adult novels, graded readers, non-fiction,
poems and graphic novels
STRAND 3. Young learners: picture books, poems and nursery rhymes; language acquisition
with literary texts
STRAND 4. Storytelling and workshops

Conference Schedule

Conference Team
Planning Committee

Janice Bland (janice.bland@uni-hildesheim.de) and Prof. Dr. Christiane Lütge (luetge@uni-mainz.de)

Coordinating committee
Grit Alter (general inquiries & conference brochure, alterg AT uni-hildesheim DOT de)
Saskia Kersten (catering, kersten AT uni-hildesheim DOT de)
Jana Winnefeld (exhibition and sponsoring opportunities, winnefel AT uni-hildesheim DOT de)

Conference secretary
Birgit Frankenberg (frankenb@uni-hildesheim.de)

Webmaster
Marc Weinrich (weinrich AT uni-hildesheim DOT de)

Hildesheim University
English Department
Marienburger Platz 22
D – 31141 Hildesheim
www.uni-hildesheim.de/de/index.htm

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