Overview of Presentations

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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

Name:	Affiliation:	Working in:	Title:
Wendy Arnold	IATEFL YLT SIG coordinator	UK	A pragmatic solution to differentiation in the ELT classroom using a graded extensive reading scheme
Jennifer Bassett	Author and editor	UK	Extensive reading: the Cinderella at the ball
Janice Bland	Hildesheim University	Germany	Intertextual relationships between children’s and adult literature: A Literary Studies course design for ongoing EFL teachers
Rita Collins	Masaryk University	Czech Republic	Building bridges: university students reading with young learners
Guillermina Englebrecht Patience Sowa Esperanza De La Vega	Zayed University	United Arab Emirates	Teaching, Reading and Modelling: strategies for promoting the educational and personal benefits of children’s literature among Emirati pre-service teachers.
Anne Hachmeister	Hildesheim University	Germany	Extensive reading with Michael Morpurgo?
Christian Holzmann	Vienna University	Austria	So many books – so little time – young adult novels in ELT
Annika Kolb	University of Education, Freiburg	Germany	Extensive reading of picture books in primary EFL
Beniko Mason	Shitennoji University Junior College, Osaka	Japan	Efficient language acquisition from reading and listening to stories
Hitoshi Nishizawa	Toyota National College	Japan	Impact of a long-term extensive reading program for reluctant EFL learners in Japanese college of technology.
Naomi Ono Tsundeo Takanashi	Seikei University, Tokyo	Japan	Does Whole Language Theory-based instruction work with elementary school pupils learning English in Japan?
Andy Reed	Freelance Langenhagen	Germany	Joyfully learning to read
Joanna Smith	British Council, Lisbon	Portugal	Rewarding Reading
Ken Smith	Wenzao Ursuline College of Languages	Taiwan	Integrating 1 hour of In-School Weekly Sustained Silent Reading (SSR): effects on language development and phrasal verb retention
Claudia Soeffner	International Youth Library Schloss Blutenberg, Munich	Germany	International Youth Library - A world-renowned centre of international children's literature
Atsuko Takase	Kinki University	Japan	Easy Picture Books versus Graded Readers: Which is more effective for EFL high school students?
Naděžda Vojtková	Masaryk University	Czech Republic	Training future primary teachers to use picture storybooks and promote love for reading
Ya-Chen Su	Southern Taiwan University	Taiwan	Integrating fairy tales into Taiwan’s EFL and art classes at the elementary level

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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

Name:	Affiliation:	Working in:	Title:
Grit Alter	Hildesheim University	Germany	In the same boat? – Young Adult Fiction by minority authors and the implications for transcultural learning
Anwesha Chakraborty	Hyderabad University	India	“Practical” Literature: Why Indian ELT is embracing narratives about everyday life over and above the literary canon
Feryal Cubukcu	Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir	Turkey	The interface between Aesop's Fables and Critical Thinking Strategies in ELT and moral development
Maria Eisenmann	Erlangen University	Germany	Promoting literary proficiency in mixed-ability classes
Janet Evans	Liverpool Hope University	UK	Raymond Briggs: Controversially blurring the boundaries among comics, graphic novels, picture books and illustrated books
Liesel Hermes	Karlsruhe University of Education	Germany	Graded Readers: A critical overview and a plea
Rhiannon Ifans	University of Lampeter	UK	Is poetic licence an option for the writer of non-fiction? Re-writing history in children’s books
Burcin Kagitci	Atilim University, Ankara	Turkey	How to use children’s poetry in young-adult EFL classes
Almut Küppers	Goethe University, Frankfurt	Germany	The Same Difference? Intercultural learning in the secondary EFL classroom based on the picture book A Country Far Away
Li-Feng Lee	National Formosa University	Taiwan	Taiwanese EFL adolescents reading American young adult literature: a reader response study
Christiane Lütge	Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz	Germany	Otherness in Children's Literature
Nina Mollema Danisile Ntuli	South Africa University	South Africa	Original children’s literature and readers – the South African experience
Michael C. Prusse	Zürich University of Teacher Education	Switzerland	“The Play’s the Thing”: Shakespeare in Children’s and Young Adult Fiction
Susanne Reichl	Vienna University	Austria	Doing identity: Transcultural learning through children's and young adult literature
Sigrid Rieuwerts	Siegen University	Germany	“We are Britain!” Culture and ethnicity in Benjamin Zephaniah’s novels
Ute Ritzenhofen	Mainz University	Germany	Poetry for children of all ages: teaching Sharon Creech’s Love that Dog
Johan Strobbe	Leuven University	Belgium	Teenage fiction project

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

Name:	Affiliation:	Working in:	Title:
Ann Arscott, Neal Hopkins Norman Whitney	Authors, freelance	UK	Picture books past, present, and future: from fairy tales to Ipods
Marina Dudenhöfer	Teacher and translator	UK	Nursery rhymes? A treasure chest for pronunciation classes
Jamie Gibbings	British Council	Singapore	Exploring social themes through literature with lower primary ESL Learners
Eva Gressnich	Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz	Germany	Speech acts in picturebooks
Syana Harizanova, Nikolina Tsvetkova	New Bulgarian University, Sofia	Bulgaria	Helping children acquire critical and inter-ethnic literacy
Felicitas Kröger	Hildesheim University	Germany	Anthropomorphic animals - human beings in disguise? The role and function of humanized animals in picture books
Katalin Láng	Pázmány Péter Catholic University	Hungary	Froggie, froggie, hoppity - hop! - Playing with words, rhythm and rhyme in EFL classrooms
Laszlo Magocsa	József Eötvös College, Baja	Hungary	Stories as contributors to L2 development
Sandie Mourão	Aveiro University	Portugal	The Picture Book – an object of discovery
Susanne Palmer	Eichstätt-Ingolstadt Catholic University	Germany	The Gruffalo – from picture book to play
Marie Luise Rau	Rüsselsheim	Germany	How Picture books enhance discourse and literary skills in young language learners
Annett Schäfer	Landau-Koblenz University	Germany	Investigating the use of songs, rhymes and stories in primary EFL teaching
Miori Shimada	Tamagawa University, Tokyo	Japan	Expansion of picture books for EFL learners
Agnieszka M. Turek	British Council	Poland	English nursery rhymes in ELF classrooms
Julia Veltum	Applied Sciences University, Zwickau	Germany	Nonsense Literature in the EFL classroom? – The “Nonsenses” of Edward Lear
Britta Viebrock	Goethe-University Frankfurt	Germany	Storytelling with picture books and comprehension in the primary EFL classroom

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

Name:	Affiliation:	Working in:	Title:
Mercedes Perez Berbain, Andrea Blawdziewics de Caillon, Maria Laura Garcia	Storytellers, freelance	Argentina	The impact of storytelling in the EFL Classroom
M.Luisa García Bermejo M. Teresa Fleta	Complutense University Madrid and De Alcalá University, Madrid	Spain	The “Art” of teaching Creative Story Writing
Jo Bertrand, Nicky Francis	British Council, Paris	France	The Story Seeds – Discovering English through picture books
Martin Bradbeer	Editor, Cornelsen	Germany	Reading Circles - a 'magic' formula for getting your students reading
Coomi S. Vavaina	University of Mumbai	India	Peace Activism through storytelling
Ellen Darling	British Council, Naples	Italy	Primary age literature and picture books and on-line teaching resources
Deepthi S.	Regional Institute of South India	India	Big Books – Small steps towards bridging the gap
Martin Goosey	British Council, Madrid	Spain	You Couldn’t Make It Up! Or Could You?
Mechthild Hesse	University of Education, Freiburg	Germany	The Intermediate EFL Classroom – a Perfect Place for Teenage Fiction
Alan Maley	Author and editor, freelance	UK	Creative Writing for Students and Teachers
Yvonne M. Moore	British Council, Madrid	Spain	Story sacks a way of bringing books to life!
Fitch O’Connell	British Council	Portugal	Tales and Consequences
Anton Prochazka	University of Education, Vienna	Austria	Enjoying Stories with Young Learners
Carol Read	Author, freelance	Spain	Picture books and cross-curricular themes
Nicholas Tims	Editor, CUP	UK	From Igglepiggle to Potter to Heat: the Rise and Fall of Children’s Reading.
Paola Traverso	Author, freelance	Italy	Enhancing children’s self-esteem and positive attitudes through storybooks
Andrew Wright	Storyteller, artist/author	Hungary	Your Stories for them