WG1 Meeting #1, London
This first meeting of the WG1 was held in London, in 22-23 June, 2015.
The aim of this meeting is to gather WG1 participants and discuss the impact of multilingual/bilingual learners on literacy teaching and learning.
A plan of action to fulfill WG1 goals as stated in the MoU was also drafted in this first WG1 meeting.
Agenda
Day 1 – June 22
10h00 | Introductions and expertise in relation to WG1
10h30 | Plan of two days and introduction to working group themes
10h45 | Welsh/English bilingual context: Implications for research and practice by Marketa Caravolas
12h00 | Country presentations on bilingual/multilingual learning context by Marta Kockiewicz (Poland) and Chloe Marshall (bilingual deaf writers)
13h00 | Lunch
14h00 | Preentations by Karin Keller (Switzerland), Celestino Rodriguez Perez (Spain), Ana Llaurado (Spainish/Catalan), and Timothy Papadopoulos (Cyprus)
15h00 | Coffee
15h50 | Presentations by Gordana Kerestes (Croatia), Valéria Csépe (Hungary), Otília Sousa (Portugal), Hrafnhildur Ragnarsdóttir (Iceland) and Nelly Joye (France)
17h30 | End of Day 1
Day 2 – June 23
10h00 | Summary of key themes by Julie Dockrell & Timothy Papadopoulos
10h30 | Presentation by Professor Victoria Murphy University of Oxford English Language learners – Author of the Education Endowment Foundation reports
11h30 | Discussion of relevance of EEF documents to Countries, Languages, Literacy, WG1 and the Multilanguage European context
12h00 | Lunch
13h30 | Group work: Summary of key themes and relevance of issues for the COST Action; Identification of major challenges for research and practice; Ways in which the Action can address these challenges
15h00 | Feedback to group and Confirmation of responsabilities and next steps:
1. Original themes and leaders
2. New themes and potencial leaders
3. Plan of action and planning of meetings for WG1
4. Interrogating evidence based and evidence informed teaching and interventions
16h30 | End of Day 1
