WG1 Meeting #2, Prague

During the ELN Inaugural Conference, each WGs had the opportunity to provide ELN members with an overview of WG-relevant research in a symposium composed by a keynote and three presentations.

A plan of action to fulfill WG1 goals as stated in the MoU was also drafted in this first WG1 meeting topics in a symposium composed by a keynote and three presentations.

The WG1 Symposium was chaired by Julie Dockrell. It started with keynote of Karin Landerl and included presentations on methodological issues (T. Papadopoulos), multilingualism and multi ortography (R. Stainthorp), and multilingualism and literacy educations (C. Mifsud).

WG1 Symposium
Chair: Julie Dockrell

Reading in different languages
Keynote speaker: Karin Landerl, University of Graz

Methodological issues in cross-linguistic research on reading development
Timothy Papadopoulos

Multilingualism + multi ortography = multi literacy: not a simple equation
Rhona Winifred Stainthorp

Multilingualism and literacy education in Europe: Unifying research-informed effective pedagogies or a fragmenting landscape?
Charles Mifsud