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Symposium on Literacy and Literature
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City: London
Venue:
Senate House, London
Date:
22 Mar 02
Event Overview:
Literacy is the basic requirement for students of English language, literature and creative writing and yet lecturers identify literacy as one of their key concerns. The English Subject Centre's symposium on literacy and literature which was held at Senate House, London on March 22nd 2002 gave delegates the opportunity to discuss strategies for fostering students' basic literacy as well as their academic literacy. Delegates were addressed by Dr Colleen McKenna a lecturer in academic literacies and academic development at University College London, and by Pat Hill from the university of Huddersfield who discussed her ongoing postgraduate research into the development of undergraduate academic writing in an English department.
Literacy is the basic requirement for students of English language, literature and creative writing and yet lecturers identify literacy as one of their key concerns. The English Subject Centre's symposium on literacy and literature which was held at Senate House, London on March 22nd 2002 gave delegates the opportunity to discuss strategies for fostering students' basic literacy as well as their academic literacy. Delegates were addressed by Dr Colleen McKenna a lecturer in academic literacies and academic development at University College London, and by Pat Hill from the university of Huddersfield who discussed her ongoing postgraduate research into the development of undergraduate academic writing in an English department.
Report:
Description: A report on the English Subject Centre event held in 2002.
Programme: (subject to alteration)
| Time | Theme/Session |
|---|---|
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Registration (Tea/Coffee) |
| 11:00 - 12:30 | Papers and Discussion Academic literacies Colleen Mckenna, University College London |
| Feedback on feedback Pat Hill, University of Huddersfield |
|
| Exploring the potential of peer-tutoring in development of student writing in English Jonathan Worley, St Mary's University College, Belfast |
|
| 12:30 - 13:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30 - 15:30 | Discussion topics including: 'Diagnosis', 'Embedding Solutions', 'Developing Resources' and 'The role of the web'. |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Tea/Coffee - conclusions |
