{"id":4067,"date":"2018-10-23T11:38:40","date_gmt":"2018-10-23T11:38:40","guid":{"rendered":"hhttps:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/?p=4067"},"modified":"2018-10-23T11:38:40","modified_gmt":"2018-10-23T11:38:40","slug":"reading-aloud-symposium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/2018\/10\/23\/reading-aloud-symposium\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading Aloud Symposium"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Island Voices will be involved in some “remote outreach” work next month, when Gordon Wells speaks at this symposium at the UCL Institute of Education in London. This kind invitation follows the visit of Sam Duncan, the co-ordinator of the Reading Aloud in Britain Today<\/a> project, to the Hebrides as part of her research work.<\/p>\n

The notice below gives details of all speakers and how to book a place.<\/p>\n

(There is an option of registering on a waiting list in the event of all places being taken).<\/p>\n

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\nSaturday 17th<\/sup>\u00a0November 2018<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The Reading Aloud in Britain Today (RABiT) Symposium<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Everyday Reading: Explorations of Literacy and Oracy<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Please join us at the UCL Institute of Education (London)\u00a0for a day of presentations and discussion examining forms of reading aloud, everyday reading and relationships between literacy and oracy, in and out of the classroom.<\/p>\n

We are delighted to welcome:<\/p>\n

Andrey Rosowsky (University of Sheffield)\u00a0Heavenly Reading – the oral\/aural nature of reading sacred texts<\/em><\/p>\n

Catherine Sadler (University of Hull)\u00a0Reading aloud and poetry<\/em><\/p>\n

Gordon Wells (Co-ordinator of the Island Voices\/Guthan nan Eilean online\u00a0community project)\u00a0Reading Island Voices: Issues around the primacy of speech and the privileging of literacy, from a Hebridean viewpoint.<\/em><\/p>\n

Jenny Hartley (Emeritus Professor Roehampton University and co-founder of Prison Reading Groups)\u00a0Twenty Years Behind Bars: Reading Aloud in Prison Reading Groups<\/em><\/p>\n

Jo Westbrook, Julia Sutherland & Jane Oakhill (University of Sussex)\u00a0Faster, immersive reading of whole texts<\/em><\/p>\n

Kevin Harvey (School of English, the University of Nottingham) & Susan Jones (School of Education, the University of\u00a0Nottingham)\u00a0Whose meaning is it anyway? The communal construction of meaning in shared reading groups<\/em><\/p>\n

Lionel Warner (University of Reading)\u00a0Reading Aloud in the high school: why do they keep doing it?<\/em><\/p>\n

Maxine Burton (freelance scholar)\u00a0Reading Aloud in 19th century England: some evidence from Victorian fiction<\/em><\/p>\n

Russell Aldersson (City Literary Institute)\u00a0Re-thinking “aloud” in the context of sign language users\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Sue Walters (UCL Institute of Education)\u00a0Reading as recitation in faith school settings:\u00a0 Issues for learning and teaching<\/em><\/p>\n

Victoria Watkins (UCL Institute of Education)\u00a0Reading Year 7 and Year 12 Reading Partnerships<\/em><\/p>\n

And\u00a0an update from the\u00a0Reading Aloud in Britain Today (RABiT) project<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Please come along and join the discussion. The day will start at 1030am and close at 5pm. Lunch and refreshments provided.\u00a0This day is free but places are limited. Please register using this link<\/strong>:\u00a0https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/rabit-symposium-tickets-50262193574<\/a>\u00a0If the event is showing up as full, please email Sam on sam.duncan@ucl.ac.uk to join a waiting list.<\/p>\n

Looking forward to seeing you there!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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