26 - 29 May 2012, The Arts House
Chamber | Play Den | Gallery | Living Room | Screening Room | VIP Room |
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9:30am - 10:15am
Welcome followed by: Keynote: Developing a reading culture in Asian Schools
by
Chitra Shegar
10:15am - 11:15am
Presentation: Developing a Reading Culture in a Primary School (A Case Study)
by
Anthony Chua
Evelyn Huang Thila Dinesh Yvonne Boey |
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Morning Break | |||||
11:30am - 12:30pm
Session: Using Picture Walks Before Reading to Create a Context for Fluent Reading
by
Susan Harris-Sharples
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11:30am - 12:30pm
Session: Picture Books as Portals to Enchantment and Imagination — Choosing Books that Challenge the Mind
by
Myra Garces-Bacsal
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12.30pm – 2.00pm Lunch |
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2:00pm - 2:45pm
Keynote: Importance of Continuity in Teaching Strategies from Preschool to Primary
by
Susan Harris-Sharples
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2:45pm - 3:45pm
Session: Is The Storyline Enough? Using Content to Motivate Children to Become Better Readers
by
Ken Spillman
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2:45pm - 3:45pm
Session: How Illustrations in Children's Books Provide Context for Understanding Stories
by
Marjorie van Heerden
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2:45pm - 3:45pm
Session:
Re-thinking Boundaries — A Box is Not Always a Square
by
Fa’izah Ahmad
Zulkifli bin Amin |
2:45pm - 3:45pm
Session: How Young Learners Acquire Language — Effectiveness of High Frequency Function Words
by
Ong Seng Kim
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Afternoon Break | |||||
4:00pm - 5:00pm
Session: Language and Literacy Development in Young Children: Helping Children with Difficulties in Learning English
by
Leong Pik San
5:00pm - 6:00pm
Session: Putting the I.T. back in KidLit — Using the World Wide Web as a Classroom Resource
by
Myra Garces-Bacsal
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4:00pm - 5:00pm
Session: Teaching Comprehension Using Basal Readers
by
Chitra Shegar
Nithya Rajamohan
5:00pm - 6:00pm
Session: Developing Preschoolers' Literary Skills through Content Instruction
by
Mahendran Maniam
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5:00pm - 6:00pm
Session: Developing Children's Reading Confidence through Meaningful Phonics
by
Julia Gabriel
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End of Day Programme | Networking & Light Refreshments | |||||
7:00pm - 8:30pm
Screening: Library of the Early Mind
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