Literacy development
Dr. Wu-Ying Hsieh
Ms Aditi Dubey-Jhaveri
18th March, 2014
12:30 to 14:00
Room204, Rumme Shaw Building, HKU
Literacy, generally defined as the ability to read and write, constitutes a set of skills that are essential for academic and life success. To support literacy learning is one of the primary objectives of school education. In recent decades of globalization, the development of literacy skills has been extended to language(s) other than one’s mother tongue. In this Symposium, two scholars will share their research on literacy development. With their different target languages (L1 vs L2), theoretical frameworks, research approaches and age ranges of learners, the two presentations will provide distinct yet complementary insights into literacy research, research methodology as well as teacher education.
Topic 1
◎SoL-SRT Symposium (Part of)
Coaching Early Childhood Teachers to Use Teaching Strategies that Support Young Children’s Literacy Development
18th March, 2014
12:30 to 14:00
Room204, Rumme Shaw Building, HKU
Dr. Wu-Ying Hsieh, LDD, Faculty of Education, HKU
This presentation is part of SoL-SRT Symposium – Literacy development. Abstract Dr Hsieh will provide information derived from a research project with a focus on teaching strategies that support emergent literacy in preschoolers. These three “skill sets” of strategies include: (a)…
Topic 2
◎SoL-SRT Symposium (Part of)
A Study of Evaluative Strategies in Student-produced Crime News Texts
18th March, 2014
12:30 to 14:00
Room204, Rumme Shaw Building, HKU
Ms Aditi Dubey-Jhaveri, Centennial College, HKU
This presentation is part of SoL-SRT Symposium – Literacy development. Abstract The research draws on Appraisal Theory within functional linguistics to investigate the evaluative strategies through which objectivity is constructed in 40 student-produced crime news texts obtained from a class of Associate Degree…