International Conference - Challenging Reading: English-Language Education with Children and Teenagers, 11.03. - 12.03.2016 in Münster (Challenging Reading)

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The TEFL team (Fachdidaktik Englisch) at the University of Münster is organising an international TEFL conference on reading as a deeply mindful activity and powerful mechanism for learning, central to a wide span of EFL/ESL education – from the youngest learners to advanced secondary students. The area covered includes the pleasure of language play and language creativity, the multi-literacy challenge of multimodal literature, the danger of the stereotyped single story and the cognitive challenge of exploring alternative worlds. The conference will address issues of literary canons in English language education (young readers – old books?) and the complex challenge of visual and virtual texts. Recent research on language education and sociocultural theory will combine with intercultural learning, emotional engagement, the potential for changing perspective and empathy building, critical literacy and cognitive criticism in the field of children’s, young adult and adult literature.