NRC 2008 Sessions

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Adult Literacy at NRC

Daily Adult Literacy Study Group Meetings
7:25 AM – 8:25 AM

J. Michael Parker Award Presentation

This award is given to a graduate student or non-tenured professor who is presenting a paper at the conference that deals with adult literacy. For more information about the award, please visit http://www.nrconline.org/awards/jmichaelparker.html

Scheduled Presentations (Papers and Symposia)

THURSDAY

1:15 PM - 2:45 PM

Adult ESL Learners' Reading Experiences of The Great Gatsby: Enjoyment and Challenges Associated with Reading a Novel in English

The Second Language and Literacy Development of Adult English Language Learners

Activity Theory and Mediated Discourse Analysis: Embodying Family’s Digital Literacy Practices in the Home

3:00 PM - 04:30 PM

Symposium: Expanding the Research Base of Adult Reading Instruction

FRIDAY

10:15 AM - 11:45 AM

The Effects of a Multistrategy Reading Intervention on the Comprehension Skills of Underprepared Postsecondary Students

1:15 PM - 2:45 PM

Symposium: Silence in Adult Literacy Classrooms

Symposium: Multiple Perspectives in the Study of Family Literacy Programs: In Schools and in Pediatric Primary Care (Birth through grade 2)

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

"Who do you think wrote that?": The Discoursal Construction of Writer Identity by Three Adult Literacy Students

SATURDAY

8:30 AM - 10:00 AM

(Re)Making Identities in Book Clubs: Adult GED Students Become Agents of Their Literacy Learning