Conference Theme

Literacy can be viewed as the ability to function effectively within a given set or sets of discourse practices embedded in their social and cultural contexts. While literacy usually refers to written language, the term is used here to include skills and strategies in language production and interpretation, both spoken and written, whether dialogic or monologic. We will accept papers also in related areas:

Language Education: explicit language education, whether of first language or a foreign language with the aim of increasing the level of literacy of the learner.
Genre-based Literacy: the study of language genres, in particular the explicit teaching of such.
Register-based Literacy: the learning or teaching of appropriate language to particular situation types.
Literacy and Grammar: the role of grammar in literacy. Grammar education and literacy.
Multi-modal Literacy: understanding, using and producing multiple modes of expression, including those involving different media and technology.