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🧠 Current Initiatives & Upcoming Events
SIG Symposium: Resources for Literacy Learning (Kalmar, Sweden, 2027)
We welcome you to the Research Symposium, ARLE SIG Literacies: Reading, Writing and Oracies 2027 at Linnaeus University. Researchers, both early-career and experienced, are invited to join. The theme for the symposium is Resources for Literacy Learning, and is in line with the European Literacy Coalition's Memorandum.
📅 October 20-22, 2027
📍Linnaeus University
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🕰️ Past Activities
Over the years, the SIG has initiated and supported a range of impactful events and publications:
2014: SIG Conference in Hong Kong
2015: SIG Symposia at the 10th IAIMTE Conference in Odense (Denmark)
2018: Seminar on Oracy held in Leiden (Netherland)
2019:
Special Issue on Oracy in Educational Studies in Language and Literature
SIG Symposia on Writing at the 12th ARLE Conference in Lisbon
2022: SIG Symposia on Early Writing in Childhood Education at the 13th ARLE Conference in Nicosia (Cyprus)
2023: Midway Seminar on Emergent and Developing Literacy, Patras (Greece)
2025: SIG Literacies Research Symposium in Malta (Italy)
2026: SIG Symposia on Critical Literacy at the 15th ARLE Conference in Barcelona (Spain)
Ongoing
Online "Brown Bag" sessions for PhD students in the literacy field (3 meetings per year)
Special Issue of L1 Educational Studies in Language and Literature on challenges faced by students from low SES or multicultural backgrounds
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