Programme

Thursday 6th September, 2018

The Lakehouse, Ron Cooke Hub, Heslington East Campus, University of York

11.00 – 11.15 Introduction and overview (Jessie Ricketts & Emma James)

11.15 – 12.15 Keynotes in conversation: (Chair: Jessie Ricketts)

What have we learned from the study of poor comprehenders: reflections on past, present and future research and practice

- Professor Kate Cain (Lancaster University)

- Professor Kate Nation (University of Oxford)

12.15 - 13.15 Lunch & Poster Session

13.15 – 14.30 Session 1 (Chair: Tiffany Hogan)

- Dr Danielle Colenbrander (University of Bristol) - Identifying reading comprehension difficulties: A tale of two tests

- Dr Debbie Gooch (University of Surrey) - Reading profiles in the Surrey Communication and Language in Education Study (SCALES) cohort

- Dr Jessie Ricketts (Royal Holloway) - What can the Vocabulary and Reading in Secondary Schools (VaRiSS) project tell us about poor comprehenders?

14.30 - 14.45 Break

14.45 – 16.00 Session 2 (Chair: Suzanne Adlof)

- Dr Claudine Bowyer-Crane (University of York) - Poor comprehension in children learning EAL

- Dr Paula Clarke (University of Leeds) - Pedagogy and intervention for developing text comprehension: effective approaches, challenges, questions and opportunities

- Dr Holly Joseph (University of Reading) - What can eye movements tell us about children's reading comprehension (difficulties)?

16.00 – 16.30 Discussion (Chairs: Lisa Henderson & Megan Dixon)

For those who have booked for dinner, we will be going to Rustique Lendal for 6pm.