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Literary Studies Group

 TLAC Professors Offer Seminars Related to Literacy

The Literacy Studies Group (LSG) program hosts one-hour seminars to discuss topics of interest in literacy research from diverse disciplines and encourages any and all interested persons to attend. Seminars are usually held about once a month, and each session consists of a 45-minute presentation, followed by questions and answers. Sessions are conveniently scheduled around the lunch hour and located in Harrington Tower. Refreshments are also served. Previous speakers and presenters from the Fall 2004- Spring 2005 school year include:

October 6, 2004, Wednesday:Diane Kaplan, Department of Teaching, Learning, & Culture, Texas A&M University

Explaining intergenerational parallelism in adverse school experiences: The mediating influence of young and middle adulthood experiences

October 27, 2004, Wednesday:Sharolyn Pollard-Durodola, Department of Educational Psychology, Texas A&M University
Beginning Reading: Linguistic Units and Instructional Strategies that Facilitate Word Recognition in Latino Kindergarten Students who are Learning to Read in Spanish

November 17, 2004, Wednesday:Patricia Wiese, Department of Teaching, Learning, & Culture, Texas A&M University, &Jane Smith, Evans Library, Texas A&M University
Authenticating Folktales: Inquiry-Based Projects to Increase Cultural Awareness and Nurture Intellectual Curiosity

December 1, 2004, Wednesday:Barbara Foorman, Director, Center for Academic and Reading Skills, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston; (first) Commissioner of Education Research, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education, Washington, D.C.
The Impact of the Language of Instruction on Language and Literacy Outcomes in Primary-Grade Bilingual Classrooms

March 9, 2005, Wednesday:Jorge Gonzalez, Department of Educational Psychology, Texas A&M University
Effects of a comprehensive oral language training program on oral language competence of Hispanic English language learner migrant preschoolers

March 23, 2005, Wednesday:Rafael Lara-Alexio with Martha Galloway, Sharolyn Duodola-Pollard, Joy Esquierdo-Ramos, & Ana Quiros, Department of Educational Psychology, Texas A&M University
Project ELLA (English Language and Literacy Acquisition): A Five-Year Longitudinal Research Study

April 6, 2005, Wednesday:Jack Fletcher, Director, Center for Academic and Reading Skills (CARS), Department of Pediatrics; University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Reading Instruction and the Brain: Linking Functional Neuroimaging and the Classroom

April 27, 2005, Wednesday:Sharon Vaughn, H.E. Hartfelder-Southland Regents Chair and Director, Center for Reading and Language Arts, University of Texas, Austin
The Effectiveness of a Three-Tier Intervention Model on Young Children with Reading Difficulties

LSG is sponsored by TLAC professors, Dr. R. Malt Joshi (mjoshi@coe.tamu.edu) and Dr. Mark C. Sadoski (msadoski@tamu.edu), and graduate student, Corrine Wickens (cwickens@neo.tamu.edu). Please contact any of these sponsors for further information.

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