Call for Papers
RidEL 2024: Reading for in-depth English Learning:
Texts in and beyond the classroom
Overview:
RidEL 2024 aims to bring together English language and literature researchers and teacher educators to share their expertise and understandings with a common goal to promote research and practice in reading for in-depth learning in elementary, secondary, and tertiary settings. Involving language learners in children’s literature can promote critical literacy and in-depth learning for fuller engagement with the text, enabling learners to critically explore different cultural contexts, new perspectives and unfamiliar ideologies. Deep reading can foster empathy and interculturality, which are much needed for transformative learning and social justice.
The conference welcomes both research- and practice-oriented papers that address one of the following:
- Strand 1. Teacher education for in-depth English language learning with children’s literature
- Strand 2. Interculturality, diversity and critical literacy in English language learning with children’s literature
The deadline for submissions is Wednesday, 31 May 2023.
Formats for papers:
1. Single paper presentations
- Each presentation is 30 minutes, including circa 10 minutes discussion time.
- Your title should be maximum 15 words.
- Each abstract may not exceed 200 words. Please add up to 5 references and 5 keywords.
- A max 100-word bio (for each presenter in the case of multiple authors) should be submitted as a separate Word document.
2. Panels
- Each panel is 90 minutes, comprising 3-4 single or multiple-authored papers. Please organize the panel in a way that allows for more extended discussion time.
- Each contributor should submit the title and abstract of their own paper and state the panel title (max 15 words) and leader of the panel.
- Each abstract may not exceed 200 words. Please add up to 5 references and 5 keywords.
- A max 100-word bio (for each presenter in the case of multiple authors) should be submitted as a separate Word document.
Submission process:
** The deadline has passed **
- Please remember to submit papers as a Word document.
- Proposals will be anonymized before they are sent for peer review.
- Please carefully follow the instructions on the submission form.
- You can expect a response by the end of July.
- Do you have any questions ? You can contact the conference team at RidELConference2024@gmail.com
