2012 IATEFL Young Learners and Teenagers (SIG) Conference and 

Asian Literacy Conference 

 

 

Theme: Learner Engagement—Young Learners and Teenagers in ELT 

 

Date: November 2-4, 2012 

Venue: National Central Library 

 

 

Invited Sessions 

 

November 2, 2012 (Fri.) 

Teaching English to Young Learners in the 21st Century: Some Issues and Challenges 

Helen Emery (University of Essex, UK) 

Family Shared Reading in Taiwan: Research and Implications 

Chien-Ju Chang (National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan) 

 

November 3, 2012 (Sat.) 

Accelerating Adolescents' Comprehension of Complex Informational Text 

Jill Lewis-Spector (International Reading Association & New Jersey City University, USA) 

Motivating Teenagers with Content and Learning Strategies 

Anna Chamot (The George Washington University, USA) 

Planting the Seeds of Literacy, One Story at a Time 

Mike Lockett (Award-Winning storyteller & Author of children’s books, USA) 

 

November 4, 2012 (Sun.) 

Gaps of Knowledge: What We Need to Learn to Teach Young Learners 

Caroline Linse (Queen's University, UK) 

Vincent Wuchang Chang (Chinese Culture University, Taiwan) 

What Does the Research in Taiwan Say about EFL Learners Who Fail at Basic Linguistic Coding? 
Chieh-Fang Hu (Taipei Municipal University of Education, Taiwan) 

Aleck Shih-Wei Chen (National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan) 

Feng-Lan Kuo (National Changhua University of Education, Taiwan) 



 

Co-organizers: 

The English Teaching and Research Association (ETRA), Taiwan 台灣英語文教學研究學會 

Taiwan Reading Association (TWRA) 台灣閱讀協會 

National Central Library 國家圖書館 

National Taiwan Normal University 國立臺灣師範大學 

 

Sponsoring Organizations: 

International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language (IATEFL) 

International Reading Association (IRA) 

National Science Council 行政院國家科學委員會 

Ministry of Education 教育部 

Bureau of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Economic Affairs, R.O.C. 經濟部國貿局 

Department of Information and Tourism, Taipei City Government, R.O.C. 臺北市政府觀光傳播局 

The Language Training & Testing Center 財團法人語言訓練測驗中心 

British Council 英國文化協會 

 

For more information, please visit: https://sites.google.com/site/2012iateflyltconference/ 

(Pre-registration until October 1, 2012) 

For further inquiries, please contact ETRA at etra.tw@gmail.com .