LITERACY TODAY | March/April 2019 | literacyworldwide.org
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Leading
ILA Journal
Launches
Podcast
In January, the editors of
Reading Research Quarterly
(RRQ), ILA’s global journal
offering multidisciplinary
scholarship on literacy among
learners of all ages, published
the first episode of their new
podcast, Bridge Research to
Practice: Live With the Author.
The podcast—recorded on
Skype—features authors of
key RRQ pieces, who discuss
their professional background;
how they became interested
in the topic; details about
the study; their advice for
teachers, parents, principals,
and policymakers, based on
study findings; and actionable
next steps.
Editors Robert T. Jiménez
and Amanda Goodwin hope
these podcasts and Skype
videos provide an exciting
bridge between research
and practice, supporting the
journal’s mission to deepen
understandings about both.
Learn more and listen by
visiting bit.ly/RRQpodcast.
You use our Choices reading lists to find
high-quality, student-selected titles to
entice young people to read. Now’s your
chance to be part of the team that helps
shape these popular resources!
We are looking for volunteers across
all three Choices projects—Children’s,
Teachers’, and Young Adults’—for the
upcoming 2019–2022 term, and we
encourage U.S.-based ILA members
to apply. The application deadline is
March 31, 2019. Project details and team
leader application forms can be found at
literacyworldwide.org/choices.
Deadline Approaching for
ILA Choices Team Leader Applications
On International Literacy Day,
September 8, 2018, the Slovenia
Reading Association kicked off the
first National Month of Joint Reading
(NMJR), a national movement to
promote reading culture and improve
literacy. More than 170 partners
and supporters, including NGOs,
associations, schools, universities,
libraries, municipalities, ministries,
publishing houses, media houses, and
more participated by holding read-
alouds, author visits, Readers Theatre,
professional development events, and
symposia. NMJR officially concluded
the first week
of October,
but activities
continued
through the end
of the year.
Slovenia Reading Association
Celebrates National Month of
Joint Reading