Literacy Today March/April 2019

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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

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