I International Colloquium on Academic Literacies: Writing and reading in educational contexts

2 - 4 September 2015

Faculdade de Educação – Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

Wed Sept 2nd

2pm

Opening Session and welcome

2:30pm – 4pm

Panel 1: Language, Education and Academic Literacies

David Bloome (Ohio State University, USA)

Anna Robinson-Pant (University of East Anglia, UK)

4 – 4:30pm: coffee break

4:30 – 6pm

Panel 2: Critical Literacy and Academic Literacies

Joel Windle (Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Brazil) Andréa Mattos (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil)

Thursday Sept 3rd 9:00am – 10:30am Panel 3: Academic literacies and Social Practices

Paul Prior (University of Illinois, USA)

Paula Carlino (Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina)

10:30 am – 11:00 coffee break

11:00am – 12:30pm Panel 4: An Academic Literacies Class at UFMG

Participants of Academic Literacy Class 2015, with Professor Brian Street (King’s College, London): Alex Knoblock Annallena Guedes Nara Nogueira 12:30pm – 2 pm: Lunch 2pm – 3:30pm Panel 5 - Supporting Student Writing

Ursula Wingate (King’s College, London)

George Newell (Ohio State University, USA)

Desirée Motta-Roth (Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Brazil)

3:30 – 4pm: coffee break

4pm – 5:30pm Panel 6 - Supporting students writing

Guilherme Veiga Rios (Universidade de Brasília e INEP, Brazil)

Deise Prina Dutra (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil) Gilcinei Teodoro Carvalho (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil)

Friday Sept 4th

9:00 am – 10:30 am

Panel 5: Challenges in navigating local and international academic contexts

Sergio Cirino (Diretoria de Produção Científica, Pro-Reitoria de Pesquisa -UFMG)

Miriam Jorge (Diretoria de Relações Internacionais, UFMG)

10:30 am – 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 am – 12:00Applications of ideas in the Colloquium to actual practice

Responses from each Panel

Possible future directions

Thanks and Farewells

Organisers: Brian Street (King’s College London)

Maria Lucia Castanheira (FAE)

Sergio Cirino (PRPq)

Gilcinei Carvalho (FAE)

Miriam Jorge (DRI)

Andrea Mattos (FALE)

Ana Terto (PRPG)

Realização:

Pro-Reitoria de Pesquisa

Diretoria de Relações Internacionais

Faculdade de Educação

Faculdade de Letras

Apoio:

Ceale

The Colloquium will involve colleagues from a number of countries (eg USA, UK, Brazil, Argentina) and a major aim is to enhance

international links and approaches, building on current programmes in different universities.