Conference | Literacy Association of South Africa

There is no frigate like a book:

Literacy and children’s literature

in contemporary Africa

THE 2020 CONFERENCE

TOOK PLACE ONLINE

Delegates joined us via Crowdcast or WhatsApp

19 September 2020

9am - 5pm

Important dates

Presentation submission deadline | 24 July (Extended to 3 August)

Notification of presentation acceptance | 14 August

Registration deadline | 5 September

REGISTRATION IS FREE!

CATCH UP OR REWATCH YOUR FAVOURITES

Enjoy our four keynote addresses here or head over to our YouTube channel to view all the content, and some extras, from vLITASA2020.

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There is no frigate like a book:

Literacy and children’s literature

in contemporary Africa

Important dates

Presentation submission deadline | 24 July (Extended to 3 August)

Notification of presentation acceptance | 14 August

Registration deadline | 5 September

REGISTRATION IS FREE!

CATCH UP OR REWATCH YOUR FAVOURITES

Enjoy our four keynote addresses here or head over to our YouTube channel to view all the content, and some extras, from vLITASA2020.

Gcina Mhlophe - Storytelling as a means of celebrating heritage and building our nation

Sarah Murray - Teacher read-alouds as a vehicle for early literacy development

David Waweru - Current issues facing sub-Saharan Africa in the development of literacy

Jenny Joshua - My story in materials development and evaluation

Panel discussion

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Sarah Murray - Teacher read-alouds as a vehicle for early literacy development

REWATCH THE CROWDCAST BROADCAST

You can replay the conference, as it happened, via the link below. The password is literacy4all.

There is no frigate like a book:

Literacy and children’s literature

in contemporary Africa

Important dates

​

Presentation submission deadline | 24 July (Extended to 3 August)

Notification of presentation acceptance | 14 August

Registration deadline | 5 September

REGISTRATION IS FREE!

CATCH UP OR REWATCH YOUR FAVOURITES

Enjoy our four keynote addresses here or head over to our YouTube channel to view all the content, and some extras, from vLITASA2020.

Gcina Mhlophe - Storytelling as a means of celebrating heritage and building our nation

Sarah Murray - Teacher read-alouds as a vehicle for early literacy development

David Waweru - Current issues facing sub-Saharan Africa in the development of literacy

Jenny Joshua - My story in materials development and evaluation

vLITASA2020

REWATCH THE CROWDCAST BROADCAST

You can replay the conference, as it happened, via the link below. The password is literacy4all.