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SUMMARY:Promoting multilingual literacy and reader identity:Global Storybo
 oks and open technology - Bonny Norton \, FRSC\, Professor and University 
 Scholar \, Department of Language &amp\; Literacy Education\, UBC\, Canada
DTSTART:20190913T130000Z
DTEND:20190913T140000Z
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CONTACT:Ann Waterman
DESCRIPTION:UNESCO has found that 750 million youth and adults cannot read
  and write\, while 250 million children worldwide are failing to acquire b
 asic literacy skills. Low literacy rates are partly due to the lack of mot
 her tongue reading materials\, which is the best way for children to learn
  to read\, and to create a foundation for multilingual literacy developmen
 t. A possible solution is the provision of freely available online user-fr
 iendly reading materials in multiple languages\, digital capacity for scal
 ing up\, and supportive teacher education programs. In this presentation\,
  Dr. Bonny Norton will discuss her involvement in three related open acces
 s storybooks projects for children and youth worldwide: the African Storyb
 ook (https://africanstorybook.org/)\, Storybooks Canada (https://www.story
 bookscanada.ca/)\, and Global Storybooks (http://globalstorybooks.net/). S
 he will highlight the digital features of these platforms\, including audi
 o\, download\, and toggle features\, and discuss the pivotal role of Creat
 ive Commons. Of central interest is the way in which the illustrated stori
 es and the digital features promote literacy engagement\, reader identity\
 , and multilingualism. Dr. Norton suggests that the storybooks projects he
 lp democratize global flows of knowledge\, while raising intriguing questi
 ons about our understanding of “culture\,” “identity\,” “literac
 y\,” and “language”.\n\n\nBonny Norton\, FRSC\, is a Professor and D
 istinguished University Scholar in the Department of Language and Literacy
  Education\, UBC\, Canada. She is a world-leading scholar in the fields of
   identity and language learning\, critical literacy\, and international d
 evelopment. She is the research advisor of the African Storybook and the r
 esearch lead of Storybooks Canada. Her website can be found at: \nhttp://f
 aculty.educ.ubc.ca/norton/\n\n\n
LOCATION:Murray Edwards College\, Lecture Theatre
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