ATESOLNT Dinner Chat flyer_with Valerie Kinloch

Dinner Chat: with Professor Valerie Kinloch Tuesday 21 st February, 2017 ATESOLNT is pleased to invite you to a dinner with Dr Prof Valerie Kinloch

Professor Kinloch will be discussing the importance of engaging students, in authentic and meaningful language and literacy experiences. The presentation will focus on how teachers and education systems can engage youth in education, particularly students who are from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, such as speakers of non-standard dialects or languages other than English. Presenters Bio: Dr Valerie Kinloch is Professor of Literacy Studies in the Department of Teaching and Learning at Ohio State University

Dr. Kinloch’s research focuses on the language, literacies, and community engagements of youth and adults inside and outside schools. She is author of articles and books on language, literacy, place, and race. Dr. Kinloch is editor of Urban Literacies: Critical Perspectives on Language, Learning, and Community (2011)

Event details: Presentation from 5-6pm in the meeting room at Darwin Sailing club.

Then stay for dinner and networking at the Darwin sailing club restaurant To RSVP email: leonard.freeman@nt.gov.au