National Conference on Early Language and Literacy

National Conference on Early Language and Literacy, 2017

Centre for Early Childhood Education and Development, Ambedkar University collaborated with The Early Literacy Initiative to host the 'National Conference on Early Language and Literacy' in Delhi on December 14-15, 2017.

The two-day conference focussed on the themes of “Contextual Understandings of Language and Literacy” and “Understanding Student Learning”. The conference brought together researchers and practitioners for this purpose. It included both theoretical and empirical presentations to create an enabling environment for children in the pre-school to early elementary years. You can find out more about the sessions and the speakers from the Conference Proceedings :

Conference Proceedings_CECED-ELI

Glimpses from the National Conference on Early Language and Literacy.

14th-15th January, 2017, New Delhi.

Organized by the Centre for Early Childhood Education and Development, Ambedkar University Delhi, in Collaboration with the Early Literacy Initiative, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Hyderabad	Dr. Maxine Berntsen, Prof. Venita Kaul, Prof. Vrinda Dutta, Prof. Shailaja Menon and Prof. Sunita Singh at the Inaugural Session	Prof. Venita Kaul, as the Chair of the Inaugral Session	Dr. Maxine Berntsen at the Inaugral Session
Prof. Sunita Singh presenting the Early Language and Literacy Position Paper at the Inaugural Session.	Prof. Shailaja Menon presenting the Early language and Literacy Position Paper at the Inaugural Session.	Prof. Vrinda Dutta delivering the welcome address at the Inaugural session	Dr. Ajit Mohanty, alomg with Shivani Nag from AUD, Anjali Noronha from Eklavya and Saktibrata Sen from Room to Read during Session 2 which was themed as "Linguistic Contexts of Language and Literacy in India."
Geeta Verma from CARE India, Keerti Jayaram from OELP, Asha Singh formerly from Lady Irwin College and Prof. Vrinda Dutta from AUD at Session 3 themed as "Curricular Contexts of Language and Literacy in India."	Anjali Noronha from Eklavya, Minati Panda from JNU, Saktibrata Sen from Room to Read, Sunisha Ahuja from LLF, Shobha Singh from University of Delhi along with Chair Prof. Venita Kaul during the session "Bringing Research and Policy Together."	Presentation of the findings of the longitudinal research project LiRIL, by the team on Day 2.	Aparajita Bhargarh from AUD, Malvika Rai, Prof. Sunita Singh, Sonika Kaushik from NCERT with Dr. Maxine Berntsen for the session "Learning to Read and Write."
The Organizing Team	Literacy Kits on Display	LiRIL Handouts on Display	The Audience