2023 Annual Meeting: Presentations

Program

To join virtually:

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This program is subject to change.


Day 1: Thursday, May 25, 2023

   

8:00 PDT

9:00 MDT     12:00 ADT
11:00 EDT     16:00 BST

Check-in/Networking/Breakfast

 

(Breakfast will be provided for all attendees)

9:00 PDT

10:00 MDT     13:00 ADT
12:00 EDT     17:00 BST

Welcome
 Oral Language As It Contributes to Reading Skill

9:10 PDT

10:10 MDT     13:10 ADT
12:10 EDT     17:10 BST

Leaps and Bounds: From Reading Words to Understanding Texts
Hélène Deacon

9:40 PDT

10:40 MDT     13:40 ADT
12:40 EDT     17:40 BST

Syntactic awareness and reading comprehension English-French bilinguals
Becky Xi Chen

10:10 PDT

11:10 MDT     14:10 ADT
13:10 EDT     18:10 BST

Coffee Break

 

Cultural Context in Reading Comprehension

 

10:30 PDT

11:30 MDT     14:30 ADT
13:30 EDT     18:30 BST

Syntactic Skills Matter for Bilingual Children’s Reading Comprehension and Reading Comprehension Difficulties
Xiuhong Tong

11:00 PDT

12:00 MDT     15:00 ADT
14:00 EDT     19:00 BST

The Impact of an After-School Reading Program on Predominantly Punjabi Students’ L2 Reading Motivation
Guofang Li & Henny Yeung

11:30 PDT

12:30 MDT     15:30 ADT
14:30 EDT     19:30 BST

Lunch Break

12:30 PDT

13:30 MDT     16:30 ADT
15:30 EDT     20:30 BST

EDI Discussion
Brea Chouinard

13:30 PDT

14:30 MDT     17:30 ADT
16:30 EDT     21:30 BST

Theme Meetings (Breakout)

Literacy
Oral Language
Technology & New Media
Language Background & Culture

14:30 PDT

15:30 MDT     18:30 ADT
17:30 EDT     22:30 BST

Coffee Break

14:45 PDT

15:45 MDT     18:45 ADT
17:45 EDT     22:45 BST

Partner Updates

Canadian Children’s Literacy Foundation
Vancouver Public Library
Decoda Literacy Solutions Society
NIRx

15:15 PDT

16:15 MDT     19:15 ADT
18:15 EDT     23:15 BST

 

Theme Updates & Opportunities

15:15 – 15:45: Literacy Theme
15:45 – 16:15: Neuroimaging Theme

16:30 PDT

17:30 MDT     20:30 ADT
19:30 EDT     00:30 BST

End 


Day 2: Friday, May 26, 2023

 

 

8:00 PDT

9:00 MDT     12:00 ADT
11:00 EDT     16:00 BST

Check-in/Networking/Breakfast

 

(Breakfast will be provided for all attendees)

Partnered Research

9:00 PDT

10:00 MDT     13:00 ADT
12:00 EDT     17:00 BST

Evaluating Morphological Awareness Assessments
Carla Hudson Kam

9:30 PDT

10:30 MDT     13:30 ADT
12:30 EDT     17:30 BST

Automatically Generating Reading Comprehension Questions to Target Specific Skills Using Soft-Prompts
Spencer von der Ohe

10:00 PDT

11:00 MDT     14:00 ADT
13:00 EDT     18:00 BST

Coffee Break
Computational Modelling

10:20 PDT

11:20 MDT     14:20 ADT
13:20 EDT     18:20 BST

Generative AI for Multilingual Educational Applications
Muhammad Abdul-Mageed

10:50 PDT

11:50 MDT     14:50 ADT
13:50 EDT     18:50 BST

Using Computer Models of Language to Evaluate Movie Viewing in Autistic and Non-Autistic Individuals
Brea Chouinard

 
KEYNOTE

11:20 PDT

12:20 MDT     15:20 ADT
14:20 EDT     19:20 BST

The Reading Brain: Bilingual Learners
Ioulia Kovelman

11:50 PDT

12:50 MDT     15:50 ADT
14:50 EDT     19:50 BST

 

Poster Session

View digital posters here.

12:50 PDT

13:50 MDT     16:50 ADT
15:50 EDT     20:50 BST

 

Lunch Break

14:00 PDT

15:00 MDT     18:00 ADT
17:00 EDT     22:00 BST

 

Theme Updates & Opportunities

14:00 – 14:30: Technology & New Media Theme
14:30 – 15:00: Oral Language Theme

15:00 PDT

15:00 MDT     19:00 ADT
18:00 EDT     23:00 BST

Coffee Break

15:15 PDT

15:15 MDT     19:15 ADT
18:15 EDT     23:15 BST

Connecting the Dots / Research Planning

16:00 PDT

17:00 MDT     20:00 ADT
19:00 EDT     00:00 BST

 

Closing Remarks/End