Theme and subthemes

The overall theme, Checkpoint Literacy, is intended to draw contributions on a broad range of topics in literacy. Presentations are assigned to one of the following subthemes:

• Preschool Literacy and Early Literacy
• Reading competence, reading motivation and reading behaviour
• Writing and Spelling Development
• Assessment of Language and Literacy Development
• Multilingual and multicultural Literacy
• Reading Teachers and Teaching Strategies
• Schools Where Literacy Thrives
• Literacy and Libraries
• Literacy and Technology
• Literacy and Democracy
• Reading and Spelling Difficulties and Intervention Programmes
• Adolescent and Adult Literacy and Illiteracy
• Reading and Writing for Critical Thinking
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