Sharon Ahlquist - Conference Presentations

2018
April: 'I was good´. Using Storyline to develop speaking skills in English in year 9. ASLA conference, Karlstad University
July: Using Storyline to develop speaking skills in teenage learners. 7th International Storyline conference, Ljubliana, Slovenia

2017

March: Text in Context: Storyline. `Everyone loves a good story´. Conference on reading in L2 at Östfold University College, Halden, Norway

2016
12-16 April – Annual Conference of the International Association for the Teaching of English as a Foreign Language, Birmingham: Making a difference: Storyline in language teacher education
28-30 April Child Foreign Language Learning. Between theory and practice, Pedagogical University, Krakow, Poland: Developing intercultural competence through Storyline

2015
27-29 March – 6th International Storyline Conference, Glasgow: Promoting First and Second/Foreign Language Development through Cooperation in the Classroom. Workshop.
10 April - Pre-conference professional development day, Annual Conference of the International Association for the Teaching of English as a Foreign Language, Manchester, Teaching Teens (attendance only)
5-6 June – Teaching English to Young Learners: Assessment and Learning, University of Kragujevac, in Jagodina, Serbia: Opportunities for Formative Assessment in the Storyline Approach
2-3 December – Adapting Storyline to the Needs of Blind Teenage Language Learners: Erasmus-funded workshop series, University of Zagreb, Croatia

2014
29 April - Text Analysis: Approaches and Results, April 29, 2014, Kristianstad University. Appreciating Literature: A Focus on Lexis in Second Language Reading
16 May – University of Zagreb-University of Pecs Round Table in Applied Linguistics: 'You learn more when it's fun´
12 June – Early Language Learning: Theory and Practice, Umeå University:Storyline:'I learnt more than I thought I could´
13 November – Skolporten, Teaching English in grades 6-9, Gothenburg:Storyline – Developing Communicative Competence in English

2013
8 April – Pre-conference professional development day, IATEFL, Liverpool, Drama in Children's Language Education (attendance only)
4-6 July International Association for Cooperation in Education: 4-6 July, University of Hull, Scarborough campus: The transformative power of cooperation in education: The Storyline approach: promoting learning through cooperation in the second language classroom
26 September – Presentation of Storyline – developing communicative competence in English at the Gothenburg Book Fair

2012
19-23 March - IATEFL Conference Glasgow: Developing young learners' writing through Storyline
18 June – Kunskapsveckan, Lund University: Storyline and teaching English in the new curriculum
19 June – English for Young Learners Forum, Uppsala University: 'When it's fun you learn more´ – teaching English through the Storyline approach
9-11 August – 5th International Storyline Conference, A key to effective learning and teaching, Reykjavik: Developing young learners' writing through Storyline
13-15 September – International Conference on Bringing Creativity and Thinking Skills into the Educational Process, Riga: Storyline and the young language learner

2011
14 October - Half day seminar and workshop for 60 secondary and upper secondary teachers of English in Nacka kommun, Storyline and the new curriculum, Lgr11