Literacy

All teachers are teachers IN English and therefore they are teachers OF English. Each curriculum subject organises language in specific ways and that full access to the curriculum will be denied to learners, unless they are taught how to unlock and manipulate subject-specific language.

Session objectives

By attending this session, you will learn how to:

💡 understand reasons why subject specialist teachers need to teach the aspects of literacy that are relevant to their subject

💡 have a range of strategies designed to assist learners to access the curriculum whilst also learning to use subject-specific language

💡 have an overview of the linguistic skills learners may have acquired by ages 7-11 years and 11-14 years

💡 understand the ways in which subject-specific language is different from the everyday language of spoken English