Literacy In The Classroom

Disciplinary literacy is an approach to improving literacy across the curriculum that emphasises the importance of subject specific support. At BTH, the key vocabulary required for a student to access each unit of work is currently determined by different departments, with some of these key terms forming part of formative and summative assessment, but it is not always as easy to determine how effectively the subject specific terminology is being applied outside of this assessment, or how far it is extending the vocabulary and fluency of individual students.

In the Disciplinary Literacy Handbook, you can read about how different departments provide students with opportunities to apply vocabulary from a subject specific perspective and encourage students to take a cross-curricular approach in activities that have a literacy component.