A Literacy Project of Our Own

Abstract

For some time now, there has been a strong (re-) assertion of the literacy project of the school. This has definitely had a positive aspect, in that increasingly the task of shaping and developing literacy practices, repertoires and capacities has been perceived as distributed across the school and accepted as a shared responsibility by all curriculum areas. No longer - at least in 'theory' - is it something left to English teachers and the English Department. On the downside, this has meant a growing unease in English teaching per se, regarding where it fits within the school's overall literacy project. What is the specific and special role of English teaching in literacy education? How do English teachers contribute to literacy growth and development, on the part of both individuals and the nation? In the context of a new awareness of 'subject-specific literacies' or 'curriculum literacies', what is it that English teaching does in this regard that is distinctive and different? In short, does English teaching have a literacy project of its own?

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