I have just been reading the Geography syllabus and found that literacy has its own subheading! The syllabus discusses the importance of literacy to studies of geography, emphasizing that literacy is every teacher’s responsibility. I think the syllabus’s discussion of literacy hits the nail on the head; ‘Literacy skills in reading, writing, talking, listening and viewing’. I think this definition effectively demonstrates the extent of the term ‘literacy’ and all that the term encapsulates and describes. Given the broadness of the term and the essential skills associated with literacy, the importance of literacy to all students and their education is evident. I don’t think anyone could succeed in or out of the classroom without these essential skills. The syllabus continues to state literacy skills ‘are essential to the acquisition of geographical skills and knowledge’, again reinforcing the importance of literacy within the KLA’s.