$ Higher Literacy (Langer, 1999) Includes not only basic reading and writing skills but also the ability to use language, content and reasoning in ways that are appropriate for particular situations and disciplines. In essence, higher literacy involves students’ abilities to engage in thoughtful reading, writing and discussion about content in the classroom. During a presentation titled “Helping Adolescents Meet the Language Demands of Disciplinary Literacy”, Dr. Barbara Ehren stated that the single most important thing an SLP can do to support literacy in the general curriculum is to target Tier Two Vocabulary. Utah State University, Communication Disorders Seminars, 2013 […]
