Hi, This blog is created as part of an assignment and will delve into literacy as a whole in education and life. During our first lesson in "Extended Studies in the Humanities" I was able to gain a broader understanding of literacy and established that it not only about functional literacy. For one to be literate they must be educated in the three approaches to literacy, functional literacy, cultural literacy and critical literacy. When considering these in relation to my KLA I began to realise how literacy is in every aspect of our lives, not just reading and writing. When discussing drama we established that the audience needs to possess certain levels of literacy to gain deep understanding of the performance and the performer. Cultural influences allow the audience the awareness that 'lights out' means the change of a scene or the ending of the play. Through a physical theatre piece the audience would need literacy to understand and interpret the piece or message. Also considered theatre in relation to literacy when considering the actors/ director/ crew etc and their initial interpretation of a script. They each must be able to critically interpret and analyse the script to develop characters, stage direction, actions etc effectively. It was interesting to expand on the idea of literacy outside the subject of English. I researched into drama and found an interesting quote that ties in with literacy and drama; "Role enactment should serve as an alienation or distancing effect, whose goal is to endow the spectator with a searching, critical attitude towards the action on stage (Merlin, 2007. p.24).