Disrupting language of instruction policy at a classroom level: oracy examples from South Africa and Zambia

Abstract

We are delighted to welcome you to the 57th International Conference of the United Kingdom Literacy Association (UKLA), hosted at the Burlington Macdonald Hotel, Birmingham.Welcome to everyone attending our international conference, including those attending for the first time, our international guests, and our faithful old timers. It is wonderful that we can all come together in a physical location for the first time since 2019. The pandemic has perhaps taught us that there are real benefits in being able to connect up virtually, but at the same time, the opportunity for face-to-face conversations, to talk to new people, to build new networks, and to laugh together is so valuable. We take great pride in being an inclusive and welcoming community, bringing people together with a shared interest in literacy -teachers, researchers, librarians, students, literacy charities and literacy consultants. We hope that in the sessions and in the social spaces you will have the chance to chat, reflect, discuss, share and build new relationships, founded on our shared passion for literacy and literacy education.