ABSTRACT
Language and literacy are no less essential in the Mathematics classroom. In this chapter, consideration will be given to numerical literacy, lexical literacy and the language of explanation (how to make the impossible sound possible), and clear examples of how you can make complex concepts clear, without dumbing them down. Literacy in Mathematics has to move beyond keywords and definitions. In recent years, there has been an increased emphasis on literacy in all subjects; this is absolutely correct and necessary, but this has been taken on board in most Mathematics classrooms in a rather tokenistic manner. In this chapter, we will get into what mathematical literacy means and the value of this for mathematical fluency.
