Varied Voices

"I can say with certainty that this book will add a compelling sense of depth and texture to the existing body of research in first and second language literacy."
--Patricia Richard-Amato, California State University at Los Angeles
Varied Voices is an ethnographic study of language and literacy learning in a culturally and linguistically diverse Moroccan school. There, children and teachers turn classrooms into social spaces as they work to build learning communities. Suitable for MATESOL courses and in-service training, Varied Voices is a must-read for all instructors working with language minority students at the elementary and secondary school levels.

Linda Lonon Blanton

Chapter 1 Service Station Attendants and Literacy Acts; Chapter 2 Unruly Experience; Chapter 3 Views of Morocco; Chapter 4 Reading Teacher-Stories; Chapter 5 "Words in My Ears, Letters in My Head", Marge Gruzen; Chapter 6 "I Know Because I'm Big"; Chapter 7 The Buddy System, Ann Manring;