Renee Moore's message is great! I also recommend this book: Voices of the
Self, by Keith Gilyard. It is a compelling autobiography of a boy torn
between 'standard English' and being a 'good student' and belonging to his
home community, relating to his peers. Anyone who teaches Afr. Amer. kids
would love it, I think.
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Johanna Rubba Assistant Professor, Linguistics ~
English Department, California Polytechnic State University ~
San Luis Obispo, CA 93407 ~
Tel. (805)-756-2184 Fax: (805)-756-6374 ~
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Home page: http://www.calpoly.edu/~jrubba ~
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