Literacy, Culture and Development : Becoming Literate in Morocco (Paperback)

Preface; 1. Domains, questions and directions; 2. Language and literacy in Morocco; 3. The cultural context of schooling; 4. Doing fieldwork in Morocco; 5. Learning to read in Arabic; 6. Social factors in literacy acquisition; 7. Beliefs and literacy; 8. Learning to read in a second language and second literacy; 9. Functional literacy: school learning and everyday skills; 10. School dropout and literacy retention: out of school, out of mind?; 11. Literacy and poverty; 12. Linking research and policy; 13. Becoming literate: concluding thoughts; Photo-essay on literacy in Morocco; References; Appendices.