According to Wells, it is important for teachers to understand a student's community literacy because
a. teachers might be able to learn to speak the student's home language.
b. teachers will better understand the potential mismatches between a student's communication styles and those in the classroom.
c. teachers will be able to change the student's community literacy to better fit the classroom.
d. teachers may want to change their own community literacy to match the students' community literacy.
b,
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