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title: "2 Language Direct Quotes by 2 authors"
description: "Browse 2 Language Direct quotes by 2 authors. Discover the best Language Direct sayings and thoughts."
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> [Listen, I'm from Belfast. We're not polite people. And it's language. We're direct.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-malcomson/listen-i-m-from-belfast-we-re-not-polite-people-and-it-s-language-we/)

[Paula Malcomson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-malcomson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/762/paula-malcomson-21448_belfast_listen-i-m-from-belfast-we-re-not-polite_638739.jpg)

> [“Advancing no particular theory of their own, some insist that explicit teaching of grammar, vocabulary, semantics, pragmatics, and even pronunciation is necessary because students in immersion classrooms sometimes have trouble with these features of the second language. Direct instruction, they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-crawford/advancing-no-particular-theory-of-their-own-some-insist-that-explicit/)

[James Crawford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-crawford/)

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