Two kinds of reading can be distinguished. I call them reading like a reader and reading like a writer ... when you… — Frank Smith Books Copy Share Image
“❝One language sets you in a corridor for life. Two languages open every door along the way.❞” — Frank Smith Language Copy Share Image
Uses are always much broader than functions, and usually far less contentious. The word function carries overtones of purpose andpropriety, of concern… — Frank Smith Automobile Copy Share Image
Thoughts are created in the act of writing. [It is a myth that] you must have something to say in order to… — Frank Smith Assertion Copy Share Image
The teachers who get "burned out" are not the ones who are constantly learning, which can be exhilarating, but those who feel… — Frank Smith All time Copy Share Image
Language is not a genetic gift, it is a social gift. Learning a new language is becoming a member of the club… — Frank Smith Becoming Copy Share Image
It is a libel to suggest that children need rewards for attending to tasks, apart from intrinsic interest and satisfaction. Children work… — Frank Smith Accomplish Copy Share Image
“First, relax. ... And my second helpful hint is that you should not try to memorize anything you read in this book.… — Frank Smith Books Copy Share Image
Writing is for stories to be read, books to be published, poems to be recited, plays to be acted, songs to be… — Frank Smith Ability Copy Share Image
Reading and writing don't inevitably go together. You can read without learning a thing about writing, grammar, or spelling, although, you certainly… — Frank Smith Education Copy Share Image
It is difficult to distinguish deduction from what in other circumstances is called problem-solving. And concept learning, inference, and reasoning by analogy… — Frank Smith Analogies Copy Share Image
We are learning all the time - about the world and about ourselves. We learn without knowing that we are learning and… — Frank Smith Confusing Copy Share Image
It is infinitely more useful for a child to hear a story told by a person than by computer. Because the greatest… — Frank Smith Children Copy Share Image
You can't see other people's point of view when you have only one language. — Frank Smith Language Copy Share Image
Learning is never aversive - usually we are not aware of it at all. It is failure to learn that is frustrating… — Frank Smith Activity Copy Share Image
“You can't see other's point of view when you have only one language.” — Frank Smith Language Copy Share Image
