Frank Smith Quotes
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The teachers who get "burned out" are not the ones who are constantly learning, which can be exhilarating, but those who feel they must stay…
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The best teachers are the best storytellers.
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Language is not a genetic gift, it is a social gift. Learning a new language is becoming a member of the club -the community of…
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Writing is for stories to be read, books to be published, poems to be recited, plays to be acted, songs to be sung, newspapers to…
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You can't see other people's point of view when you have only one language.
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We are learning all the time - about the world and about ourselves. We learn without knowing that we are learning and we learn without…
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Two kinds of reading can be distinguished. I call them reading like a reader and reading like a writer ... when you read like a…
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Reading and writing don't inevitably go together. You can read without learning a thing about writing, grammar, or spelling, although, you certainly can't learn anything…
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It is infinitely more useful for a child to hear a story told by a person than by computer. Because the greatest part of the…
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It is a libel to suggest that children need rewards for attending to tasks, apart from intrinsic interest and satisfaction. Children work very hard in…
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Learning is never aversive - usually we are not aware of it at all. It is failure to learn that is frustrating and boring, and…
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