Kids Quote by David Crystal

Likewise, there is no evidence that texting teaches people to spell badly: rather, research shows that those kids who text frequently are more likely…

— David Crystal

Those who read in a second language write and spell better in that language.

— Stephen D. Krashen

I think, for some children, your skills don't lie in written words. A lot of school is based around written words and how good…

— Erin Richards

I did a couple of writing seminars in Canada with high school kids. These were the bright kids; they all have computers, but they…

— Stephen King

Although many texters enjoy breaking linguistic rules, they also know they need to be understood.

— David Crystal

“There is massive evidence that self-selected reading, or reading what you want to read, is responsible for most of our literacy development. Readers have…

— Krashen Stephen D

I think literacy is everything.

— Henry Louis Gates

A lot of people who don't write for kids think it's easy, because they think kids aren't as smart as they are, or that…

— Brian Selznick

No one has to learn to spell to talk, right? You see a little kid holding a conversation with an adult. He probably doesn't…

— Ornette Coleman

There is more to literacy than 'reading' and 'writing'.

— Strive Masiyiwa

“People approach writers, assuming we pull a perfect text out of our nose each time (well spelled). Spelling is the least of it.”

— Sara Levine