Quote by Donald R. Bear

“skill-building” approaches, which feature explicit instruction in the formal aspects of language, have a poor record of success. Hence the dismal results of most…

— James Crawford

“Almost all instruction seems to revolve around language ac-(Jermaine spelling now) "q, a-kwi-si-tion acquisition!" ("What that?" I ask. "You know, to get. Language acquisition,…

— Sapphire

“Dictionary, n. A malevolent literacy device for cramping the growth of a language and making it hard and inelastic.”

— Ambrose Bierce

For correct writing, the cultivation of patience and mental accuracy is essential. Throughout the young author's period of apprenticeship, he must keep reliable dictionaries…

— H. P. Lovecraft

“Advancing no particular theory of their own, some insist that explicit teaching of grammar, vocabulary, semantics, pragmatics, and even pronunciation is necessary because students…

— James Crawford

If you know how to handle the verbs, you know how to handle the language. Everything else is just vocabulary.

— Michel Thomas

F.A.I.L First Attempt In learning

— Deanna Cotton

“The easiest words for an autistic child to learn are nouns, because they directly relate to pictures. Highly verbal autistic children like I was…

— Temple Grandin

“use words that fit the context, to learn when to use high-flown language and when to use down-home words, and generally quit putting on…

— Kory Stamper

“We learned the seven traditional ways to make words unclear." "Seven? That many? Which was the most effective?" "Poor grammar skills.”

— Lita Burke

Fundamental modes of speech, the bulk of the vocabulary, are formed in the ordinary intercourse of life, carried on not as a set means…

— John Dewey

A few books, well studied, and thoroughly digested, nourish the understanding more than hundreds but gargled in the mouth, as ordinary students use.

— Frances Osborne