"Language is not a genetic gift, it is……" — Frank Smith
"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 speakers of that language."
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11 Quotes by Frank Smith
Frank Smith has 11 quotes on this site.
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The teachers who get "burned out" are not the ones who are constantly learning, which can be exhilarating, but those…
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The best teachers are the best storytellers.
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Writing is for stories to be read, books to be published, poems to be recited, plays to be acted, songs…
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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…
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Two kinds of reading can be distinguished. I call them reading like a reader and reading like a writer ...…
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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,…
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It is infinitely more useful for a child to hear a story told by a person than by computer. Because…
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It is a libel to suggest that children need rewards for attending to tasks, apart from intrinsic interest and satisfaction.…
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Learning is never aversive - usually we are not aware of it at all. It is failure to learn that…
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A Christian is nothing but a sinful man who has put himself to school for Christ for the honest purpose…
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Becoming a leader is synonymous with becoming yourself. It is precisely that simple, and it is also that difficult.
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Taking charge of your own learning is a part of taking charge of your life, which is the sine qua…
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Becoming Christlike is a lifetime pursuit and very often involves growth and change that is slow, almost imperceptible.
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