"You can't see other people's point of view……" — Frank Smith
"You can't see other people's point of view when you have only one 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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Language is not a genetic gift, it is a social gift. Learning a new language is becoming a member 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…
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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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More Language Quotes
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Only the mob and the elite can be attracted by the momentum of totalitarianism itself. The masses have to be…
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High thoughts must have high language.
— Aristophanes
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In making a speech one must study three points: first, the means of producing persuasion; second, the language; third the…
— Aristotle
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But I liked Yeats! That wild Irishman. I really loved his love of language, his flow. His chaotic ideas seemed…
— Chinua Achebe
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War is what happens when language fails.
— Margaret Atwood
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As soon as you have a language that has a past tense and a future tense you're going to say,…
— Margaret Atwood
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A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language.
— Wystan Hugh Auden
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A poem records emotions and moods that lie beyond normal language, that can only be patched together and hinted at…
— Diane Ackerman
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The finest command of language is often shown by saying nothing.
— Roger Babson
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A special kind of beauty exists which is born in language, of language, and for language.
— Gaston Bachelard
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In any area of the U.N. we... have to agree on certain language that can represent the same spirit, but…
— Michelle Bachelet
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An inability to stay quiet is one of the conspicuous failings of mankind.
— Walter Bagehot
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