Endearing Quote by Sapphire

“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

I was very adept at acquiring languages.

— Anna Held

That's the trouble with languages. They have to be learned.

— John W. Campbell

“This is the difficulty with learning a language: not always knowing if words contain more than they say.”

— Joan Barfoot

Remember that, however patient your study, you will never in adult life learn any language perfectly; the best you can hope for is to…

— Evelyn Waugh

“Mathews, 1967; Schlagal, 2002; Schlagal, 2007; Smith, 2002). Many phonics, spelling, and vocabulary programs are characterized by explicit skill instruction, a systematic scope and sequence, and repeated practice.”

— Donald R. Bear

“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

I'm pretty good with languages.

— Marisol Nichols

“languages. Notice how they almost make sense, some of them.’ ‘Yes, and that’s”

— Vernor Vinge

“The thing about language is that once you start getting analytical about it, you can't stop.”

— Greg Carlson

“Most of the best programmers I know are also very fluent in their mother's tongue, and typically in other languages as well.”

— Kevlin Henney

I'm a good student. Just trying to learn as much as possible is how I picked up so many languages.

— Kristaps Porzingis