English language Quote by Terry Marselle

...we're in English class, which for most of us is an excruciating exercise in staying awake through the great classics of literature. These works--…

— Libba Bray

“in the writing of good English is indispensable to any learned man who expects to make his learning count for what it ought to…

— Theodore Roosevelt

“The children who were taught in English-only classrooms or transitioned to English instruction before they demonstrated well-established oral language abilities in their own language…

— Terry Marselle

“Although it permits the use of students’ native language “to clarify key concepts,” this weak form of bilingual instruction has no support in educational…

— James Crawford

I excelled in English while I was at school.

— Jamie Bell

“There are significant differences among children who are becoming fluent in English that will influence how they learn English. These include the language spoken…

— Terry Marselle

“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 have a one-question language test that people who have lived abroad do better on than those who studied in a classroom. Try my…

— Nicholas Kristof

I think I am less self-assured when I write English than I would be if I were writing in my first language. I have…

— Louis Begley

“It takes a thorough knowledge of the English language to effectively abuse it.”

— Charlene Vermeulen

Comparing and contrasting is a valuable human skill - and not just during high school English exams. Our ability to rank-order things is invaluable…

— Martha Beck

We do not for example say that the person has a perfect knowledge of some language L similar to English but still different from…

— Noam Chomsky