Occupation: Author Birth: 1928
You can't see other people's point of view when you have only one language..
Writing is for stories to be read, books to be published, poems to be recited, plays to be acted, songs to be sung, newspapers to be shared, letters ….
The teachers who get "burned out" are not the ones who are constantly learning, which can be exhilarating, but those who feel they must stay in contr….
The best teachers are the best storytellers..
Two kinds of reading can be distinguished. I call them reading like a reader and reading like a writer ... when you read like a reader, you identify ….
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 lan….
Thoughts are created in the act of writing. [It is a myth that] you must have something to say in order to write. Reality: You often need to write in….
It is difficult to distinguish deduction from what in other circumstances is called problem-solving. And concept learning, inference, and reasoning b….
Uses are always much broader than functions, and usually far less contentious. The word function carries overtones of purpose andpropriety, of concer….
It is a libel to suggest that children need rewards for attending to tasks, apart from intrinsic interest and satisfaction. Children work very hard i….
It is infinitely more useful for a child to hear a story told by a person than by computer. Because the greatest part of the learning experience lies….
Reading and writing don't inevitably go together. You can read without learning a thing about writing, grammar, or spelling, although, you certainly….
Learning is never aversive - usually we are not aware of it at all. It is failure to learn that is frustrating and boring, and so is having to attend….
We are learning all the time - about the world and about ourselves. We learn without knowing that we are learning and we learn without effort every m….