"You can't see other people's point of view when you have only one language."
"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 with the characters in the story. The story is what you learn about. When you read like a writer, you identify with the author and learn about writing."
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Source: Frank Smith (1986). “Insult to Intelligence: The Bureaucratic Invasion of Our Classroom”, New York : Arbor House
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