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Essays into Literacy: Selected Papers and Some Afterthoughts
This volume contains a number of Frank Smith's classic papers and others from sources not always easily accessible. It also contains some "Afterthoughts" in which he responds candidly to the questions and challenges he most frequently receives. They include, "Why are you so rude about teachers?", "What you say is impossible," "How can you teach a child who isn't interested?", "How will children learn if they are not continually corrected?", and "What would your ideal school be like?"
- GenresEducation
157 pages, Paperback
First published August 9, 1983
About the author
Frank Smith
26 books18 followersFrank Smith was a psycholinguist recognized for his contributions in linguistics and cognitive psychology. He was contributor to research on the nature of the reading process together with researchers such as George Armitage Miller, Kenneth S. Goodman (see Ken Goodman), Paul A. Kolers, Jane W. Torrey, Jane Mackworth, Richard Venezky, Robert Calfee, and Julian Hochberg. Smith and Goodman were singled out as originators of the modern psycholinguistic approach to reading instruction.
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June 25, 2012
I still come back to this classic to remind me what is important when it comes to reading and writing. If you read some of Nancy Atwell's works, she will return time and time again to Smith's Essays Into Literacy which was published in the eighties. Frank Smith, who holds a Ph.d from Harvard in psycholinguistics will challenge common assumptions and misconceptions ob how human beings learn to become more proficient in their language acquisition skills. A must read for any educator or parent.
June 29, 2022
Good fodder for interesting thoughts but ultimately feels lacking?
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