While one man can discover a certain thing by himself, another is never able to understand it, even if taught by means of all possible expressions and metaphors, and during a long period; his mind can in no way grasp it, his capacity is insufficient for it.
I have an I.Q. of 100 plus a little bit. I have to work real hard to get things when I read.
My work on what is called 'deep reading' explores the range of linguistic, cognitive, and affective processes that underlie not only the emergence of creative thought when we read but also the development and strengthening of capacities like empathy and critical analysis that we can apply to the rest of our lives.
The art of reading is in great part that of acquiring a better understanding of life from one's encounter with it in a book.
I don't feel I have an issue with listening or understanding English in any sort of way.
That kind of natural understanding doesn't develop naturally
To be a good editor or a good writer, I think you really need to be a great reader first.
Reading aloud and talking about what we're reading sharpens children's brains. It helps develop their ability to concentrate at length, to solve problems logically, and to express themselves more easily and clearly.
Better readers are better thinkers.
Americans are not terribly intelligent people. They need to read important things several times.
Your understanding of what you read and hear is, to a very large degree, determined by your vocabulary, so improve your vocabulary daily.
Good readers make much out of little.
All dogs seem to be great linguists, according to their owners. They always understand every word that's said to them.
It's an astonishing skill that people can read, and read well. Very few people can read well. For instance, I have to be very careful with irony, saying something while meaning the exact opposite.
With so much reading ahead of you, the temptation might be to speed up. But in fact it’s essential to slow down and read every word. Because one important thing that can be learned by reading slowly is the seemingly obvious but oddly underappreciated fact that language is the medium we use in much the same way a composer uses notes, the way a painter uses paint. I realize it may seem obvious, but it’s surprising how easily we lose sight of the fact that words are the raw material out of which literature is crafted.
Perception of ideas, rather than the storing of them, should be the aim of education.
Why a four-year-old child could understand this report. Run out and find me a four-year-old child. I can't make head nor tail out of it.
In order to produce the satisfaction of comprehension, there first needs to be the process of comprehension. Furthermore, the overarching idea at hand needs to be something that is actually comprehensible.
You should take notes whenever you hear interesting or original language.
You can research until you're falling asleep, but that still doesn't mean you're really fluent in the material.
The worst readers are those who behave like plundering troops: they take away a few things they can use, dirty and confound the remainder, and revile the whole.
I read slowly, I watch movies slowly, because I retain everything.
It is quite possible, and not uncommon, to read most laboriously, even so as to get by heart the words of a book, without really studying it at all,--that is, without employing the thoughts on the subject.
Literacy is so you can read the operating instructions.
