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A Way with Words

Language Learning, Society & Culture, Education

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🗓️ 26 April 2010

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Some teachers are using a controversial tactic to get young students reading: They let their pupils choose which books to read for class. Does it work? Also, should that line at the grocery store checkout read 15 items or less or fewer? And is the expression these ones grammatically incorrect? Hear hundreds of free episodes and learn more on the A Way with Words website: https://waywordradio.org. Be a part of the show: call or text 1 (877) 929-9673 toll-free in the United States and Canada; elsewhere in the world, call or text +1 619 800 4443. Send voice notes or messages via WhatsApp 16198004443. Email words@waywordradio.org. Copyright Wayword, Inc., a 501(c)(3) corporation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:50.0	You're listening to Away With Words. I'm Martha Barnett.
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0:57.0	When you were a child, Martha, you probably had a favorite book, right?
1:00.0	When I was young, oh my gosh, there were so many of them. I had an aunt who gave me children's books every year, usually autographed by the author.
1:07.0	So wonderful books when I was really young, make-away for ducklings by Robert McClosky and Lental and the Madeline series and the snowy day.
1:16.6	I mean I could go on and on about that.
1:18.7	When I got a little older, it's a classic.
1:21.2	It's not that original, but Charlotte's Web, for me, was a book that had everything.
1:26.5	You know, it had cute talking pigs and nerdy science appeal and a little spider trying to save a pig by writing words in a web.
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