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By AnonymStephen D. Krashen
Access to public libraries also affects how much children read.
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By AnonymStephen D. Krashen
Access to a school library results in more reading.
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By AnonymStephen D. Krashen
Children who are readers will develop acceptable levels of literacy.
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By AnonymStephen D. Krashen
Extrinsic reading rewards may not be necessary and may backfire.
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By AnonymStephen D. Krashen
Free voluntary reading results in better reading comprehension, writing style, vocabulary, spelling, and grammatical development
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By AnonymStephen D. Krashen
Hearing stories has a direct impact on literacy development.
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By AnonymStephen D. Krashen
However, a rich print environment helps only when more reading is done.
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By AnonymStephen D. Krashen
If children read 1 million words in a year, atl least 1,000 words will be added to their vocabulary.
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By AnonymStephen D. Krashen
Larger school library collections and longer hours increase circulation.
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By AnonymStephen D. Krashen
Libraries are a consistent and major source of books for free reading.
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By AnonymStephen D. Krashen
Light reading is not to be avoided but should be used as a conduit to more serious reading.
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By AnonymStephen D. Krashen
Magazine reading appears to promote more reading.
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By AnonymStephen D. Krashen
Malcolm X educated himself in prison by reading.
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By AnonymStephen D. Krashen
More drills for poor readers do not work.
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By AnonymStephen D. Krashen
Not one poor reader reported a lot of pleasure reading.
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By AnonymStephen D. Krashen
Outstanding high school writers reported extensive summer reading
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By AnonymStephen D. Krashen
Readers pass vocaulary tests. Nonreaders struggle.
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By AnonymStephen D. Krashen
Spelling is improved when reading is done.
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By AnonymStephen D. Krashen
Teaching vocabulary lists is inefficient - the time is better spent reading alone.
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By AnonymStephen D. Krashen
Those who read in a second language write and spell better in that language.
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By AnonymStephen D. Krashen
Without a reading habit, children simply do not have a chance.
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By AnonymStephen D. Krashen
Young people's reading choices are influenced by their peers.
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By AnonymStephen D. Krashen
Older acquirers progress more quickly in early stages because they obtain more comprehensible input, while younger acquirers do better in the long run because of their lower affective filters.
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By AnonymStephen D. Krashen
The better the school library, the higher the reading scores.
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By AnonymStephen D. Krashen
The central hypothesis of the theory is that language acquisition occurs in only one way: by understanding messages.
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By AnonymStephen D. Krashen
The child's reluctance to speak for the first few months of his residence in a new country is not pathological, but normal.
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