Stephen D. Krashen Quotes

People acquiring a second language have the best chance for success through reading.

Free voluntary reading results in better reading comprehension, writing style, vocabulary, spelling, and grammatical development

Teaching vocabulary lists is inefficient - the time is better spent reading alone.

If children read 1 million words in a year, atl least 1,000 words will be added to their vocabulary.

Hearing stories has a direct impact on literacy development.

Light reading is not to be avoided but should be used as a conduit to more serious reading.

Those who read in a second language write and spell better in that language.

Without a reading habit, children simply do not have a chance.

Access to a school library results in more reading.

Learning to read in one language helps us read a second language.

Readers pass vocaulary tests. Nonreaders struggle.

Children read more when they see other people reading.

More drills for poor readers do not work.

However, a rich print environment helps only when more reading is done.

Access to public libraries also affects how much children read.

Outstanding high school writers reported extensive summer reading

Children who are readers will develop acceptable levels of literacy.

Spelling is improved when reading is done.

People who say they read more write better.

Young people's reading choices are influenced by their peers.

Extrinsic reading rewards may not be necessary and may backfire.

Magazine reading appears to promote more reading.

Malcolm X educated himself in prison by reading.

The less literate are the first to fail and drop out of school.

Larger school library collections and longer hours increase circulation.

Libraries are a consistent and major source of books for free reading.

Not one poor reader reported a lot of pleasure reading.

The child's reluctance to speak for the first few months of his residence in a new country is not pathological, but normal.

The better the school library, the higher the reading scores.