Stephen D. Krashen Quotes

Children who are readers will develop acceptable levels of literacy.

Not one poor reader reported a lot of pleasure reading.

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

Children read more when they see other people reading.

Hearing stories has a direct impact on literacy development.

Malcolm X educated himself in prison by reading.

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.

More drills for poor readers do not work.

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

Readers pass vocaulary tests. Nonreaders struggle.

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