Top 31 Stephen D. Krashen Quotes

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

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#2. The central hypothesis of the theory is that language acquisition occurs in only one way: by understanding messages.

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#3. Children who are readers will develop acceptable levels of literacy.

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#4. Children read more when they see other people reading.

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#5. Access to a school library results in more reading.

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#6. 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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#7. Learning to read in one language helps us read a second language.

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#8. Larger school library collections and longer hours increase circulation.

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#9. People who say they read more write better.

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#10. Language is best taught when it is being used to transmit messages, not when it is explicitly taught for conscious learning.

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#11. More drills for poor readers do not work.

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#12. Magazine reading appears to promote more reading.

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#13. Malcolm X educated himself in prison by reading.

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

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

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

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#17. 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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#18. Not one poor reader reported a lot of pleasure reading.

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#19. What immersion has taught us is that comprehensible subject-matter teaching is language teaching - the subject matter class is a language class if it is made comprehensible. In fact, the subject-matter class may even be better than the language class for language acquisition.

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

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#21. Spelling is improved when reading is done.

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

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#23. Sit down, have a nice cup of coffee read a book in another language - the fountain of youth!

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

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

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

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

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#28. Hearing stories has a direct impact on literacy development.

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

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#30. Access to public libraries also affects how much children read.

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#31. Extrinsic reading rewards may not be necessary and may backfire.

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