Bibliograph

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Free voluntary reading, Stephen Krashen

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Free voluntary reading

Nature of contents

dictionariesbibliography

Oclc number

760055604

Responsibility statement

Stephen Krashen

Summary

Everyone is in agreement that children must develop strong reading skills in order to become successful students and later, effective adults. The unsettled, ongoing controversy among educators is which method delivers the highest reading competency. What does the research indicate about the effectiveness of free voluntary reading as compared to other learning models?

Table Of Contents

Eighty-three generalizations about free voluntary reading -- Does the power of reading apply to all languages? -- Extensive reading in English as a foreign language by adolescents and young adults : a meta-analysis -- Should we reward recreational reading? -- The "decline" in reading in America : another case of the "shock doctrine"? -- Does intensive decoding instruction contribute to reading comprehension? -- Free voluntary web-surfing -- Hypotheses about free voluntary reading

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Voluntary reading

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