Comprehensible and Compelling: The Causes and Effects of Free Voluntary Reading

by Stephen D. Krashen, Avi Elman, Men of Worth

Overview

A joint effort from three thought leaders in educational research, linguistics, and literacy acquisition, this book explores the latest research that shows that compelling comprehensive input (CCI) is the baseline for all language and literacy development.

• Addresses and interprets current international research on literacy development

• Documents the value of libraries in providing access for literacy development

• Provides compelling research-based arguments for reading aloud, free voluntary reading, and reading to one's strengths

• Identifies and explains the three stages in the development of the highest level of literacy: hearing stories, self-selected recreational reading, and specialized reading in an area of deep personal interest

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781440857980
Publisher:	Libraries Unlimited
Publication date:	11/30/2017
Pages:	110
Sales rank:	437,685
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 1.25(h) x 9.00(d)

About the Author

Stephen D. Krashen is an influential and prolific author, linguist, and researcher who has written nearly 500 books and articles in the fields of literacy, language acquisition, neurolinguistics, and bilingual education.

Christy Lao, PhD, is a professor of education, founding director of the Confucius Institute at San Francisco State University, coordinator of the Chinese Bilingual Program, and principal investigator and director of several major federal projects.

Sy-Ying Lee is currently professor at National Taiwan University of Science and Technology and chair of the Department of Applied Foreign Languages.

Table of Contents

Introduction vii

1 Compelling Comprehensible Input 1

2 The Three Stages 13

3 What Read-Alouds Do and What They Don't Do 23

4 Self-Selected Reading 37

5 Will They Only Read Junk? 47

6 The Complexity Study: Do They Read Only "Easy" Books? 55

7 What Have We Learned from PIRLS? 69

Conclusions 83

References 89

Index 99