The Power of Reading : Insights from the Research

by Stephen D. Krashen

Overview

This powerful treatise is one every librarian, teacher, administrator, and parent concerned with a child's success should read. Krashen argues that free voluntary reading (FVR) is the most effective tool available for increasing a child's ability to read, write, spell, and comprehend. Whether the medium is the comics, teen romances, the sports page, or literature, reading is the key to linguistic improvement. In support of this argument, Krashen presents the cumulation of years of research from many different countries.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781563080067
Publisher:	Libraries Unlimited
Publication date:	01/01/1993
Edition description:	Older Edition
Pages:	119
Product dimensions:	6.05(w) x 9.24(h) x 0.39(d)

About the Author

STEPHEN KRASHEN is Professor, School of Education, University of Southern California, Los Angeles. An Honoree of the National Association for Bilingual Education, his research specialty is language acquisition.