People acquiring a second language have the best chance for success through reading.
Hearing stories has a direct impact on literacy development.
Magazine reading appears to promote more reading.
Teaching vocabulary lists is inefficient - the time is better spent reading alone.
Libraries are a consistent and major source of books for free reading.
Not one poor reader reported a lot of pleasure reading.
Extrinsic reading rewards may not be necessary and may backfire.
Readers pass vocaulary tests. Nonreaders struggle.
Larger school library collections and longer hours increase circulation.
Learning to read in one language helps us read a second language.
Free voluntary reading results in better reading comprehension, writing style, vocabulary, spelling, and grammatical development
Spelling is improved when reading is done.
If children read 1 million words in a year, atl least 1,000 words will be added to their vocabulary.
The less literate are the first to fail and drop out of school.
Light reading is not to be avoided but should be used as a conduit to more serious reading.
Young people's reading choices are influenced by their peers.
Children read more when they see other people reading.
However, a rich print environment helps only when more reading is done.
Malcolm X educated himself in prison by reading.