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

Hearing stories has a direct impact on literacy development.

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

Spelling is improved when reading is done.

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

More drills for poor readers do not work.

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

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

Access to a school library results in more reading.

Larger school library collections and longer hours increase circulation.

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

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

The child's reluctance to speak for the first few months of his residence in a new country is not pathological, but normal.

Children read more when they see other people reading.

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

Not one poor reader reported a lot of pleasure reading.

Malcolm X educated himself in prison by reading.

Learning to read in one language helps us read a second language.

Access to public libraries also affects how much children read.

People who say they read more write better.

Extrinsic reading rewards may not be necessary and may backfire.

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

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

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

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

Children who are readers will develop acceptable levels of literacy.

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

Magazine reading appears to promote more reading.

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