Books Quote by Stephen D. Krashen Download Open image “More drills for poor readers do not work.” — Stephen D. Krashen ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.5 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Books Drills Poor Reader
We don't need to dumb down our stuff. And it's important to know how far we can push readers. — Ashwin Sanghi Copy Share Image
The mass of the reading public is not interested in learning and assimilating the results of accurate investigation. — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
Writing is like a sport. If you don't practice, you don't get any better. — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Poor reading, like poor writing, is imposing what you already know on texts. You should go into reading to discover, not to reaffirm what… — Azar Nafisi Copy Share Image
Learning to read in one language helps us read a second language. — Stephen D. Krashen Copy Share Image
Teaching vocabulary lists is inefficient - the time is better spent reading alone. — Stephen D. Krashen Copy Share Image
Light reading is not to be avoided but should be used as a conduit to more serious reading. — Stephen D. Krashen Copy Share Image
People acquiring a second language have the best chance for success through reading. — Stephen D. Krashen Copy Share Image
Children who are readers will develop acceptable levels of literacy. — Stephen D. Krashen Copy Share Image
The less literate are the first to fail and drop out of school. — Stephen D. Krashen Copy Share Image
Those who read in a second language write and spell better in that language. — Stephen D. Krashen Copy Share Image
Free voluntary reading results in better reading comprehension, writing style, vocabulary, spelling, and grammatical development — Stephen D. Krashen Copy Share Image
I think a new world will arise out of the religious mists when we approach our Bible with the idea that it is not… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
If I had a dollar for every time I couldn’t sleep, I could buy a billion locks and finally read a book in peace. — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
If what I write is literature, I guess you'd better emphasize the 'litter.' — Lydia Lunch Copy Share Image
My sentences got sharper and my stories more efficient, and I gradually learned to imagine the reader more clearly and to empathize with that… — Karen Thompson Walker Copy Share Image
Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
“Within the pages of books, I've journeyed to Mandalay, the Milky Way and Santa Fe, without once having to leave my armchair.” — Kevin Ansbro Copy Share Image
“Tacitus did not write a most dangerous book. His readers made it so.” — Christopher K. Krebs Copy Share Image
“Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit. — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
I have many who keep me going, I am very fortunate in this sense. There is nothing like a child who knows more about… — Floyd Cooper Copy Share Image
I think books in which people are really happy and things are going well are probably the most challenging novels there are to write,… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image