Free Voluntary Reading : Power 2010,9781598848441

Free Voluntary Reading : Power 2010

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Edition: 1st
ISBN13: 9781598848441
ISBN10: 1598848445
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2011-05-18
Publisher(s): Libraries Unltd Inc
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Summary

Written by an advocate for free voluntary reading in schools, "Free Voluntary Reading" collects the last 10 years of Krashen's extensive work and reconsiders all aspects of this important debate in light of the latest findings.

Author Biography

Stephen Krashen, PhD, is an advocate for free voluntary reading in schools. His published works include two editions of Libraries Unlimited's The Power of Reading: Insights from the Research. Krashen closely follows media coverage of local, state, and national activities that reflect on student learning. He responds with letters to the editor of journals and newspapers across the country to defend the rights of children to read, promote school and public libraries, and advocate having professionally trained and certified school librarians to support student reading. Krashen is an inductee of the International Reading Association's Reading Hall of Fame.

Table of Contents

Introductionp. vii
Eighty-Three Generalizations About Free Voluntary Readingp. 1
Research on Sustained Silent Readingp. 1
Guidelines for SSRp. 9
Does the Power of Reading Apply to All Languages?p. 23
First Language Developmentp. 24
Heritage Languagep. 25
Foreign Language Studiesp. 27
Extensive Reading in English as a Foreign Language by Adolescents and Young Adults: A Meta-Analysisp. 33
Accessp. 35
Durationp. 35
Resultsp. 35
Summary and Discussionp. 39
Conclusionp. 40
Should We Reward Recreational Reading?p. 45
Evaluating Accelerated Readerp. 46
Is Accelerated Reader Harmful?p. 49
A Jump-Start?p. 50
The Costp. 50
Alternativesp. 50
The ôDeclineö in Reading in America: Another Case of the ôShock Doctrineö?p. 53
Are Americans Reading Less?p. 54
Are We Reading Worse?p. 56
ôNo Single Barrierö to Raising Reading Rates?p. 58
Does Intensive Decoding Instruction Contribute to Reading Comprehension?p. 61
Evidence from the National Reading Panelp. 62
Evidence from Direct Instructionp. 62
The Clackmannanshire Studyp. 63
Is Decoding Proficiency Part of Learning to Read?p. 63
Heavy Skills Instruction Not Necessaryp. 64
Free Voluntary Web-Surfingp. 67
The Computer as Skill-Builderp. 68
The Computer as a Source of Written Comprehensible Inputp. 69
The Computer as a Source of Comprehensible Textsp. 71
Free Voluntary Surfingp. 72
Conclusionp. 77
Hypotheses About Free Voluntary Readingp. 81
The Forgetting Hypothesisp. 82
The Effortless Reading Hypothesisp. 82
The Unawareness of Acquisition Hypothesisp. 83
The Comprehension Checking Hypothesisp. 83
Conclusionsp. 85
Indexp. 87
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