An Answer to the Literacy Crisis: Free Voluntary Reading.

Krashen, Stephen D.

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ERIC Number: EJ495187

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Publication Date: 1994

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An Answer to the Literacy Crisis: Free Voluntary Reading.

Krashen, Stephen D.

School Library Media Annual (SLMA), v12 p113-22 1994

Briefly reports on five out-of-school-studies and three in-school studies showing the value of free voluntary reading (FVR). The failure of direct reading instruction and its implications for developing reading skills, the components of a free reading program, and the role of writing are discussed. (34 references) (KRN)

Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Independent Reading, Literacy, Literature, Reading Ability, Reading Aloud to Others, Reading Difficulties, Reading Improvement, Reading Instruction, Reading Research, Reading Writing Relationship, Recreational Reading

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Opinion Papers; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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