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Krashen, Stephen; Lee, Syying; McQuillan, Jeff – Journal of Language and Literacy Education, 2012
Three multivariate analyses, all controlling for the effects of poverty, confirm the importance of the library. Replicating McQuillan's analysis of 1992 NAEP scores, this study finds that access to books in school and public libraries was a significant predictor of 2007 fourth grade NAEP reading scores, as well as the difference between grade 4…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Public Libraries, Access to Information, Books
McQuillan, Jeff; Krashen, Stephen D. – Language Learning & Technology, 2008
Cobb (2007) argues that free reading cannot provide L2 readers with sufficient opportunities for acquiring vocabulary in order to reach an adequate level of reading comprehension of English texts. In this paper, the authors argue that (1) Cobb severely underestimates the amount of reading even a very modest reading habit would afford L2 readers,…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Habits, Vocabulary Development, Second Language Learning