Quotes from Stephen D. Krashen

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

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

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

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

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

Older acquirers progress more quickly in early stages because they obtain more comprehensible input, while younger acquirers do better in the long run because of their lower affective filters.

What immersion has taught us is that comprehensible subject-matter teaching is language teaching — the subject matter class is a language class if it is made comprehensible. In fact, the subject-matter class may even be better than the language class for language acquisition.

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

More drills for poor readers do not work.

Without a reading habit, children simply do not have a chance.