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  • Free voluntary reading results in better reading comprehension, writing style, vocabulary, spelling, and grammatical development -- Stephen D. Krashen
  • The major accomplishment of analyzing illiteracy so far has been the listing of symptoms: the decrease in functional literacy; a general degradation of writing skills and reading comprehension; an alarming increase of packaged language (cliches used in speeches, canned messages); and a general tendency to substitute visual media (especially television and video) for written language. -- Mihai Nadin
  • In fourth grade, I learned that reading was serious business, not just a pleasant way to pass the time, and that like medicine or engineering, it had a definite, valuable purpose: to foster 'comprehension.' -- Walter Kirn
  • Reading goes faster if you don't sweat comprehension. -- Bill Watterson
  • By reading so much, my vocabulary automatically improved along with my comprehension. -- Benjamin Carson
  • By reading so much, my vocabulary automatically improved along with my comprehension. -- Benjamin Carson
  • I took a speed reading course and my speed shot up to 43 pages a minute, but my comprehension plummeted. -- Brian Regan
  • Half the time I read Hayek's The Sensory Order with amazement at the extent of his reading and comprehension . . he is right . . most of the time. -- Edwin Boring
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