Speed reading courses and their effect on reading authentic texts: A preliminary investigation

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dc.contributor.authorMacalister, John
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-22T02:10:05Z
dc.date.available2020-05-22T02:10:05Z
dc.date.issued2010-04
dc.description.abstractFluent reading is essential for successful comprehension. One dimension of reading fluency is reading rate, or reading speed. Because of the importance of reading fluency, fluency development activities should be incorporated into classroom practice. One activity that meets the fluency development conditions proposed by Nation (2007) is speed reading. An important question is whether reading speed gains measured in words per minute on controlled speed reading texts transfer to other types of texts. This paper reports on a preliminary, small-scale investigation of this question. The findings suggest that a speed reading course may contribute to faster reading speeds on other types of texts, but there remains a need for further experimental research into the impact of speed reading courses.
dc.identifier.doi10125/66649
dc.identifier.issn1539-0578
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10125/66649
dc.publisherUniversity of Hawaii National Foreign Language Resource Center
dc.publisherCenter for Language & Technology
dc.subjectreading speed
dc.subjectreading rate
dc.subjectreading fluency
dc.subjectspeed reading
dc.subjectreading fluency development
dc.titleSpeed reading courses and their effect on reading authentic texts: A preliminary investigation
dc.typeArticle
dc.type.dcmiText
local.rfl.topicThe Reading Process
prism.endingpage116
prism.number1
prism.startingpage104
prism.volume22

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