Second language (L2) readers develop new screen-based reading habits as they learn in an increasingly digital world. This study examines the emerging digital-reading practices (EDRPs) of learners of English as a foreign language (EFL). The study identifies three prominent approaches that influence the digital-reading practices of EFL learners, it investigates how EFL learners perceive the effects of EDRPs on several crucial aspects of L2 reading, and it explores the actual practices of emerging digital-based patterns. In this study, which has an exploratory sequential mixed methods design, the main participants were 111 Saudi English language learners (57 males and 54 females). The triangulation strategy used for the multidimensional methods of data collection included a questionnaire, journal entries, and interviews. Thorough descriptive statistics (means and standard deviations), inferential statistics (two repeated measures of analysis of variances and multiple linear regressions), thematic framework analysis, and several phases of analysis for coding and categorizing the data were all undertaken. These analyses showed that shallower forms of digital reading, selective digital reading, and bouncing reading behavior are three approaches that shape EFL learners' digital-reading practices, and that digital reading had observable adverse effects on nine essential aspects of reading. Implications for practice are foregrounded.