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Yu, Shuying – English Language Teaching, 2022
Most people want to be able to read their reading materials quicker and remember them effectively. Covering a large quantity of reading materials at a normal speed requires much more time than is usually available. Good readers, however, can cover a lot of materials by identifying key elements of a sentence for key idea with the help of…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Constructivism (Learning), Reading Materials, Reading Rate
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Kana'an, Basim Hamdan Ibrahim; Rab, Salahud Din Abdul; Siddiqui, Ahlullah – English Language Teaching, 2014
The objective of the study is to demonstrate how and to what extent the expansion of vision span could be a decisive factor in enhancing the reading speed of EFL major students in the English Department at King Khalid University while maintaining their previous level of comprehension. The reading speed of students in the English Department at KKU…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Rate, Case Studies, English (Second Language)
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Abdelrahman, Mahmoud Sulaiman Hamad Bani; Bsharah, Muwafaq Saleem – English Language Teaching, 2014
This study aimed to find the effect of speed reading strategies on developing reading comprehension among second secondary literary stream students in English language. The sample of the study consists of (42) students assigned into two groups who were chosen randomly from schools, a controlled group (21) students, and an experimental (21)…
Descriptors: Reading Strategies, Reading Rate, Reading Comprehension, English (Second Language)
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Soleimani, Hassan; Mohammadi, Elham – English Language Teaching, 2012
This experimental study investigated the relationship between font type, font size, and line spacing and legibility, as measured by speed of reading, comprehension, and recalling. Instruments for testing legibility and reading comprehension were presented in eight typographical styles in print. The study tested 90 students for legibility and 76…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Foreign Countries, Layout (Publications)
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Narayanaswamy, K. R. – English Language Teaching, 1975
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Tests, Reading Ability, Reading Comprehension
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Seliger, Herbert W. – English Language Teaching, 1972
Descriptors: Diagrams, English (Second Language), Language Instruction, Reading Comprehension