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The Effect of Speed Reading Strategies on Developing Reading Comprehension among the 2nd Secondary Students in English 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)
The Effect of Text Typographical Features on Legibility, Comprehension, and Retrieval of EFL Learners
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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)
The Measurement of Reading Ability
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Narayanaswamy, K. R. – English Language Teaching, 1975
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Tests, Reading Ability, Reading Comprehension