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Kärbla, Triinu; Uibu, Krista; Männamaa, Mairi – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2021
Good readers use various comprehension strategies to understand texts. However, many students lack knowledge on how to purposefully and effectively use text comprehension strategies. In this experimental study, the effectiveness of teaching text comprehension strategies on vocabulary and text comprehension at literal, inferential and evaluative…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Reading Comprehension, Reading Strategies, Speed Reading
Yen, Tran Thi Ngoc – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2012
Reading fluency plays an important part in academic achievement at colleges and universities. Speed reading courses, along with repeated reading and extensive reading, are popularly used methods to help students increase their reading speed. Several studies have shown the positive influence of a speed reading course in L2/FL on students' reading…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Speed Reading, Reading Fluency, Reading Rate
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Underwood, Paul; Myskow, Gordon; Hattori, Takahiko – Journal of International Education Research, 2012
This study investigated the effects of a six-month course in speed reading in three areas of reading proficiency development: 1) general reading comprehension, 2) knowledge of high-frequency vocabulary, and 3) reading-rate and accuracy. The participants (N = 105) were Japanese students studying English as a foreign language in Grade 10 at a…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction, Foreign Countries, Speed Reading
Macalister, John – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2010
Fluent 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…
Descriptors: Speed Reading, Reading Fluency, Reading Rate, Reading Instruction
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Twaddell, Freeman – TESOL Quarterly, 1973
Paper prepared under contract with the Defense Language Institute, English Language Branch, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, and presented to the staff and faculty of the Institute in 1972. (RS)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Graphs, Language Instruction, Reading Comprehension
Moore, Gladys B. – J Reading, 1970
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction, Reading Programs