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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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Beers, Penny G. – Journal of Reading, 1986
Describes a one-semester ninth grade developmental reading class that includes speed reading, study, and test-taking strategies. Provides a rate building and study skills bibliography. (HOD)
Descriptors: College Bound Students, Course Content, Course Descriptions, Critical Reading