The Effect of Speed Reading Strategies on Developing Reading Comprehension among the 2nd Secondary Students in English Language


  •  Mahmoud Sulaiman Hamad Bani Abdelrahman    
  •  Muwafaq Saleem Bsharah    

Abstract

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) students trained on speed reading strategies during the academic year 2013/2014.

The study used a training material, pre and post reading comprehension tests were administrated (Rababa’h, 1991). T. test results revealed that there were significant differences at (? ? 0.05) among the students’ means in favor of the experimental group.

In the light of the results, it is recommended that teachers should train students extensively on the use of speed reading strategies.



This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
  • ISSN(Print): 1916-4742
  • ISSN(Online): 1916-4750
  • Started: 2008
  • Frequency: monthly

Journal Metrics

Citation Metrics (for informational purposes only; sourced from Google Scholar as of May 2026):

1. Citations (May 2026): 112462

2. h-index (May 2026): 145

3. i10-index (February 2025): 1811

*Note: Citation metrics vary significantly across indexing platforms. These figures are provided transparently and should not be used for cross-database comparisons. For methodological details, please refer to the official  Google Scholar Metrics documentation.

Index

Contact