A widely recognized problem faced by learners throughout the world is that of slow reading (Hamp-Lyons

Another observation is that 90% of the treatment group participants have improved when speed-reading techniques were imposed but still 10% weren't comfortable with the method that their reading speed declined.

The materials used in the experiments are simple reading materials such as a short story of "As Long as the Grass Shall Grow" and some comprehension questions about the story. Tabulating sheets were also used to record the words that the readers have reached after 1 minute. Stopwatch was also used in order to measure the time, which is 1 minute.

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