EFL undergraduates at King Khalid University read at about 75 wpm, far below the 200 wpm threshold Jordan classifies as slow¶

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q2 i? The study's baseline measurement places KKU EFL students at roughly 75 wpm with about 70 percent comprehension, against Jordan's benchmarks of under 200 wpm as slow, 250 as average, and above 300 as fast. → Kana'an et al. 2014

Evidence¶

Kana'an et al. 2014¶

Basim Hamdan Ibrahim Kana'an, Salahud Din Abdul Rab & Ahlullah Siddiqui. (2014). The Effect of Expansion of Vision Span on Reading Speed: A Case Study of EFL Major Students at King Khalid University. English Language Teaching, 7(10). https://doi.org/10.5539/elt.v7n10p57

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Baseline descriptive measurement of the sample's reading speed, reported in the Results section and the conclusions, where the authors state the average speed of KKU EFL undergraduates "is 75 wpm with approximately 70% comprehension". Descriptive figures only; no inferential test.

"Jordan (1997, p. 17) considers a reading speed of less than 200 wpm as slow, about 250 wpm as average and above 300 wpm as fast. In the context of EFL students of King Khalid University, however, the reading speed is only 75 wpm."

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