Training in expansion of vision span significantly increases the reading speed of EFL undergraduates from pre-test to post-test¶

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Subclaims¶

q2 i? The test group showed a highly significant pre-to-post increase in reading speed after vision-span training (Wilcoxon Z = -3.485, p = .000), with 19 of 25 students improving. → 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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Wilcoxon signed-rank test (SPSS version 20) on the trained test group's pre- and post-training reading speed, reported in Table 6 (Z = -3.485, Asymp. Sig. .000). The article reports "a highly significant difference between the pre-test and post-test reading speed results of the test group in favor of the post-test results"; no effect size is printed.

"Table 6 shows that the reading speed of 6 out of 25 students is reduced, whereas the speed of 19 students increased after the training. The data of the table also proves hypothesis 6 because there is a highly significant difference between the pre-test and post-test reading speed results of the test group in favor of the post-test results."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Reading Fluency — outcome: instruction changes it

Related Claims¶

• Control-group students who received no vision-span training show no significant change in reading speed — related
• EFL undergraduates at King Khalid University read at about 75 wpm, far below the 200 wpm threshold Jordan classifies as slow — related
• Post-training reading speed differs significantly between the trained and untrained groups, which did not differ before training — related
• Vision-span expansion training has no negative effect on reading comprehension scores of either group — related
• The trained test group's average reading speed rose 39 percent, from 73.6 to 102.3 wpm, while the control group's stayed near 75 wpm — related