ESL speed readings
Improve your reading speed
Only for iPhone
Free · Designed for iPhone
iPhone
This app will help you increase your reading speed. When you read faster, you understand better, and reading is more enjoyable. Also, speed reading can increase other skills (Elley & Mangubhai, 1979). A good speed to read is around 250 words per minute (Nation, 2005).
THE STORIES
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This app has 140 short stories. Each story is written using easy words. For example, the stories at the elementary level are all written using the 500 most-frequent words in English. This level is easier than the intermediate level because the stories at the intermediate level were written using the 1000 most-frequency words in English.
There are a variety of stories. These stories have been collected over many years. Some are famous stories from around the world. The stories are grouped into books. Each book contains twenty short stories.
Each story has a set of questions to answer after reading. Answering these questions makes it easy to check that you are speed reading effectively. You should try to get 70% on the quiz. The more stories you read, the more you will increase your reading speed.
The stories were written by Sonia Millett. Emmy Quinn and Paul Nation wrote the first version of one of the reading books.
FEEDBACK
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The app measures how long it takes you to read each story. To do so, it uses standard words per minute. It also checks if you are speed reading correctly by giving you feedback. This feedback helps you to continue to practicing speed reading effectively.
For more information: https://eslspeedreading.tjuggles.com
REFERENCES
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- Elley, W. B., & Mangubhai, F. (1979). A research report on Reading in Fiji. Fiji English Teachers Journal, 15, 1-7.
- Nation, P. (2005). Reading faster. Pasaa, 36, 21-37.
- Performance updates
- Bug fixes
- Reduced app size
- NOTE: This is a mandatory update because the back-end was also improved.
The developer, Thomas Boutorwick, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Used to Track You
The following data may be used to track you across apps and websites owned by other companies:
- Usage Data
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Contact Info
- Usage Data
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Thomas Boutorwick
- Size
- 30 MB
- Category
- Education
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 12.4 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 12.4 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 12.4 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
13+
- 13+
- Infrequent
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- Copyright
- © 2021 TJ Boutorwick