The Effect of
Time Pressure on Saudi Students’ Reading Fluency
Syed Md. Golam
Faruk
King Khalid
University, Saudi Arabia
Sayed Mohammed
Abdul Karim
King Khalid
University, Saudi Arabia
Abstract
The paper
investigates the effect of time pressure on Saudi students’ reading fluency on
the basis of the hypothesis that the time pressure alone can bring a
significant change as the Saudi students are not motivated to utilize their
acquired reading competence when they read something new. The study was
conducted with 24 King Khalid University level 1 students from the science,
commerce and arts faculties for 9 weeks. The students’ timed reading was found
to have a significant impact on their reading speed and comprehension. At the
end of the study, their reading speed increased from 30 WPM (Words Per Minute)
to 40 WPM with the simultaneous improvement of reading comprehension—from the
mean score of 3.95 to the mean score of 4.83 out of five.
Keywords: timed reading,
reading speed, reading comprehension, Saudi Arabia
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