Research · October 2015 doi: 10. 13140/RG
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Reading Speed. This test is almost the same as testing reading fluency but
the speed in time is prominent. Hughes (2003) explained speed as follow: Reading speed may be expressed in words per minute. Different speed will be expected for careful and expeditious reading. In the case of the latter, the candidates is, of course, not expected to read all of the words. The expected speed of reading will combine with the number and difficulty of the items to determine the amount of time needed for the test, or part of it. (Hughes, 2003, p. 141) Speed reading is the art of silencing subvocalization (Spreeder.Com, 2010- 2012). Nordquist in About.Com said that subvocalization means saying words silently to oneself while reading (Nordquist, R. 2013) but subvocalization is unnecessary to the adult reader, except perhaps when reading poetry (Shepherd Language Testing & Evaluation Fernandes Arung 2013 14 & Mitchell, 1997). One of the best techniques in fasting reading is to less eyes movement. Cutler (1993) flatten the study result that slow reader may make as many or more visual stops per line as there are letters in the words on that line. Good reader may stop (fixate) only once every two or three words, taking larger visual “bites” as they move forward. Excellent readers seldom stop (visually fixate) more that twicw per line, and only once on the shorter line-lenghts. In testing reading speed, the only thing to assess is the speed. How many words per minute a reader can read clearly and accurately. There are at least some preparartions to conduct the reading speed such as follow: 1. Determining the level of candidates that is intended to test. 2. Providing stop-watch in order to count minute and a recorder to record. 3. Providing any text that depends on candidates’ level. 4. Asking the candidates one by one to read as a tester starting to turn on the watch. 5. Asking the candidate to stop reading as the time is enough for a minute. 6. Counting how mwny words that the candidate has read during minute. Tests used to measure the candidates’ reading speed should be based on candidates’ level and provide various techniques. This website http://www.studygs.net/reading.htm and http://www.readingsoft.com/ are recommended if anyone wants to test his/her reading speed by online. Download 386.97 Kb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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