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Some people read fast, others read slower, and we tend to read less fast in a foreign language than in our native language. Can people be trained to read faster? Will this affect their comprehension? Some people say we understand less when we read faster, especially when we read in a foreign language. Is it true that if EFL learners are trained to read faster, their comprehension decreases? Also, if our silent reading rate improves, will our oral reading rate increase too? This book gives the answers to these questions.

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Tran Thi Ngoc Yen is a Lecturer in Applied Linguistics and TESOL at Vinh University, Vietnam. She earned a diploma in TESOL from Carleton University, Canada, and received her Ph.D in Applied Linguistics from Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. Her research interests include second language acquisition, EFL reading, and memory span.

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