English Department

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English Department
Coordinator , English Department T .Nashwa
Anber .
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Reading Competition Report
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Reading is an essential receptive skill which
helps in acquiring the language, vocabulary, and
improves the comprehension and speed. Speed
Reading helps you read and understand text more
quickly. It is an essential skill in any
environment where you have to understand a large
amount of information quickly. Everyone can
double their speed of reading while maintaining
equal or even higher comprehension.
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The average college student reads between 24 and
50 words per minute on fiction and non-technical
materials. A "good" reading speed is around 60to
122 words per minute, but some people can read a
thousand words per minute or even faster.
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There are three main factors involved in
improving reading speed (1) the desire to
improve (2) the willingness to try new
techniques (3) the motivation to practice.
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The Speed Reading competition was held for a week
on December, 2013. The consent of the students
was taken before hand and the name chits were
prepared which were to be picked randomly to
choose the students. We used two different
colored chits, green, blue to differentiate
between the good and weak readers respectively.
There were two teachers to assess the students, a
teacher to help with the microphones and the
other to check the sand clock for time.
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The students were called in according to the chit
picked up, and they came forth, chose a paper for
reading , which were arranged in front of them.
The student speed read the paper for the required
time (two minutes). Her words and mistakes were
assessed by the teachers, which were later
counted to get the results.
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In elementary class ( grade 4th .5th .6th ).
297 students participated in the reading
competition . The girls were very enthusiastic
for this competition, thus achieving the goal of
this competition.
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The results were displayed in the morning
assembly, with their certificates on the
PowerPoint and gifts. The certificates were also
sent to the parents through Tawasal . Hence,
speed reading competition became a success and
left the students anticipating for it again and
again!