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0 reviewsDaily Departures: Speed Reading Passages for English Language Learners is a collection of twenty 200-225 word reading passages written primarily within the 1,000-word
level of the New General Service List and designed to provide fluency support for
English language learners at the Waystage level of the Common European Framework
Reference (Browne, Culligan, and Phillips 2013; CEFR n.d.).
Daily Departures is modeled after Asian and Pacific Speed Readings for ESL Learners,
by E. Quinn, I. S. P. Nation, and S. Millet (2007). The following principles and instructions
from that book can also be applied to this one:
1. The focus is speed. While reading without understanding would be pointless, the goal
of speed reading is not to achieve perfect accuracy in answering the questions. The
goal is the fastest time with ~70 percent accuracy. A good reading speed to aim for is
300 words per minute.
2. The method of reading is important. Students should process meaning in chunks. Fast
reading encourages guessing from context and ignoring unknown words.
3. Once a routine is established, the activity should take less than 15 minutes including reading, answering questions, checking answers, and recording progress on the
graph. It is recommended to do three passages a week.
4. Readings should be collected as soon as students have finished the activity. Students
may wish to keep the readings to understand them completely. This reduces the value
of the activity by placing too much importance on skills other than speed. Moreover,
these readings are not necessarily the best texts to use for developing other skills.
5. Recording the time and the score is a very important part of the exercise since seeing progress is a very effective motivator for students. It is also a good way for the
teacher to monitor progress and give feedback.
Both the Word and PDF versions are available for
free download at Portland State University’s institutional repository, PDXScholar : https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/pdxopen/24/
