The Effects of Rapıd Readıng Technıque on the Eıghth Graders’Readıng Speed and Levels of Readıng Comprehensıon

The main purpose of this research is to find out the effects of rapid reading techniques on the eight graders’ reading speed and levels of reading comprehensiom in primary school. the sample studying group consists of 48 eighth grade primary school students who attended a state school in the first term of 2007-2008 academic year at karşıyaka town of izmir. there are four groups in this research; two of them are assigned as experiment groups and the other two are assigned as control groups. besides primary school turkish language curriculum, rapid reading techniques were carried out in the experiment groups during six weeks, while the control groups only have had the turkish language curriculum.research data has been gathered by reading speed and reading comprehension tests. the data gathering materials were carried out as a pre-test before the experimental activities, as a post-test after the experimental activities. the results of theanalysis has showed that rapid reading techniques have positive effects on the students’ reading speeds and comprehension levels.