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Thank you, Lonna, for the point about different reading speeds for different purposes. The real point about metacognitive reading, which I almost forgot in my identification with the slow readers, is to be able to choose your approach based on your purpose for reading. A frequent problem with developmental readers is that they haven't thought enough about their purpose or what is the best way to accomplish it. There is also a temptation for all of us to think in terms of one method that is a cure-all for all reading problems. Or perhaps the idea of speed reading is appealing to students who don't enjoy it and want to get it over with as fast as possible? One of my hardest tasks teaching reading has been trying to get students to read a passage again to see deeper levels of meaning that they didn't see the first time around, something good readers do routinely. Annette Gourgey [log in to unmask]