SUPERREADING

The SuperReading course aims to develop strategies for both better comprehension and higher reading speed in late adolescence and adulthood, working on the silent reading mode. The course originated in the USA, when Ron Cole, a life coach, developed a syllabus to help managers improve their reading speed and comprehension rates (Cole 2009). Cole obtained remarkable results with his course, which he measured through reading tests administered during sessions. He also noted that dyslexic participants benefited from the course despite their reading difficulties, and even showed higher levels of improvement than normotypical readers. To investigate this circumstance further, the course was duplicated in London, at South Bank University LLU+ (Language and Literacy Unit), with a group of 15 dyslexic participants who confirmed the results obtained in the USA (Cooper 2009a, b). Further research was carried out in London, with similar results... Yet, the most innovative and distinguishing..