Faulty Reading habit:Certain faults in reading techniques have been noticed among second or foreign language learners. Many of these might have actually been acquired in L1 reading, for research shows that there is a strong transfer of reading habits from one language to another.Therefore, if bad reading habits had been developed in L1, it may be useful to begin to tackle L1 reading before developing better reading habits in the second or foreign language, at least where a similar writing system is used.Many of these early reading habits, when they continue into the later stages of reading, are known to slow down the reader and the reading process. Various types of faulty reading habits are as follows:Subvocalization: Subvocalization refers to forming the sounds of the words you are reading and even murmuring them aloud. With beginning readers, this offers the support of the spoken language when they try to interpret the written form.Beginners in L1 reading (and in L2 as well) are often encouraged to make use of it. But reading aloud or subvocalization is much slower than silent reading - our eyes move faster than our tongue - so efficient readers do not subvocalize. If you subvocalize, you will tend to read word by word instead of in sense groups, which slows you down. Finger-pointing: ?Another faulty habit that slows down the reading process is finger-pointing which children use to fix their concentration on the word they are deciphering.Finger-pointing is particularly common when the writing system in the second or foreign language is not the same as the one used in L1. One way to help such children get rid of this habit is to choose texts with large types if possible.Regressive eye movement?:Another reading habit that makes reading slower is the occurrence of regressive eye movements, i.e. the eyes move backward to check previous words instead of moving steadily forward. Sometimes, even a skilled reader may have to return to earlier parts of a text and reinterpret them in the light of what has followed.In this case, regression may be a sign of an active reader at work. However, children should be trained to eliminate pointless and frequent regression by practicing reading and very easy material. From the above-mentioned points, it is clear that speed reading is not a faulty reading.Additional InformationSpeed Reading: Reading speed varies according to content and purpose. Efficient readers use the minimum number of clues in the text - semantic and syntactic - to extract the information they need. We generally read a novel or a short story faster than we read a textbook or study material.