How does English reading development unfold *after* a bridging (EAP) program ends? We followed the same international students across ~4 years and used eye-tracking to watch L2 reading development unfold in real time. We asked: *Which skills grow fastest during the EAP program, and which changes persist (or shift) once students move into undergraduate study?* The figure shows one example—**word skipping**—across three timepoints. This project was published in [Reading and Writing](https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11145-025-10664-6).