reading development

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).

What can the reading habits of EFL students tell us about their reading development? This project tracked the reading activity of 150 bridging program students over 26 weeks in order to gain insight into their reading development. The published article can be found in [Frontiers in Education: Educational Psychology](https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feduc.2024.1286132/full).