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Reading-Load Calculator

It's easy to set more reading than students can realistically do. List your readings, set a reading purpose for each, and see the real hours — by item, in total, and per week. Reading rates are population averages; first-encounter and second-language reading is slower. Use it as a design prompt. Nothing is stored or sent.

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Reading-rate ranges informed by typical adult silent-reading research (e.g. Brysbaert, 2019): ~250 wpm to survey familiar text, slower to understand or analyse. These are averages — real students vary widely. Treat the result as a prompt to right-size the reading, not a precise measure. Everything runs in your browser; nothing is stored or sent.  ·  Full workload estimator  ·  ← Back to NTLSN