Students with low reading levels in colleges of "further education" would benefit both personally and vocationally from a developmental reading program embracing three principal aims: (1) to increase the range of available reading speeds from 200-300 words per minute to 400, 500, or 800 words per minute without loss of comprehension; (2) to show students how to develop the flexible use of various reading techniques (e.g., skill in both skimming and study reading); and (3) to enable students to improve the quality of comprehension in their reading. For the effective implementation of these goals, a book-centered course--the simple combination of instruction, practice, and discussion--which encourages wide student reading is of more value than expensive equipment (e.g., teaching machines, training films, and tachistoscopic devices). (JMC)