And the younger students are also more willing to follow directions and to ask for needed help. He finds that one-third of his elementary-school students can read more than 20,000 characters a minute, while only one-tenth of his college students ever reach that level.
為了使教學效果更好，他還曾赴美研究速讀的教學法。後來李健士覺得，英文是外國語文，在國內使用的機會有限，如果要在國內推廣速讀，必須從中文著手。