From: gts (gts_2000@yahoo.com)
Date: Tue Feb 18 2003 - 03:51:32 MST
Nate wrote:
> What are the best ways to increase reading speed. Does increasing
> speed have drawbacks. Do the computer programs give you results, if
> so how much are they exaggerating the results they advertize.
> Let me know thanks, Nate
About 20 years ago I took a speed-reading course similar to the old
"Evelyn Wood" speed reading course. As I recall I was able to roughly
triple my reading speed to something like 1500-1800 words/minute. (They
say 3000+ words/min is possible, but I never reached that level.) I was
impressed with my increase in reading speed, but since then it has
dropped back to probably about 600-700 words/minute. I think my reading
speed dropped back because I actually enjoy the English language; speed
reading definitely hindered my ability to appreciate well written words,
even if I was able to comprehend the author's meanings.
The trick to speed reading is learning how not to "sound out" the words
in one's mind as one reads. But as above it pleases me to sound out the
words in my mind as I read, and so I lost interest in speed reading.
-gts
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