Who needs Speed Reading?
"Is Speed Reading for You?"
During childhood, a person begins to translate symbols, letters and sounds into words and sentences which have meaning. This skill is developed into reading, and is further enhanced later in life through comprehension and speed.
With this skill, people learn to comprehend written material. Thus, they gain knowledge and are able to use the skill and apply it in their everyday lives. Even the simple task of reading a daily newspaper requires reading skills.
Americans now live in a society where information is vital. In business, people who have better reading and comprehension abilities are more likely to have high-paying jobs than the average reader.
Thus, speed reading was developed. This is known as the ability to read as many words as you possibly can per minute.
The question is, is it really necessary? There are a lot of advertisements now bragging about the benefits of speed reading.
Before tackling this further, take a look at the following statistics:
The average person can read approximately 250 to 300 words per minute (wpm).
For comprehension to be best achieved by a competent reader, you should be able to read 200-350 wpm.
If you can read about 700 words per minute, then you are more than doubling the average reading speed. This, of course, should have at least 90% comprehension.
For a college student, 250-350 wpm is normal for non-technical materials and fictional books.
What is considered a good reading speed is 500-700 words.
As we discussed in the last chapter, there are a lot of web sites on the Internet, courses offered and advertisements which claim to give you the ability to read 10,000 words or more per minute.
The methods that they apply rely on more visual or photographic recollection. This type of reading, though, should come with a sufficient rate of comprehension.
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