The average person reads between 200 and 400 words per minute and learning speed reading techniques can improve that speed.
There are many benefits when you learn this very valuable skill.
Students can read chapters faster and get better grades while leisure readers can read more books in less time.
People in the business world can get more done in less time by reading faster.
There are however some reading myths that this article will talk about and how using speed reading techniques can alleviate these myths.
The first myth about speed reading is that true reading is word for word.
Reading a book, magazine or article word for word is one of the main reasons why people read slowly.
The best method to speed reading is to read groups of words together instead of reading just word for word.
Another myth is that reading is an arduous task.
When you increase the speed at which you read you really take your learning and comprehension to the next level.
Reading can be fun and adventurous and when you increase your speed it becomes more exciting also.
All parts of a book are of equal value.
This myth is put to rest because authors of fiction books will use a lot of filler and even graphics in their books so the myth that all parts are equal are false.
Magazines, textbooks and articles all have filler, some more than others.
So to say that all parts are equal is actually un true and believing this will help you read faster.
A big myth and one that is absolutely false is that speed reading will decrease retention.
Studies have shown the opposite effect.
The mind works best when new information is fed to it quickly and when the mind has to slow down to compensate for slow reading speeds comprehension suffers.
Speed reading helps comprehension because the faster information can be input the less the mind must slow down to process it.