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Are you a slow/ fast reader?


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I'm a mediocre level reader. Sometimes, though, if I want and i'm really motivated to read, I can go through the average page in less than 40 seconds. On the average read though, I could finish the average page in about 2 minutes.

It's not a great speed, but it's not all that bad either. I sure would like to practice my reading speed though.

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I've been a reader all my life and I do believe that is the reason that I tend to be a fast reader. I tend to think that people that read on a regular basis are much faster than individuals that don't read very often.

Now when I'm reading in Spanish or in some dialects of English, I'm a slower reader because I often come across words or forms of words that I'm really not familiar with.

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I'm a really fast reader. Not only when I'm reading to myself, but even out loud. Recently one of my professors even made a remark that while it's fine to read fast I should have in mind that not everyone can follow. At some points even he was having problems finding where I am at the text I'm reading lol.

I generally spend a lot of my time reading and I assume this is one of the reasons. This and also the fact that I like to speak at fast pace, but really clear so everyone can understand. I've always hated when people talk slow and that's probably the other reason.

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Whenever I read I generally read slowly.  Whenever I read fast I find that I skim over important facts that may come into play later in a novel... Which is never good!  For this reason I force myself to take in each and every word so I don't miss anything.

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I would say i am in between slow and fast. When i read something, i want to have a complete understanding of it. This is why i do not read fast. But at the same time, i am able to comprehend what i read pretty quickly so i do not read slow.

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I am a slow reader. Can i read fast? Yes. Very. And out loud. But when i'm reading a book i read it as if someone is there talking to me. I read as if its a conversation. With all the pauses. All the ups and downs in a voice. It takes me a while to get through a book. But that the way I've done it since i was little.

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I thought I was a fast reader until my boyfriend and I played, "Are You Smarter than a Fifth Grader," together. He was done and answering the questions before I had even begun processing what was said.

As for reading out loud, I avoid it at all costs. I get tongue tied and forget to slow down enough for people to understand me. I once read a 1:30 speech in a class in less than 30 seconds.

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I am an extremely fast reader and when asked to read out loud I always would speed read and no one would understand what I was saying.  I have really had to work at being able to read aloud so that it sounds good.  I teach so I am reading out loud a lot and I still work at not speeding up when I am reading to my students. 

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Both. Depending on the content and why im reading. If its something fairly simple or i don't need to internalise much of it i can read very quick, almost speed reading quick. However if its something i need to internalise, say for a test or if its contains a lot of complicated words i slow down quite a lot.

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I think that I'm a very fast reader.I finish reading novels way faster than my friends.This came up after I formed a habit of reading way too many novels.

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It depends on whether I'm interested in what I'm reading or not. I have to read slow to really soak in the information but I can read extremely fast. I can finish 3 pages in the time it takes some of my friends to finish 1 page. When I'm reading novels, I usually use my fast reading because I can still soak in the information but when I'm studying I read pretty slow.

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I would say, I am on the moderate scale. I can read very fast and with good grasp of what I am reading especially when it is related to my interests. On the other hand, If I'm not interested in the content of what I am reading, I tend to be slow and repetitive in going back and forth to the sentences that are stated.

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I'm way too fast of a reader!  I can fly through books in English (my native language) and I tend to rush through Spanish books.  Only problem there is I'm not as fluent in Spanish.  Now I've taken to reading out loud when I read in another language so I can slow down and really hone in on the language.

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Depends on the content I'm reading, I just read at whatever speed my mood is in, how interesting and how though provoking the content is.

But for the most part I'm a fast reader.

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I always thought I am a fast reader untill I did the ILETS exam. When I was doing it I knew how slow I am in reading. I tried to read fast but I would just not understand what I am even reading and that really hurt my mark at the end because I couldn't answer everything fast enough :(

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I have taken some speed reading courses and have used the eye Q software to improve my reading speed. It really did help me out in college and I was able to focus and get all of my assignments done on time. I feel like I have slowed down a bit since though.

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I'm a really slow reader, painfully slow. A lot of times I have to read twice or even three time because my attention is.. quite difficult to focus. I've even tried some methods of increasing my reading speed, but without much avail.

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It depends on the content for me. If it's an enjoyable book i'm reading for fun, then I can speed read through it. However, if it's a textbook and I need to absorb all the information, then i'll take my time and often read through several passages many different times.

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Are you a slow or fast reader? Do you practice reading out loud?

I'm extremely fast at reading. At least for now...I know that this could affect my eyesight sooner or later, and I will therefore have impairment when reading. However, for now, I make the most of this ability. The fast you read is a reflection of how quick your brain calculates, deduces and executes.

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I'm a fast reader and it's quite a bad habit. I have to re-read the same line a few more times just to get the meaning behind it.

^This. Which is why I learned my lesson and my pace changes depending on the importance of the content I am reading. If I am just reading a news article, a novel/book, a Japanese manga or anything with not much importance then I can read fast. But if I am reading an important document such as a contract, waiver or other legal documents then I read slow and carefully. After all, these stuff tend to have a lot of contents and pages, not to mention boring so you don't want to end up re-reading them.  :laugh:

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