Does reading more books increase reading speed?
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Re: Does reading more books increase reading speed?
I've not ever taken the time to measure how fast I read, but I do think I'm faster than I used to be.
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I think it also depends on the book in front of you as well. If it's written in a style/dialect you aren't as familiar with, it will take longer, right?
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I agree, I think reading more books betters your understanding of what you read, and therefore increases the speed in which you read. Personally, I find that my reading speed increases when I am reading a book that greatly interests me, and adversely, diminishes with a book that I might find boring.ALynnPowers wrote:I think that you will improve your vocabulary, which will improve your overall comprehension, which will improve your overall reading speed because you will spend less time processing the words in front of you. But then again, I think you would have to plateau somewhere, or else you would eventually read at a pace of 1 second per page, and that's just not going to happen, right?
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So, I think that reading more books does not improve reading speed.
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