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Speed Reading Exercise: Reading Passages Of Text Faster and
Faster
One can improve speed reading through speed reading software that contains speed reading exercises that serve
different purposes. It is a fact that most text contains many unnecessary words that may even be as high as half of
all words contained in the text. Even if half the letters are removed from the text one would still be able to
comprehend it and through understanding of such a simple idea one can improve speed reading skills
considerably.
Mixing Of Letters Can Improve Speeds
The mind of humans reads words as Egyptian hieroglyphics and by mixing the letters it is still possible to read the
text. This can be the basis for a simple speed reading exercise in which the letters are mixed and it should help
improve the speed as well as allow you to read the text as groups of words. One may have to widen the eye span as
well.
Basically, a person may be considered to be a poor reader if he or she sub-vocalizes words or when the text has to
be re-read or the person has a fear of losing comprehension, all of which would reduce the person’s reading speed
and may thus necessitate their having to take speed reading exercises to get up to par. A typical speed reading
exercise would have the reader start reading text at 120 words per minute and with the help of the speed reading
exercise increase the rate to 240, 360, 480 and finally 600 words per minute.
The first speed reading exercise one can take will measure how much of the text one reads has been comprehended and
information has been obtained from the text just read. To improve reading speed another speed reading exercise one
can try will involve trying to read the tip of text that may appear on a computer screen and read the text as best
as is possible. The reader has to finish reading before a counter turns to zero and after it reaches zero the
reader would have to answer a question regarding the text just read.
One can increase the speed each time and check one’s reading speed accordingly. There are many speed reading
exercises to try out and some will test reaction times while others will test if you can locate the biggest number
contained in a grid of sixteen numbers. Another useful speed reading exercise is that of testing reaction times by
smashing sand castles on a beach (on the computer screen) as fast as possible. Other speed reading exercises are
reading a passage of text so that reading speed may be calculated. Then, to improve speed, the passage should be
read at higher rates.
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