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(last edited Mar 22, 2017 01:05AM)
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Mar 22, 2017 01:05AM
I'm impressed you can read 400 pages in two hours! I thought my reading speed was decent, but it's nothing to that. Although its about the same on both analogue and digital books.
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I know that I'm a slow reader and, to this day, I had no idea that there was courses, books etc teaching how to improve the reading speed. I'm going to search more about it for sure! Studying is a real strugle for me, as I often spend too much time reading just a couple of pages and I'm always going back to the same sentences, reading over and over again until I can fully comprehend the subject.Thus, I was really impressed with my scores on both tests. As English is not my native language, which is Portuguese, I expected a score below 100 wpm, specially beacuse I've never had good English classes, and almost everything I learned - and am still learning - was through reading books to fit in these reading challenges. I have real difficulties with writing and speaking, as I usually don't have where to practise, those are the worst parts to me, but I'm improving my reading and listening.
This said, on the first test my score was 204 wpm with 100% of comprehension, whilst on the second it was 150 - 200 wpm with 100%.
That is pretty good Amanda considering English is not your native language.
I pushed my limits for a year by reading books day & night. And ended up with 1,037 words per minute. As I'm an average person, it can be achieved by anyone I believe.
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Worth noting that the above is just for me reading in English, in any other language I'm slower than a snail because I'm looking up vocab every few minutes!
The test I got was from JFK's inauguration. It is so often quoted that I knew some parts practically from memory, so I got 350-400. I do read fast. On the other hand, it is a totally abstract section, no story, description or conversation. And I don't think it's a test of reading comprehension to see if you can parrot back exact phrases from the excerpt.I'm sure there are other tests on the internet.
It really depends on the book. In general nonfiction, I regularly skim because there are so many recaps. In some genre fiction I will quickly go through because it's quite predictable what is happening. In some books I like to linger and enjoy all the words.
I read French and I don't usually look up words but it's definitely slower.
Pages of books are so arbitrary. Some have bigger print and lots of white space. Others are very dense. Reading 100 pages of Proust or Henry James takes way longer than 100 pages of a Regency romance. I have a rule of thumb about never paying full price, or even half price, for what I call a "2-hour book" - something under 200 pages. I will get them for .99 or less or get them from the library.
We obviously have some fast readers in this group. It's the only way someone could finish the whole challenge. And some of you work full-time and/or raise kids. I've only been able to read a lot since being retired.
Marina wrote: "I did two reading tests online right now. This one here and it told me I read at 198 words per minute, and then did the comprehension test at 73%"Well that was interesting. I did the first test you mentioned, and got 291wpm at 91% comprehension. Although I suppose, as I edit financial reports for a living, I guess it shouldn't be that much of a shock. Maybe I am in the right job! :-)
Jayme wrote: "I read faster on an e reader than a hard copy book."
I am another one who reads faster on screen or an ebook than a physical one, though.
193 wpm and 75% accuracy 3/4 correct. Better at reading on paper than on a screen, idk why I just do.
