Speed readers do not read with phonics, rather they read by image interpretation. The word “apple” is NOT sounded out but rather the image of the word “apple” is triggered by the letters “apple”.
Reading phonetically slows a person’s reading ability down to their speech rate - about 100 to 150 words per min. Speed readers routinely process text at 600 words per min.
BTW, I took a speed reading course in College as a “gimmie” 3 English credits. one of the most practical courses I ever took. Cut my reading load in half.
“Speed readers do not read with phonics”
i’m a speed reader (and have been most of my life) and i do NOT have pictures in my head as i speed read ...
Reading phonetically slows a person’s reading ability down to their speech rate - about 100 to 150 words per min. Speed readers routinely process text at 600 words per min.
BTW, I took a speed reading course in College as a “gimmie” 3 English credits. one of the most practical courses I ever took. Cut my reading load in half.
I was taught to read with phonics. Worked well. As vocabulary advanced, whole word becomes the norm, but being taught to read phonetically works very well, and does not disadvantage you.
I was reading colledge level books in 5th grade.
I took a speed reading course in high school. It was helpful, but of limited use.
I can speed read novels and some magazine and newspaper articles.
It is useless to speed read technical manuals or legalese, where one word can drastically change the entire meaning.
Dense writing has to be studied to be understandable.
I knew one woman with a near photographic memory. She could just page through a book of regulations, and had them all in her head.
But to tell you what they meant, and how they were applied, she had to "bring them up" in her memory, then read them in her head, then consider how they were to be used.