Vidyakul - The Learning Space

According to a research, average person reads about 150 words per minute. Speed reading is one of the most vital skills that helps you in various stages of your life. Be it school, college or career, fast reading helps you. Speed reading is a skill which everyone should develop, and this can be developed by getting a training. With some training, one can read beyond 500 words per minute. Follow these simple steps, and  learn how to read faster in 4 minutes : 1.  Test your reading speed:  First, you must find out the current speed of your reading. For this purpose, read any text for one minute and then count the number of words you’ve read in 1 minute. 2.  Use a pacer:  Instead of reading normally, use your hand or pen/pencil as a guide to read. Practice reading with a pacer for 1 minute. Using pacers as a guide will help you concentrate more and thus you can read more words in lesser time. 3.  Read with a sense of urgency:  Decide to consciously read faster than your normal