I’m a slow reader. Always have been. When I read, I say every word aloud in my mind. I’ve been reading online that this “subvocalization” actually slows reading WAY down and doesn’t help with reading comprehension (once you know how to read). Is this true, and if so, how can I read without subvocalization? I’d like to become a better reader that can read books in weeks, not months. Thanks for any help!

  • Unnecessaryloongname@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    When I read for fun I love the voices in my head. If I need to read fast I learned to make the voices mumble. Intentionally them say important words and then move to block reading. You read things as a picture. I think of it as how you look at a whole painting as one thing not a series of lines. I’ve been able to do the same with blocks of