How many words does an average person read per minute? And per second? Perhaps, few people have asked this question since school times, when in the elementary grades they checked the reading speed according to the standards. And how quickly can an average person read one book of 400 pages? A week? Two? Month? But there are people who prove that you can read several books a week. Moreover, an article in the newspaper at breakfast can be read in a couple of seconds. Is it possible? Yes, and this is proved by Evgeny Alekseenko. About who this woman is and what is speed reading, read below.
Evgenia Alekseenko is the fastest reader
How many words can be read in 0.2 seconds? This is the time it takes to blink. Probably, many will laugh and say that it is impossible to read the proposals during this time. But the experience of Evgenia Alekseenko proves the opposite. She was able to read a thousand three hundred and ninety words during this period. It sounds incredible, but it does. This record was set in 1989. Eugene was able to read an average magazine in just thirty seconds. One has only to think about these incredible numbers and admire the abilities of this woman.
During the experiment, Evgenia Alekseenko was provided with reading materials that she could not get to know in advance. For example, fresh issues of magazines, little-known books, or publications that have only been translated into Russian and not yet distributed. But Eugene coped with all the proposed texts, and she perfectly absorbed the information and later could explain in detail the essence of what she read.
But the most amazing thing is that Eugene did not learn to read specially quickly and she does not know where she got such abilities. She simply notes that she remembers the meaning of what she read rather than focuses on the exact text.
Speed reading
Of course, it is difficult to dream of achieving the same brilliant results as Eugene. But there are techniques that help you learn to read and absorb the meaning of what you read a little faster. This skill is called speed reading. Teaching this skill will be useful to students who have to quickly get acquainted with a large amount of new literature.
And it’s just interesting for those people who want to read more new books. For example, some readers want to read one book a week. The speed reading skill will help achieve this goal.
Speed reading skills
Those who are trained in speed reading learn new useful skills and techniques. For example, expanding the field of their visual perception. As a result of mastering this skill, a person can cover a greater number of words at one stop of his gaze than before. It also helps to reduce fatigue when reading, therefore, makes it possible to absorb more text. This skill is most often developed using Schulte tables.
Speed reading also helps improve concentration ability.
This is convenient when you have to read in the presence of external stimuli, for example, noise.
And, of course, superficial reading is part of the main reading skills. This is the ability to highlight keywords, abstracts, catch the main meaning of what you read, and not catch every word.
