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Originally Posted by Cinisajoy
200 wpm is average.
300 wpm is not slow. Where did you hear that?
I have been told more than once that is fast reading.
1000 wpm is speed reading.
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I took a speed reading course in college and they measured our speeds. I think I remember mine being 300 wpm although I'm not really sure of that. it was almost 50 years ago. Anyway I am sure that I was one of the slower ones in the class.
At the end of the course I was still one of the slower speed readers. Again I don't remember my speed for sure but I do think it was around 1000 wpm.
I just googled the average reading speed for adults. Some sites said 200 wpm. Some said 250. Some said 300. I wonder if there have been any serious studies of this that could establish real parameters.
Barry