As a native Estonian, I've watched foreign-language movies and TV series with subtitles since early childhood. I've also read everything I could get my hands on since I was 3 years old. But my reading speed has never been faster than a bit above average (in Estonian or in English) - I've never been a speed reader who devours a book or two a day. Such speed reading seems to be a genetic gift, as I could hardly have practiced more in my childhood - I read basically every free moment I had.
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