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Reading speedily without loosing comprehension is truly a skill. Some people are naturally gifted with this skill. Unfortunately, if you are not one of those whose reading and comprehension skill is naturally good, you can improve it by yourself. Of course, it is possible to increase reading speed and comprehension by constant practice. 250-350 words per minute is the speed an average reader reads with and comprehends as well. This average reading speed can be boosted if you follow certain techniques suggested by experts. Actually there three main factors that effect reading plus comprehension speed of an individual.

Reading method claims to be first factor that determines the reading as well as comprehension skill. There are two types of method most of readers use. The first method is ‘The Reading Newspaper’ and second method is ‘The Close Reading’. Probably, the first method is quicker as journalists sum up the entire information in introductory paragraph of the particular news heading. So it is not necessary to read the entire contents. You may skim and switch to next heading. This method can help you greatly to increase reading comprehension and speed. The close reading method is most suitable for students, because they need to be of aware of any information in detail.

The second factor insists on the technical issues. In order to increase reading speed, you must emphasis on technical improvement. In case you are in habit of reading each and every word of the text, it would be better to give up this habit as it is not appropriate for adults. You are suggested for doing fixations. This is actually a method to group words in a single block and then read them at once. Although it can be little bit tough, but you will definitely be able to do it if you adopt some techniques and improve your reading speed. These techniques are known as finger technique, pointer technique and card technique. So as to apply these technique, you are supposed going after the pointer and reading out sentences through block.

Kinds of reading, the skimming reading and the scanning reading, have also a great contribution on determining the reading and comprehension speed. If you really want to increase your reading speed, adopting skimming reading type will be incredibly helpful for you. In this sort of reading, you are supposed to examine the text in order to see how important the contents are in terms of reading. In more clear word, skimming reading ask you to have an overview of study material instead of reading whole text from top to bottom. This will help you to develop a fast reading and comprehension skill.

All above factors are really very crucial to improve your reading speed. Bear in your mind that there is no any method that can increase your reading speed all of a sudden in one or days. You will be able to develop this skill gradually over the time. Just pay your attention to factors and methods we discuss above, and keep yourself in practice.