Show Good Readers Need Patience Words a Minute Held Possible Pace NEW YORK N. N Y y-I y If it takes you more than three minutes to read a word gOO story you are wasting valuable time This is the contention of Dr J. J Wayne Wright- Wright stone assistant director In charge of tests and measurements for the board of education who asserts that there is no valid reason why any adult of average intelligence cannot read at the rate of words per minute Although it takes only a few hours' hours practice to acquire good I reading habits and speed Dr I says that 80 per cent I of the adult population of this city need Improvement in their read read- ing g. g All that is required to be a a. good reader reader and and to be able to I complete an average sized novel I in five rive hours hours is is patience perseverance perseverance per per- severance and proper judgment judgment judg judg- ment meat according to Dr Wright- Wright stone Proper judgment he exclaimed enables a good hood reader to tell which passage he can scan and which he must scrutinize This is the technique technique tech tech- employed by most book reviewers reviewers reviewers re re- re- re viewers and as a result they can achieve a reading speed of to words per minute Dr own reading rate is words per minute which he adds is why I would never make a good copy reader reader reader-I I read too fast Of all the reading faults he said the most common is that of vocalization vocalization vocalization vocal Some mumble out loud others keep quiet but allow their throat muscles to form Corm words slowing the reading process The second most common fault is to read words one by one instead of ot reading groups of words For example The poor reader pauses after each word The good reader however needs only one or two pauses to complete the sentence |