Learning how to speed read is a skill set that you need to learn. It's a misconception that you need to be of above average intelligence, or a genius, in order to learn how to become a speed reader. As a matter of fact, search online and try to find a website that will allow you to test your reading speed. You'll probably see that you read faster than most of the population. If you don't, you just need to work on your comprehension as you speed read. Speed reading comprehension tests will allow you to see how much you comprehend, how much you absorb, and where you stand as a speed reader. Once you know the results of your speed reading comprehension test, you're half way there to becoming a speed reader. Now all you need to do is find a teacher to take you the rest of the way there.

Find An Instructor

There are many ways to find a speed reading instructor. Make sure that you show the instructor the results of your speed reading comprehension test so that he or she knows where you are at as a potential speed reader. As a matter of fact, a good instructor will conduct his or her own speed reading comprehension test with you to gauge your skill set and to see where you stand. However, you don't need one on one instruction, which could cost a little bit of money, in order to become a speed reader. Many people have become speed readers via other means.

Books And Tapes

It's likely you've been awake at three in the morning and seen the infomercials promising to make you a speed reader if you just buy this book or these audio tapes. While this may see far fetched, many people have actually succeeded in become speed readers by buying these things. These tapes and books will likely come with their own speed reading comprehension tests and then they'll show you the skills necessary to absorb more, comprehend more, and read faster than you ever thought possible. At the end of the course, or the tapes, or the book, take the speed reading comprehension test again and you'll see that you've progressed; even if just slightly. With enough practice, and with determination and drive, you'll be zooming through books at record speed; a feat you never thought you'd ever be able to accomplish.