I've just found out about speed reading recently, and I'm fascinated by the fact that I can double or triple my current reading speed (300 wpm).
I've researched the subject and found an interesting conflict that prevades the speedreading community -
Is subvocalization BAD or GOOD?
Most speed readers say you should try to completely eliminate subvocalization to become a really fast reader, while others say that it's actually DANGEROUS to eliminate subvocalization, since it can cause a complete loss of all comprehension skills and greatly impair any future reading and learning.
And then I read some speedreading forums and I actually find a post (I can provide the link later) that says something along the lines of "I've eliminated subvocalization, but now I don't comprehend anything."
To say I'm confused is an understatement - I'm scared to even start a speed reading program and kill off my subvocalization, because obviously I'm possibly risking a complete loss of reading comprehension....
What are your opinions on this... does killing subvocalization eliminate comprehension?
PS- I've read a post from Alex (the guy from Learning Strategies, they developed photoreading) saying that he thinks subvocalization is neccesary.... yet in their book about photoreading (I'm currently doing photoreading) they say subvocalization is bad... what gives??
