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Research published in 2019 concluded that the silent reading rate of adults in English for non-fiction is in the range of 175 to 300 words per minute (wpm); and for fiction the range is 200 to 320 words per minute.
Aug 15, 2019 · Based on the analysis of 190 studies (18,573 participants), we estimate that the average silent reading rate for adults in English is 238 words per minute (wpm) for non-fiction and 260 wpm for ...
- Marc Brysbaert
Based on the analysis of 190 studies (17,887 participants), we estimate that the average silent reading rate for adults in English is 238 word per minute (wpm) for non-fiction and 260 wpm for fiction.
production. Very early in the acquisition of reading proficiency, silent reading rates exceed oral reading rates. Data on oral and silent reading norms (Hasbrouck & Tindal, 2006; Taylor, Frankenpohl, & Pettee, 1960) show that silent reading rates exceed oral reading rates by at least 30%, even for students at the 50th percentile in the primary ...
TL;DR: This article found that the average silent reading rate for adults in English is 238 words per minute (wpm) for non-fiction and 260 wpm for fiction, and that the difference can be predicted by taking into account the length of the words, with longer words in nonfiction than in fiction.
- Marc Brysbaert
oral mode. Further, silent reading rate was inferior to oral rate in predicting comprehension on the G-M (r = .45 and .76 respectively) or on the questions associated with the text (r = .20 and .70). Students in the lowest quartile on the G-M had highly variable silent reading rates, with a
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Mar 4, 2022 · As expected, the results showed that adults without dyslexia read faster than adults with dyslexia on both the oral and silent reading task. Importantly, however, the mean reading speed of adults with dyslexia was found to be 25 percent higher in silent as compared to oral reading, whereas fluent readers were found to read up to 62 percent faster silently than orally.