Can you read out loud [well]?

[dandylion]

I noticed that I can read really fast mentally and understand it, but when I verbalize the writing, I stumble over the words, especially in long sentences, sometimes even when I read slowly! At times I concentrate so much on just saying the words right that I'm not fully comprehending what I'm reading. Does this happen to you?

[pavman]

I noticed that I can read really fast mentally and understand it, but when I verbalize the writing, I stumble over the words, especially in long sentences, sometimes even when I read slowly! At times I concentrate so much on just saying the words right that I'm not fully comprehending what I'm reading. Does this happen to you?

Yes. It annoys me when others can't read out loud well... either they're monotone and don't pause at the proper places or they're slow and stutter alot.... it irks me so much!

But then, when I read out loud, I love it...because I'm so good at it ;D

And sometimes I do not pay attention when I'm reading until afterwards when people are discussing it... then I have to play back through the chapter in my mind and try to foggily grasp what I just read...

pavman added to this post, 20 minutes and 24 seconds later...

I think a lot of the problems people have with reading out loud is environmental...if you read out loud a lot when you were in grade school, you probably don't have an issue reading out loud as an adult and vice-versa. I know we used to read out loud a lot when I was a kid and it was annoying, until I got good at it ;)

But then I did used to play "News Anchor" with newspapers and things too at home when I was a kid... :embarassed:

[ElstonGunn]

I'm not terrible at reading out loud, but I'm not great at it either. I can read faster than I can talk, so I get ahead of myself sometimes, and I misspeak because I'm going too fast. Have you ever seen those studies about how people see words, rather than letters when they read? So as long as you have the fisrt and the lsat ltters prsent and in thier corrcet places, poeple can udnerstnad what you're wirting with no etxra effrot?

When I used to have to do presentations for school, I never understood why people just read a paper that they wrote. It was boring. I just made half a page of notes and then talked extemporaneously with them as a guide. It came across more natural that way, and it made it easier for me to vary my voice tones and do all those other emphatic things that keep speeches from getting too boring.

[Zilal]

I can read aloud very well, but it's definitely a matter of concentration for me. If I try to just read it off with the same amount of effort I'd put into chatting, it won't work. If I really focus on the text it comes out great.

[BlackHawk]

I can read aloud better than average, but I don't like it.

[ssfanatic]

I noticed that I can read really fast mentally and understand it, but when I verbalize the writing, I stumble over the words, especially in long sentences, sometimes even when I read slowly! At times I concentrate so much on just saying the words right that I'm not fully comprehending what I'm reading. Does this happen to you?
I am exactly the same way. I cant read out loud very well at all, but its not like a practice at all. That would probably help, i just dont care enough to do it.

[E148]

I am that way too, I think. While I rarely read aloud to myself, sometimes it is just to overcome outside noise, reading out loud in public has always been and always will be hard for me to do. Sometimes I do read a line or so out loud if I do find it hard to understand. Again that is rare.





E148 added to this post, 3 minutes and 27 seconds later...

Yes I have seen it. Just recently I got an e-mail that had a passage like that and said only 55 out of 100 people can read this [passage].

Here it is:

Only great minds can read this

This is weird, but interesting!
fi yuo cna raed tihs, yuo hvae a sgtrane mnid too

Cna yuo raed tihs? Olny 55 plepoe out of 100 can.

i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uine rvtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? yaeh! and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt! If you can raed tihs forwrad it.

[dandylion]

^I can read that, too. It's kind of amusing.

I guess it's a learned skill. Lately I've been reading novels, poems, articles, and just whatever out loud. Some of these types are easier to read than others for me; most articles are difficult for me (too many long sentences).

I'm trying a technique: pre-reading the text. I'd read the words in my head first, then I read it out loud. It's much easier for me that way because then I know what words to expect and in what tone to say them.

[amei]

As a teacher, I have to read out loud a lot. It doesn't really bother me, in fact, I have a lot of fun with it. I'll read very slowly and then all of a sudden start reading super fast, just to keep the students awake. Sometimes for fun, I'll challenge the students to a speed reading contest. Since English is their second language (they're Korean), they're amazed at how fast I can read, especially the lower level students. I feel like I'm the guy from the micro machine tv commericals who used to talk really fast when I was a kid.

[The Forsaken]

I have difficulty reading aloud quickly, but I have no problems reading aloud slowly with emotion. I still get tongue-tied, but helps me - is relax the right word?

[stroozette]

Why, yes I DO read aloud rather well, if I must say so myself.

[Amphorian]

I read outloud exactly how I read silently. Quick paced and if I can't pronounce a word I try then move on. However, if I read stories I try to get into character so I actually read outloud properly that way and that way only.

[Quite8the8bell]

I can read out well just fine when I know the material. I read fast, but in a slow way. I read the sentence quickly then read it a couple more times.

[Prunesquallor]

I do fine, I just spontaneously develop a British accent.
Dunno why.

[themuzicman]

Doing anything well required the three 'P's - Practice Practice Perfectly

[Synchronicity]

I am quite good at reading aloud. My only difficulty is that I will occasionally misread a word, mistaking it for one like it. If I make sure I am reading a few words ahead of what I am speaking, it gives me more time to correct mistakes before I make them and largely eliminates this problem. It takes more concentration, so I only do it when I need to.

[Quite8the8bell]

I do fine, I just spontaneously develop a British accent.
Dunno why.

Me too... It's actually a bit embarrassing.

[admittedheretic]

Language is said to be "dual-coded" in visual and auditory components.

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Most people use a mixture of both components when reading, but it is possible to understand language with the absence of a component. The blind can understand language and the deaf can learn sign language.

The Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes organization has discovered that many autistics who struggle with language are able to improve when they learn to integrate their visual skills with the auditory components of language.

I'm on the autistic spectrum, but I am the opposite of most autistics because I can not visualize anything in my minds eye. I can not visualize color or see anything, but I have intact ability to imagine spatial relationships. I can mentally rotate these spatial relationships and everything.

In the absence of learning to visualize language I developed a condition called hyperlexia which is the opposite in every way to dyslexia. The deficit in one area created strengths in the rest of my abilities. I have the ability to self correct my errors, but like dandylion is saying, it interrupts the flow of thought process.

[Shifter]

I'm not good at reading out loud, I stumble all over the words. I figure it's because I haven't had much practice at doing it, I rarely have occasion to read something out loud, I usually read it to myself and then paraphrase, rather than read it out verbatim.

[Deadgod]

In High School, I remember being the most competent when it came to reading out loud in English Class and in most other courses.

Even now in College I find myself still as competent but with some competition.

When asked to read I do get a bit anxious, but as I progress I find myself being a little more emotive and almost precisely reading every word. But I do twist my tongue once in a while and my throat gets dry almost to the point where there isn't tone anymore in my voice. But I still read better than others.

[t3hrubikscube]

When I'm reading in my head, I go very quickly and I'm able to understand what I'm reading. It's not just scanning when I'm going very quickly.
However, when I have to read aloud in a class or something, I stumble over my words a bit. I'm basically just as fast, but I get nervous...so I come off as kind of a bad reader.

[missiworld]

I used to have that problem, but once I started acting in plays and the like, I not only started saying my sentences without stumbling but also started to read in my head at the same pace as talking. I guess slowing down everything and really working on the emotion and how to interpret a sentence correctly is what helped. Though I really miss the speed that I used to have while reading.

[Two Lights]

I don't have any problems when I read slow and steady. But any distractions will cause me to fumble.

But I also dislike using my voice, so if I can help it, I won't read anything aloud.