If you’re experiencing problems with concentrating on you’re reading material, please try the following:

Have your eyes checked: Sometimes people read slowly because they have an undiagnosed problem with their vision. Even if you’re sure that there’s nothing wrong with your eyes, if you haven’t had an eye exam recently, there’s no time time to do it but now.

Remove distractions: There are some people who claim they read better when listening to music or when they’re in a crowded café. The truth of the matter is, if you want to read faster you can not allow other things to compete for your attention.

The lesser the distractions, the faster you will read. You should try your best to find a solitary place to read and make sure that the TV is off. If it’s not possible to be find a solitary place, I would suggest the use of earplugs to drown out all the distraction.

Don’t subvocalise: There is a common tendency among people to subvocalise or pronounce certain words to themselves. The degree to which people do this varies, some will for instance actually move their lips while others simply repeat the words in their head.

It doesn´t matter how you subvocalize (if you do so), it will slow you down! If you’re afflicted by this and want to break the habit, you need to try your out most to be conscious of it. If you can’t rid yourself from it by merely being conscious of it, then you might want to take some greater measures.

For instance, you could place your finger in your mouth when reading. Although this seems somewhat drastic it could be very helpful in overcoming the problem.

Further Tips
Start out easy: It’s always hard to embrace new methods and this is why I recommend new students to start out by reading a book that they’ve already read. By doing so, you will have it much easier to skip certain passages and keep up a good smooth flow while doing so.

Big fonts > Small fonts: Another good thing to keep in mind – if you are new to speed reading – is to keep yourself from reading text written in small fonts. Start out by reading books with larger font sizes since they make it harder to skip lines by mistake.

Understand the purpose: My final and most important advice to you is; never forget the purpose of why you’re reading what you’re reading. Some things are simply not meant to be read fast even if you can grasp all the facts. There are times when you just want to enjoy a certain text’s nuance and beauty and this can never be experienced through speed reading.