/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.17316282]

Do you read out loud or in your head?

[Anonymous No.17316288]

>>17316282
The fuck? Is that even a thing?

[Anonymous No.17316291]

>>17316288
It's probably the best way to maximize comprehension (as well as autism)

[Anonymous No.17316300]

I read in my head but in a woman's voice

[Anonymous No.17316321]

>>17316282
Neither.

[Anonymous No.17316332]

>>17316282
I subvocalize and am proud. Speedreading is a massive joke. Read more at a pace that is comfortable to you and your pace will pick up.

[Anonymous No.17316342]

I read out loud for a bit to force myself to pay better attention and it made me appreciate the prose more. I also realized that my reading skills have rapidly deteriorated and that I read many words wrong or stumble over them.

[Anonymous No.17316370]

>>17316282
Neither. I try to just look at sentences and understand their meanings rather than talking in my head.

[Anonymous No.17316381]

>>17316282
in my head for leisure, but to study I always sing the book

[Anonymous No.17316384]

If I'm reading for pleasure I read aloud. Especially for poetry. If I'm reading something like a textbook then it depends on how interested I am in the material.

[Anonymous No.17316392]

>>17316342
Also noticed this. If I take a long break from reading then I stumble over my words more. There are also some writers who make me stumble even if they're not that difficult. It's hard for me to get in the flow of Melville for some reason.

[Anonymous No.17316396]

>>17316300
Mine is Jordan Peterson for some reason

[Anonymous No.17316446]

>>17316342
>my reading skills have rapidly deteriorated and that I read many words wrong or stumble over them.
That's why I started to read outloud. I can read pretty good in my head, but if I ever need to read something to someone else, I suddenly contract dyslexia

[Anonymous No.17316455]

>>17316282
In my head of course.

[Anonymous No.17316613]

>>17316282
What sort of freak reads out loud to themselves?

[Anonymous No.17316637]

>>17316282
Only thing I might do sometimes is laugh.

[Anonymous No.17316641]

for poetry out loud
everything else in my head

[Anonymous No.17316684]

>>17316613
I'm reading Faust in german language right now and I have to say it's so beautifully written that I sometimes read out loud what the characters say. Other than that I have always read in my head since I can remember.

[Anonymous No.17316708]

>>17316370
>not trying to solely look at single letters and punctuation to understand their meaning

Never gonna make it.

[Anonymous No.17316711]

>>17316282
I read Joyce out loud

[Anonymous No.17316719]

Alright everyone read this out loud

"Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth. Lo. Lee. Ta. She was Lo, plain Lo, in the morning, standing four feet ten in one sock. She was Lola in slacks. She was Dolly at school. She was Dolores on the dotted line. But in my arms, she was always Lolita."

[Anonymous No.17316729]

>>17316291
is speaking actually helpful for comprehension or is it just that this forces you to go really slowly and not skip over words?

[Anonymous No.17316731]

>>17316282
Depends on what I'm reading. If it's something normal like a novel, then of course I read silently. But if I'm reading something like Kant, reading put loud helps mentally organize the rhythm of his writing and comprehend what he's saying.

[Anonymous No.17316794]

>>17316729
One begets the other

[Anonymous No.17316804]

>>17316794
Yes, I know, the question is which actually matters. Because if it's just reading slowly, you can do that without making noise like an autist, enabling you to read in public. So next time just answer the question and skip the "muh brevity" and 16th century lexicon

[Anonymous No.17316809]

>>17316282
Depends. Most of the time I speed read in my head but if I’m feeling distracted I read out loud until I get the momentum back.

[Anonymous No.17316814]

>>17316804
Impotent seething

[Anonymous No.17316815]

haha i dont read at all, i listen to audiobooks while playing leauge of legends

[Anonymous No.17316818]

>>17316814
try reading my post out loud next time to make sure you understand it

[Anonymous No.17316845]

>>17316613
t. non-poetry reader.
I always read poetry aloud if I am alone. In my head otherwise. The music of verse is two thirds of the meaning, so to me there's hardly any point if you don't let it sing.
For prose it can be less important, but for novelists with a lyrical style, or who range between different registers, it's also important. Finnegans Wake is quite literally a different book if you read it aloud in faux brogue.
As anon said, it also forces you to slow down, which can be valuable depending on what you're reading. But for me it's more about appreciating song and style then gathering the subject matter.

[Anonymous No.17316852]

>>17316719
Overrated passage from an underrated book.

[Anonymous No.17316862]

>>17316729
It is actually helpful for comprehension. I find when I read long sentences of philosophy, the natural rhythms of the sentences help my parse them. Plus you're engaging more brain processes, first by having to translate the words into speech, and then by positing an auditor who is listening to your speech, who you're accountable to and for whom you have to gauge whether or not you're making sense, you engage many more processes. If you're trying to fully absorb and engage with the material for non-aesthetic reasons, reading aloud is indispensable. If you're trying to receive the writer's voice, however, it only gets in the way, it removes your ability to immediately reinterpret. In poetry, of course it can help you to better analyze meter and rhyme and much besides.

[Anonymous No.17316882]

>>17316852
It's eminently suited to the topic

[Anonymous No.17316886]

>>17316282
i read out loud when i am reading poetry, otherwise, in my head

[Anonymous No.17316903]

>>17316291
I actually find it that it slightly impairs my comprenhension, so I have to focus more.
>>17316845
I too almost always read poetry aloud; I mumble if there are other people nearby and if they are bothered by that I'll just read prose.

[Anonymous No.17316921]

>>17316282
Sometimes to focus my attention on the book, I'll begin reading out loud in a funny accent. Eventually I taper off and read in my head.

[Anonymous No.17316945]

>>17316921
I do this too, anon.

[Anonymous No.17316979]

I spent this Christmas season reading Hemingway aloud by the fireside. Felt dumb at first but it actually became quite comfy. His constant use of polysyndeton was kind of dull in my head, but it actually gave the text a pleasant rhythm when read aloud calmly.

[Anonymous No.17317013]

>>17316921
me too anon, my family think I'm mad lol

[Anonymous No.17317020]

I don't read aloud but sometimes I will subvocalize louder and more deliberately

[Anonymous No.17317023]

Is there any benefit to reading aloud rather than in your head?

[Anonymous No.17317025]

>>17317023
Family bonding

[Anonymous No.17317068]

>>17316300
That really intensified my autogynephilia

[Anonymous No.17317272]

>>17316282
If i'm really enjoying a book then yes, and i will even do slight voice alterations for the different characters. It goes a lot slower than just "scanning" the text, but it's a lot more pleasant.

[Anonymous No.17317292]

>>17317023
improving your speaking skills

[Anonymous No.17317353]

>>17316282
depends
>novels and things that are easier to read in general and that I don’t need to retain detailed information about
no, it becomes to slow, if you don’t subvocalize it can roll through your mind just like a movie

>harder stuff or things that I need to retain
yes

[Anonymous No.17317365]

>>17316282
I read in your head.

[Anonymous No.17318268]

>>17316282
If it’s a passage that I have to return to a second time to understand it I’ll read it aloud. Had to do it many times when I read through “Blood Meridian”.

[Anonymous No.17318280]

>>17316282
I do, yeah. I don’t have to. I just prefer to as it’s more imaginative.

[Anonymous No.17318290]

>>17316282
>pick up book
>read out loud
>continuously increase volume
>faint
>wake up
>start again

[Anonymous No.17319622]

>>17316282
Both @ the same time for max gainz

[Anonymous No.17319623]

>>17316282
depends

[Anonymous No.17319653]

>>17316282
depends, if the prose is difficult I read aloud

[Anonymous No.17320969]

>>17316282
Usually I'll read depending on what I know about the work I'm reading, which would say I read it in the voice most suitable for the occasion, though sometimes, I suppose, that isn't the case and I'll opt for an already familiar voice to pair with the text in order to maximize both the immersion of the writing, as well as what I feel is "right" for the given piece.

[Anonymous No.17321360]

>>17316282
In my head, but passages I especially like I'll reread out loud