This is actually an article posted up by Sangho in the comments section. Thanks Sangho for the hard work! It is a very good article and I recommend all of you to read.  For easy reading and digestion, I have decided to break this article into parts which will be posted up day by day.

So today to get ready all of you for what's to come, I will start off with reading myths.

1. Reading is linear.

I had always figured reading was a linear process; you know, start up front and grind through to the very end in the exact order it was printed in. Reading is no more linear than thinking is, (or I eventually discovered, than writing; few writers start at the beginning — indeed, they usually “write the first part last.”

2. True reading is word-for-word.

I started as a kid looking at individual letters. They didn’t help much. Next I started sounding out syllables. Finally, I could read whole words. Why stop with words? Well, I know one reason… I had a college professor who made us swear we had “Read every single word” of our collateral reading.

Why? He didn’t make us swear we’d “read every single letter.” The answer is simple: that professor (like me) had never moved from letters, syllables, and words, to reading phrases, sentences and paragraphs. He assumed the only way to read thoroughly was by the laborious method of reading one word at a time.

3. Reading is a laborious task which takes a long time.

Not at all! Reading can be both fun and fast. Indeed, speed reading is like auto racing — it is far more exciting.

4. All parts of a book are of equal value.

This myth persists until you actually write your own book. Then, all at once you realize there is “filler” material , illustrations, and even sometimes whole chapters jammed into a book just because the publisher insisted.
Take messages for instance. Ever hear a message and wish you could put it on fast forward over that long story illustrating a point you already understand? Well, in reading you can fast forward.

5. Reading faster will reduce retention.

Sorry. It should be that way, shouldn’t it? Those who groan slowly through a book painstakingly sounding out every single word, maybe even moving their lips, should get a greater reward shouldn’t they? Sorry. In fact, speed reading techniques will increase one’s comprehension and retention.

Watch out for part 2 to come tomorrow!

Alternatively, you could go to the comments section to read the full article.