I don't do speed reading, I vocalize. As I am Brazilian, I only read English books to practice my second language. I noticed that I improved my listening and s

I don't do speed reading, I vocalize. As I am Brazilian, I only read English books to practice my second language. I noticed that I improved my listening and speaking a lot, just reading. The improvement was bigger than usual when I read The Lord of the Rings, that has a rich vocabulary. I think this is because I sub-vocalize when I am reading. Speed reading also don't give me pleasure.