Rate of Speech (ROS)

Speech rate is a big problem. The Ideal Rate of Speech is 90-140 words per minute. The speaker either may have to repeat himself, or some information gets ignored. Young children and senior citizens may also process information more slowly. Their rate of speech is too low from the ideal rate of speech. If you are listening to a fast speaker, and you do not understand the information more clearly. You missed out many words. If your rate of speech is ideal, then there is an effective communication.

Rate of Speech Exercise: Here no. of words are given on the left side of the sentence. Check your ROS by reading this paragraph for 1 minute. If your ROS is above 140, then practice it and reduce your ROS and If your ROS is less than 90, then try to increase it.
What is your rate of speech?

6 On dark nights, I sometimes dream
13 of little dwarfs who like to ride
19 through the woods and along country
25 rods on tiny donkeys. On cold
31 stabbing nights they try to invert
38 riddles to the sound of wind
44 They tend to find clear skies
50 disappointing and much prefer dark stormy
56 nights. One dark dismal night in
62 winter i observed a dozen of
68 these little men hunting for dandelions
74 in the woods; it was raining
80 hard but in the distance I
86 could see a little figure riding
92 away from me. I followed close
98 behind until the dwarf reached a
103 door through which he disappeared
109 I knocked hard on the door
115 hoping to catch a glimpse of
121 where he lived. All of sudden
127 I heard a dreadful drumming sound
133 behind me. A drunken dwarf dressed
139 in a diamond-encrusted cloak was
146 riding past me on a dappled donkey!
152 I tried to address him, but
158 with downcast eyes. He trundled down
163 the road into the distance
169 As the day dawned, I woke
171 from my dream.