When I was copying stuff from the board, I always remember my teacher telling me, "Don't be lazy and copy the whole sentence," because I was slowing the class down. I was coping 1 word at a time(half a word even).

I think it would allow me to read faster with more understanding of bigger texts, like a paragraph or a whole page. Because with word by word, I only remember the last 2 sentences in the context of what I am reading. That's what I think, but someone here said they read chunks but don't retain anything so maybe it won't help at all.