"Anyone who believe this has never seen the best professionals work."

Indeed.

Someone who doesn't read English very well or fluently has to practice a poem a few times before it sounds good.

When they read a story, it sounds disjointed and incoherent.

Someone who reads easily and fluently however is able to see ahead as they are reading and they can easily inject all the necessary feeling to bring the story to life.

The same goes for music reading. A fluent confident reader can sight read a piece beautifully without rehearsing it.


The fact that some people aren't that good isn't an argument against reading, but for learning to read well.