Start by using a guide such as a finger orĪlong the line and take in as many words as you can in one go. Very familiar to you and you can scan them at speed. So you know at the outset that most of the words you encounter will be You don’t read every word and neither do the pages refuse to turn for you if It is a myth to believe that you have to read every word of a book justĪs it is equally false to believe that you have to remember every single thing If your quick scan reveals that any chapters are of great interest to you, you can delve into them. Now read the first chapter and the last chapter, and then quickly run through the first chapter again.Įverything you wish to know from this particular book.
Often these days you will find a summary at the end of each chapter. The covers and any fly pages that tell you more about the book. You wish to read a book you have just been given.įirst of all, look at the table of contents In order to get through, the candidates had to read fast. So the facts had to be absorbed, the areas of law identified and answer selected in approximately 90 seconds. Question took about an A4 sheet of paper. I remember when I took the multiple choice section of the New York Stateīar examination there was a total of 200 questions to answer in two three-hour In other words, it is taking in concepts rather than individual words. If your eyes are scanning the page quickly, the brain is taking in groups of words and is able to deal with their meaning. The brain works better when it is allowed to work quickly. Slow reading – despite what elementary school teachers tend to think –ĭoes not aid understanding and comprehension. Life is too short to hang around, and there is much to learn. Generally, you will wish to get through as much as possible as quickly as youĬan so that you can get on to the next subject. Large amounts of information quickly, or if you are a student preparing forĮxaminations, you need to know some speed reading methods. If, like me, you are engaged in a profession where you need to absorb Whilst that is four times as fast as the slow reader, it doesn’t enable you to take in volumes of information quickly. Reader has engaged in improving reading speed to around only 400 words per Quick speaking rate it hardly cuts the mustard for serious reading.Įven someone who is considered to be a good Is thought to be as low as 200 words per minute and, whilst that is quite a There is plenty of room for increasing reading speed because the average To break unless the individual realises the time has come to do something about Once ingrained, the habit becomes difficult Teachers make the mistake of telling them to read slowly and carefully. Kids speed reading also suffers in this way. Wondered really why it is taking them so long.Īverage reading speed varies but a slow reader typically takes a minute You must have experienced similar frustrations yourself when you haveĪsked your partner or a friend to check out a short newspaper story and Oftentimes I will explain in great detail the implications of a simple single-page document to clients before asking them to read over what is no more than two or three hundred words.Īnd make myself a cup of coffee while the client ploughs through the words. It is well to read everything of something, and
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