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First reader's opinion
Yes, I really want to learn how to speed read. However I really don't want to
take a course or anything.
I was wondering if anyone has came across any sort of free resources which could help me
learn to speed read. I did a www.google.com search but found only individual articles.
Another thing I do that slows me down is that I pause at commas and periods. It's like
I'm reading out loud in my head. I also put emphasis on bold words. I noticed I
slowed up at the word 'color' because of the spelling-I thought about 'color' in my head.
I've tried speed reading tutorials but never really made any astounding
progress. I guess it's because I like pronouncing the words in my mind, i.e. the sound of
the language is more important than the meaning. That said, I find that my reading
comprehension is much better than my aural comprehension.
Second reader opinion
I've recently wanted to increase my reading speed for two reasons. One is that there
are so many books I want to read, and I want to get through them faster so I can
read more. I want to improve my comprehension because it's never been what I
want it.
I was diagnosed with a neurological condition a couple of years ago.
It's had a big impact on my short term memory. I have a lot of trouble with it. When I
read, I find I have to go over some passages twice. If I lay a book down and come back to
it the next day, I have to go over the last couple of pages I read to keep up.
Well, there's a third reason, too. A number of years ago I read about pronouncing words in
your head being an improper way to read. Since then, I've wondered why I read this way and
if my comprehension would improve if I read properly.
Since most speed reading courses I've read about seem to emphasize better comprehension, I
thought it might help me to take one or read a book on it.
First, I agree that typing fast is important. But I don't type nearly as much as I read.
Third reader opinion
I love to read. I'm not a speed reader, but I read fairly fast. I
have a fairly large vocabulary. I want to be able to read faster. Not necessarily speed
reading, just more efficiently.
I want to ask y'all about your reading experiences. I've heard that you're not supposed to
pronounce words in your head as you read them. I cannot imagine not doing this. It's very
hard for me to read books with lots of words I can't pronounce, even if I know their
meaning or they are names. I will read the word over and over in my head, sounding it out
verbally sometimes. I think this little quirk decreases my comprehension.
I'm reading the book One Hundred Years of Solitude right now, and it's giving me fits.
There are so many Spanish names in it-it's taking me forever to read it. It seems the
longer it takes, the less I can keep track of what's going on in the book. I should have
just gotten the audio version.
Do any of you have problems reading? Any suggestions on how to become a more proficient
reader? Any particular books or methods you can suggest?
Taking a class (unless it's online) is not an option. I don't get out much.
To anyone that got this far, many thanks!
Fourth reader opinion
I'm trying to learn how to speed read. But I have one problem -
Sub vocalizing - Sometimes I tend to
stray away form it but the text loses too much meaning. And the material I'm
reading, when its a book for enjoyment reading for instance like "Lord of the
Rings" or of a classic nature which I truly love, Moby Dick I tend to fall away
from it. But if it's something technical, if has more structure be it
chronically or step by step, it makes more since. Speed wise, when I
sub-vocalize, its around 100-200 wpm. Can some one help me?
I might have to get that book. I'd like to know how to
speed read.
I have noticed that the smaller the text on the page, the faster I read it, which seems to
imply that I read at a pace relative to the length of line, rather than the number of
words in it.
I'm pretty curious about photo-reading; I've heard some pretty crazy stuff about that.
Fifth reader opinion
I read at about Chandra's speed ( have done so for the last 40 years or so in English and
now I read French at this same speed since the last 10 or so ). I do take it all
in as I have a near photographic /total recall type memory.
The downside is that an 800 page book lasts around one evening, and even coming back
to it after 30 years, I can remember all the story, dialogue info etc. Sometimes even
just looking at the cover or hearing the title makes it not worth picking up the book, as
the contents come flooding back.
I have a 40' trailer books stored ( at the other end of the country 1000
miles away ) at the moment since our last move ( another came with us )...I have sold off
at least 5 times that many during my life, because they were read and therefore no longer
needed.
The money spent and then only partially recuperated in this way is phenomenal (enough
to buy a couple of decent houses) even pristine condition books ( I believe it is a
sin to damage a book ) have low resale value.
The savior for the book alcoholics is the internet.
The local lending library took me just 5 months to do.
Learning speed reading ( if your memory is good for what you read ) is like trying
crack. Now if only I could type at 10% of the speed ( and on this
"bassackwards" azerty keyboard too)
Speed reading opinion on African language
Ek het al baie boeke en artikels gelees oor spoedlees. Ek het selfs vir 2
maande lank toegewyd ge-oefen. Tot nou toe het nog niks behoorlik gewerk nie. 'n
Deel van die probleem is dat engels my tweede taal is. Meeste van die boeke en
opleiding is in engels.
Ek hou baie van lees, maar het baie min tyd daarvoor. Ek het nie baie gelees as
kind nie en glo dat ek nie die vaardigheid van vinnig lees aangeleer het nie.
Hier is waar 'n groot deel van my vrestrasie le: Waarom kry ek nie die
vaardighede aangeleer nie? Ek weet weet en verstaan mos nou wat al die voordele
inhou!
Ek woon in Suid Afrika en al die goeie opleidingsmateriaal kom van oorsee af.
Die koste om die produkte aan te koop is net te hoog. Ek bid regtig dat hierdie
gratis sagteware die moeite werd sal wees?! Ek is nou op die punt om tou op te
gooi en vrede te maak daarmee dat ek nooit vinnig sal lees nie.
Groete
Danie C
Speed reading tips
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| > Remove 50% of letters
and you will read the text. Try to understand this simply idea and you speed
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| > Habitually returning to what is already read, that
usually decreases the speed of reading, no longer happens. Reading each word
individually becomes unnecessary because skillful fast readers do not
individualize the text when reading at high speeds. |
| > You become accustomed to grasping a whole word or a
group of words at one glance. In this way you activate your peripheral vision
facilities. You study how to read without haste, because the program responds to
the speed you have chosen and does not react to your haste. The "Magic Speed
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| > Speed reading is not magic :) |
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