You can gain hours of time every week if you learn how to read faster. If you doubt it, think about how much time you spend reading things every day. If you could learn how to speed read and cut the amount of time it takes you to read in half, I bet you would find several hours a week of time you can use to do other things. Read on for some tips, then check the bottom for a couple links that can help you learn how to speed read faster than you think possible. If you work at it, you will start reading faster almost immediately.
In order to learn to speed read, you probably need to make some major changes to the way you read. First, if you move your lips as you read, you have to stop. Your lips will never move as fast as you are going to be reading. Second, you need to focus on what you are doing. This means eliminating distractions. The last change that you need to make is to start looking at groups of words instead of looking at the words individually. These changes will get you started on learning how to read faster.
The most challenging thing when you learn to speed read is probably going to be looking at groups of words instead of the individual words. We just weren't taught to read that way. This will take some practice. The best way to do this is to find reading material that has narrow columns. Ideally something that only has 5 or 6 words per column (or less). I used a Readers Digest. The idea is to focus on a group of words and read them as a group. When you get good you will start reading from top to bottom instead of left to right. The more you practice, the better you will get. I personally used this method to learn how to read faster and I know it has worked for many people.
I hope these tips will help you to learn to speed read. At first, it will be hard and you probably won't be able to read for very long, but with practice, you will be able to pick up magazines and books and start reading from top to bottom without even thinking about it. Good luck learning how to read faster.
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
SPEED READING - How to Read Faster? Use Your Hands
Many of us believe that you should not use your hands while reading. Maybe you were taught at school to read with out using hands for underlining the words and keep in track while reading. If you attended primary school 20 or more years ago, then in many schools students were told to keep their hands off the text while reading. Therefore there still exists a strong belief that if you use your fingers for pacing and keeping track, then it decreases your reading speed. Some people even think that using your hands indicates poor reading skills and an educated person will definitely not read in that way.
Actually, the situation is the other way round and using your hands will help you to read faster. This fact was already noticed by Evelyn Wood already in 1950s. She worked out several methods for using your fingertips as pacing tools. It is said to be that she discovered the effect of reading with your hands accidentally when she was wiping off dust from a book.
Why using your hands help you to read faster? The main point is that reading with you hands will help you to keep track whilst reading and you can also improve your concentration by doing so. This will result in faster reading speed and better comprehension.
If you point your fingertips to the word or line you are reading then it reminds you which words are you reading. When starting to learn speed reading then the first rule is that you have to read all the words only once, which means that there should be not backward eye movements and re-reading some words. It is much easier to develop that kind of reading habit if you use some kind of a pacing tool, which can be your fingers.
When you fingertips are pointing to the word or line (there are different methods for doing that) you are reading, then it will remind you that you should read that word or line only once. In addition, hand movements will help you to keep a steady reading pace, which is required for speed reading.
Using your hands will improve your comprehension because it turns your attention to the words you are reading instead of allowing your eyes and mind to wander. Low comprehension is in many cases caused by low concentration to the text. Many poor readers let their thoughts to move away from the text and after they have completed the text they will remember little about what they have read.
Getting rid of backward eye movements is the first rule of speed reading. It is the most powerful speed reading tip that you should read every word only once. It is so simple to say yet it takes practice to master it. Using your hands makes it easier. There is nothing wrong in reading with your hands. It may look a little strange to the bystanders, but it is you, who is gaining reading speed by doing so.
Actually, the situation is the other way round and using your hands will help you to read faster. This fact was already noticed by Evelyn Wood already in 1950s. She worked out several methods for using your fingertips as pacing tools. It is said to be that she discovered the effect of reading with your hands accidentally when she was wiping off dust from a book.
Why using your hands help you to read faster? The main point is that reading with you hands will help you to keep track whilst reading and you can also improve your concentration by doing so. This will result in faster reading speed and better comprehension.
If you point your fingertips to the word or line you are reading then it reminds you which words are you reading. When starting to learn speed reading then the first rule is that you have to read all the words only once, which means that there should be not backward eye movements and re-reading some words. It is much easier to develop that kind of reading habit if you use some kind of a pacing tool, which can be your fingers.
When you fingertips are pointing to the word or line (there are different methods for doing that) you are reading, then it will remind you that you should read that word or line only once. In addition, hand movements will help you to keep a steady reading pace, which is required for speed reading.
Using your hands will improve your comprehension because it turns your attention to the words you are reading instead of allowing your eyes and mind to wander. Low comprehension is in many cases caused by low concentration to the text. Many poor readers let their thoughts to move away from the text and after they have completed the text they will remember little about what they have read.
Getting rid of backward eye movements is the first rule of speed reading. It is the most powerful speed reading tip that you should read every word only once. It is so simple to say yet it takes practice to master it. Using your hands makes it easier. There is nothing wrong in reading with your hands. It may look a little strange to the bystanders, but it is you, who is gaining reading speed by doing so.
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