Sunday, 9 October 2016

Fast Reading Techniques Approved By Experts

By Deborah Miller


The speed of reading can be improved just like any other skill. Fast reading allows you to cover more over a short period of time, enhances your career and offers better experiences to a reader. It is not only about the speed. You need to easily understand what you read and make it easier for your listeners to comprehend whatever you are delivering.

Return to childhood pointer method. This method is common with children as they learn to read at a tender age. Most people abandon the method with age but it has been proven to offer excellent results. Pointing increases your ability to concentrate since your focus remains on the single sentence or line in your passage. It is also referred to as hand pacing and is approved by experts.

Scan and preview. The idea behind this technique is to get the main point or central idea in the passage. Your interest remains the numbers, trigger words and names. You will also identify key sentences in a paragraph or a section. With practice, you can skim and comprehend an entire page within seconds. It is mainly used when searching for particular information or when the general idea in the story is already known.

Word grouping is difficult to learn but very beneficial. It works by focusing on word groups instead of each word at a time. With this technique, you will reduce the number of stops made by your eyes as you read. The minute you begin taking chunks of words at a time, your ability to comprehend increases naturally.

There are apps used to train on reading speed. They also help you monitor and thus improve performance on different platforms. Training is offered in a variety of ways including speed tests, exercises and techniques on how to drop the unproductive behaviors. This variety enables you to learn more and thus perform better in different circumstances. By monitoring your performance, areas of weakness can be identified and corrections made.

The speed at which you read is a skill like any other and requires improvement. Since you will be required to read in different environments, you need to identify notes, passage, books, etc that perfectly fit this environment. During practice, change the environment to outdoors, morning, evening, use artificial lighting, etc. Such changes give you an idea of areas where you need to make improvements. Rushing through passages affects comprehension.

Work on wrong reading habits. There are habits that are likely to affect the speed at which you cover a passage. The most common habits are regression or stepping back into the text and sub-vocalization which involves saying the words in your head. The bad habits slow you down and affect the ability to process words. Your comprehension will also be affected.

External factors will affect your comprehension whether you are an amateur or a specialist. They include font size, fatigue, quality of light and the environment you read from. Others include the presence of distractions, distance from the text and interference e. G. Noise. Like all other muscles, the eyes and brains require training in order to improve performance.




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