Speed reading
Most people read at 200 words per minute. However, the human brain can easily accept more informations. Therefore most people begin to get bored, could not concentrate on reading, they begins to think about something else. Nowadays, in the era of the Internet and the information, speed reading ability is very useful. Speed reading techniques allows increase the pace of reading a two or even more times. Speed reading can be used for web browsing, reading online articles, articles in the printed press, a documentation, searching the relevant information in the text. It should be noted, however it is not worth to speed reading when someone is reading for pleasure such as literature or novels. However, if you want to gather as much information as quickly as possible then I recommend speed reading course .
Speed reading is to eliminate some bad habits of reading and to enhance the assimilation of information by the human brain.
Regression
going back over what you read. The reader often going back over the text to capture the meaning of the words or the sentences. Regression makes reading slowly. The site contains a module fasterreader Text presenter that you can use to eliminate regression during speed reading. Presenter allows you to set the text reading speed constant at 100 to 2000 words per minute, which effectively eliminates the regression.
Field of view
Field of view is very important during speed reading. Guided by a simple principle - the more text you can see at a glance, the sooner you can read. To increase the field of view ideally suited Schultz boards generator to clicks , Pyramid of words. Also module Field of view , , which also allows you to practice the elimination of repeating words in mind.
Vocalization
Subvocalization - repeating words in mind. By eliminate subvocalization you can read several thousand words per minute. However some sources says, that you can speed reading up to a thousand words per minute with subvocalization. The habit is difficult to eliminate so if you wants to read just at the limit to 1000 words per minute, do not spend time on eliminating subvocalization.
To eliminate subvocalization while reading is taping rhythm, or whistling or singing.
The site fasterreader offer module that can be used to eliminate subvocalization
Field of view . It allows you to check the width of the field of view and the correctness of words (characters) that you have seen.
Reading with indicator
The simplest technique of speed reading is to read with the indicator. As an indicator we can use pencil, pen or finger. Following the indicator is less eye tiring and eliminate regression.
Saved time
The following tables show how much time you can save by increasing the speed of reading. Saved time can be spent on other pleasures: resting, walking, swimming, video games, jogging, cycling or any other reading
| words per minute ------------------------------ day count |
200 | 300 | 400 | 500 | 600 |
| 1 day | -- | 15min | 30min | 36min | 40min |
| week | -- | 1h45min | 3h30min | 4h12min | 4h40min |
| month | -- | 7h30min | 15h | 18h | 20h |
| year | -- | 3d19h15min | 7d14h30min | 9d3h | 10d3h20min |
Table 1. Saved time in comparison to the reader reading 1 hour daily at 200 words per minute.
| words per minute ------------------------------ day count |
200 | 300 | 400 | 500 | 600 |
| 1 day | -- | 30min | 1h | 1h12min | 1h20min |
| week | -- | 3h30min | 7h | 8h24min | 9h20min |
| month | -- | 15h | 1d6h | 1d12h | 1d16h |
| year | -- | 7d14h30min | 15d5h | 18d6h | 20d6h40min |
Table 2. Saved time in comparison to the reader reading 2 hour daily at 200 words per minute.
Speed reading course plan
Below is a proposed plan speed reading course . This is of course only one of the possible types of training. Anyone can customize classes to suit your needs and preferences.
Duration:
- 8 weeks after 6 days a week for a minimum of 35 minutes a day :
Remember to join the training as calm and focused then effects of learning speed reading will be the best.
Before each week of exercises do the speed test reading and comprehension level through to check the progress of learning and set the base rate for a given week
Week 1-8 :
- - widening field of view using one of the following programs:
- Duration: 10 min/day
- - eliminating regression using the following:
- Speed Reading: 4 times greater than the speed obtained at the beginning of the week
Duration: 2 min / day - Speed Reading: 3 times greater than the speed obtained at the beginning of the week
Duration: 3 min / day - Speed Reading: 2 times greater than the speed obtained at the beginning of the week
Duration: 5 min / day - Speed reading : 10 % greater than the speed obtained at the beginning of the week
Duration: 15 min/day - Good luck :)
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Really speed reading :)
