Winky
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| Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2006 5:23 pm Post subject: So you want to read a book in 10 minutes ? |
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:) Who wouldn't like to read a book in ten minutes ?
I suppose we all teach ourselves some of the techniques but Keith Drury at Indiana Wesleyan University has published an article on different speed-reading techniques that you can use to speed up and tweak your reading
from the article's source:
4. Use your finger.( or mouse cursor when working on your computer) For most beginning speed-readers
this is a shock.
They remember reading in grade school with their finger and assume it slows one down. Actually the finger is your pace
car.
5. Break the Back-skip habit. Most of us read along a line of type like this one to get the interpretation of the meaning,
but as we read our eyes jump back to dwell on a word we just passed. We do this without knowing it.
8. Eliminate “Bus Stops” (Eye rests). As your eyes read down this line they stop periodically and “rest” on a word.
... Most reader never get over this habit, but like a bus stopping at every corner, it slows down your progress.
and
1. Underline, circle, make margin notes.
http://pianoer.wordpress.com/2006/02/05/speed-reading-techniques/ |
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