How To Read Fast And Effectively

By Robert L. Campanelli


The average reader is able to absorb 200 to 400 words per minute. After attaining the skill of speed reading, these rates can double or even triple.However, many of the speed reading techniques do not increase comprehension rates. With the amount of research carried out, there are several ways to increase reading speed and increase comprehension rates. This includes avoiding skimming and other bad habits, increasing your concentration, and preparing for what you are about to read. Furthermore, with modern technology, there are several program designed to help speed reading and increase comprehension rates.
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Speed reading is not magic. It requires consistency and sincerity, and also unlearning some of our bad reading habits. Learning how to read faster is a skill that can be developed over a period of time. Here are a few tips that you may find useful for increasing your reading speed.How to Increase Your Reading Speed.Learning how to read faster is not child's play. You need to be consistent in your efforts and dedicate a few hours to reading regularly to increase your reading speed. It can be really hard if you are not sincere. Plus, if you don't understand how it works, you will not be able to achieve it.

Woods found that using her hand as a pacer, whilst turning the pages, she was able to increase her reading speed. It was from these results, that Evelyn Woods created her speed reading program; Reading Dynamics.

Stop vocalizing the text if you're in a habit of doing that. It decreases your reading speed and looks bad when you're in office or at a public place. If you think you'll lose concentration, use you finger instead in order to learn how to maintain proper eye control.

Broaden your sight angle: Speed reading will require you to broaden your sight angle when looking at a sentence. Mastering this technique will make it easier for you to glance over a body of text once and still get to read three or more words. In addition, scanning and skimming will become easy. Using these techniques will help you to read and comprehend most of the text a lot quicker. Keep in mind that speed reading exercises are very important when you want to develop a fast reading habit.

Here is an important tip to remember when learning how to read fast.You should never vocalize or sub-vocalize as these two actions will prevent you from improving your comprehension and reading speed. Vocalizing is reading out loud or moving your lips to match words while reading. Sub-vocalizing is when you are trying to pronounce the words in your mind. Once you look at the material as something that you should understand instead of pronounce, your comprehension and reading skills will improve for the better.

Avoid re-reading the text. Sometimes, we read particular sentences again and again in order to gain clarity. This decreases our reading speed. Leave the text for a while and gain understanding from the rest of the content.Other than this, you can opt for online courses that help you learn how to read faster. There are several types of interactive audio exercises available that help in speed reading. You may also read articles and other informative content online to know tools and techniques to increase your reading speed.




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