The Need To Speed Read

How to

Speed-reading is acquired techniques, which we learn from comprehension and the will to speed-read. The first that you want to accomplish is to acquire an understanding of the material you wish to read. Once you have an understanding, the words will flow through your mind smoothly. You can gain understanding through reading and listening. You can also use practice in learning to achieve a better understanding of what you read.

Practicing takes place each day. While you do not want to read a complete manuscript in the course of a day, you may want to read one chapter each day to help you grasp understanding while acquiring skills to speed-read. Reading an entire manuscript in a day will only frustrate your mind.

The thing you want to keep in mind, is that most fast readers brisk through materials that can relate to, while sometimes the material is complex the readers will not dwell on undefined words. Often fast readers start reading with intentions, and while reading they search for meaning through sights.

Before you, start learning how to speed-read you may want to test your comprehension and reading ability currently. Take notes on what you comprehend from your reading, as well as time self while reading. Keep fresh charts handy and each day test self again to see your progress. If you notice progress likely, it will inspire you to continue. On the other hand, if you do not see progress, do not worry, since you may need more time.

The first thing you can do is outline a progress chart. We can provide you an example below to help you achieve a visual. Notice you will start timing reading practices per second, while gradually working up to minutes. Use the 7080 division strategy to calculate the minutes you read. You will also record your comprehension level on a scale one to 10.

Progress Profile Chart: (Seconds per count) Words per minute (comprehension)
Reading Sample One:

While starting your progress check, write down five books you have always wanted to read. Go to the library and check out the books while pretending that you are under testing. That is, tell self that to pass a test you must finish the books in x amount of time. Conjure up a consequence, e.g. if I fail to read the books in x amount of time, I will fail the test.

Next, add to the list of five books. What subject has interested you, in which you desired to learn more about the topic? For instance, I want to learn how I can reduce stress in 10 minutes. Through the week, take time to discover material that will help you learn more about stress. While you are at the library you may want to look up “Ten Minute, Stress Relief,” by Erica Brealey.

If you prefer another topic, pick your choice and learn about it. The logic is to increase your understanding and comprehension level while setting the goal to read faster.





Now you can start. Keep a pen handy with your profile chart at your side while reading and do not forget to score your findings. You will also need a stopwatch so that you can set a time to read.

Quick tip:
True speed-readers rarely read each detail in a sentence.

Sample:
Dr. Art Ulene and his wife Val discovered new information relating to Vitamins and the strategies to take vitamins, including how the vitamins work, which vitamins you should take, and how much vitamins your body needs to function properly.

Speed reader comprehension:
The Ulenes' discovered helpful information that we should learn regarding vitamins. While we can dig up a few more bones from the sentence, the speed-reader would have picked through the information to discover familiar words that helps them to find meaning.