Are You Reading Too Slow? Tips to Read Faster and Increase Memory

1. Stop vocalization. This entails quietening the				intense, because the readers must allow himself
voice in our minds that we were taught to				herself to be drawn into the thought process of
pronounce phonetically each word that is read.				the writer, connecting with their feelings and less
This is probably the most challenging segment of				with what is written.
this exercise. It demands a conscious effort to still				4. Throughout the whole process it will be
our inner voice and maintain the confidence that				important to measure ones reading speed by so
we are still understanding. Even with a lot of				much words per minute. Then there is the
practice, vocalization will probably not be totally be				effective reading rate or ERR which takes into
eliminated but it must of necessity be drastically				consideration the level of comprehension.
reduced.				5. As we become more technical competent in
2. Master the technique known as eye fixation				eye fixation it becomes quite easy to browse
whereby clumps of 2-5 words are taken in a				vertically, horizontally as well across the page and
single eye movement rather than an eye				grasp the picture of the writers thoughts. There is
movement for each word. This is not at all				nothing more dramatic in demonstrating the
difficult and with a few practice exercise it				power of eye fixation and taking in clumps of
becomes amazingly simple and achievable.				words than an exercise in reading jumbled words.
3. To read in clumps of words however is more				It was absolutely awesome.

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