| When it comes to doing exercises for speed | | | | business person you should be able to read |
| reading, people often say that they need a | | | | reports, e-mails, regular mail and professional |
| course in speed reading but they don't have time | | | | journals two to four times faster than you are |
| to take it because of the great amount of | | | | doing right now, when you you do the exercises |
| reading they already have to do. From the | | | | for speed-reading. |
| morning newspaper to combining through endless | | | | Consistently doing exercises for speed-reading |
| e-mails, many of us are drowning in information. If | | | | everyday, will allow you not only to learn to read |
| too much reading is keeping you from becoming a | | | | faster, but also learn how to read better. This |
| speed reader, maybe you should reconsider. | | | | means how to get better comprehension when |
| Although initial exercises for speed-reading may | | | | you read, how to remember what you read, how |
| entail extra time at first, within two weeks you | | | | to determine your purpose for reading different |
| should be reading fast enough to practice not only | | | | types of material, and how to concentrate better. |
| rapid reading but to read or study your required | | | | Reading is a very complex skill and there are |
| material as well. So if you don't have the time to | | | | many new things to find out about it. Whatever |
| do both, now is the time to learn speed reading. | | | | your reading needs, if you apply yourself to the |
| Doing exercises for speed reading and learning the | | | | audio lesson provided later, you will begin to |
| skills of efficient reading is relatively simple. Just | | | | improve immediately, and, within a few weeks, |
| listen to the audio program introduced later in this | | | | become not only a very fast reader but an |
| article and do the exercises for speed-reading | | | | efficient one as well. |
| presented in the program, and after the first few | | | | When it comes to speed-reading, the first thing |
| weeks, which will go by very quickly, you will gain | | | | you should do is test yourself and evaluate your |
| much skill in fast reading | | | | current reading abilities. This means establishing |
| If you apply yourself consistently and do the | | | | your beginning reading rate, and how much you |
| exercises for speed-reading, you'll be reading at | | | | can retain of what you have read. |
| least 10% faster and probably much more than | | | | Before you begin your exercises for |
| you are right now. Of course as you learn to read | | | | speed-reading, you should know why you read |
| faster, you will speed through faster in your | | | | slowly. First you must know something about how |
| everyday reading as well. | | | | your eyes work when you read. The eyes are |
| Speed-reading is not a difficult skill to learn. Most | | | | constantly moving around in little jerk movements. |
| of the learning we do as adults is considered | | | | In order to see something, it is important for |
| conceptual learning, that is quite different from | | | | your eyes to stop and fixate on an object for a |
| developing a skill. Conceptual learning is mainly a | | | | brief moment in order to register an impression. |
| process of developing an understanding of the | | | | It's somewhat like taking a picture with a camera. |
| subject which can be often done through listening | | | | Up until now you have been taught to read one |
| or reading. This is primarily intellectual. In | | | | word at a time, which means the rate of about |
| developing a skill like speed-reading and in | | | | 240 words per minute on average. This is |
| performing speed-reading exercises, there is also | | | | because your eyes need a quarter of a second |
| an understanding, but this understanding must be | | | | to fixate on an object. So, if you read one word |
| coupled with practice of what you're learning. | | | | at a time, like you were taught to do in school, |
| When doing speed-reading exercises, it is generally | | | | you read one word every quarter of a second. |
| best to practice a little bit every day. If you try | | | | With a little bit of math, that comes to four |
| to learn it all at once you may wind up | | | | words per second or about 240 words per |
| understanding how it is done, but not be able to | | | | minute for the average reader. |
| do it very well. To get the most out of the speed | | | | But that's not all, it's more than likely that in reality |
| reading audio program presented later in this | | | | you read fewer than 240 words per minute. As |
| article, I suggest that you listen to it at least once | | | | an average reader, you probably make many |
| every day. It is often hard to start learning a new | | | | regressions, that is looking back at words 10 to 11 |
| skill. We tend to put it off until later in the day, | | | | times for every 100 words read. So this means |
| especially when you first start learning exercises | | | | your actual average reading rate is about 215 |
| for speed-reading. So setting a definite time aside | | | | words a minute. These unconscious reading |
| each day to practicing your speed-reading reading | | | | regressions exist because poor habits were |
| is imperative. | | | | formed when you first learn to read in school. |
| By doing exercises for speed-reading every day, | | | | When you follow the exercises for speed-reading |
| for the most difficult type of reading, such as | | | | offered in the audio program prsented at our |
| technical or study reading, the average student | | | | website, you will learn how to eliminate this habit |
| should be able to cut one third to one half the | | | | shortly and immediately increasing your reading |
| time from her studying and understanding the | | | | rate. |
| material much better. If you are a professional or | | | | |