| Are you one of the slow readers in your class? | | | | concentration and comprehension. For students, all |
| You do not have to worry about this because | | | | the reading materials are important. So that you |
| there are various speed reading speed tips that | | | | not will juggle things up, you can prioritize the |
| you can try to enhance your skills. First on the list | | | | materials and classify them according to |
| is to determine what are the things that you | | | | importance - from the most important, fairly |
| need to know. You can formulate the questions | | | | important, and least important. |
| so that it would be easy for you to look for | | | | Other practical reading habit that you should try is |
| answers. Look for key words in the text. | | | | staying in an appropriate environment, skimming |
| Sometimes they are italicized, bolded, or | | | | the text before reading, read with purpose, and |
| underlined. The key words may be single or long | | | | time yourself. Let me explain each. Most |
| tail. | | | | teenagers nowadays are very abusive to their |
| There are times that the passages are difficult to | | | | health especially to their eyes. Because they are |
| understand. In this case you do not have to read | | | | too tired from their school activities. They read |
| the entire passage. What you need to do is to | | | | their books while lying down. Some of them read |
| understand the meaning of the phrases. It is just | | | | in very low light. These practices can damage the |
| like getting the meaning through context clues. If | | | | eyes - and you do not want this to happen. |
| there are images in the text that you are reading, | | | | Better read your lessons in broad daylight or with |
| try to examine them as well. They may be helpful | | | | right luminosity. |
| in understanding the text. When you start to | | | | Many also thought that skimming is a waste of |
| read, make sure that you have with you a | | | | time. But what is more wasteful, skimming before |
| pointer or a card. You will use this to guide your | | | | reading or reading the entire text that does not |
| eyes. This will prevent you from reading back the | | | | answer your questions? This is the common fault |
| sentences. | | | | of students. They immediately read without |
| It also helpful if you stay in a peaceful place | | | | checking the material whether it is useful or not. |
| where there is less noise and distractions. The | | | | What about reading with purpose? Sometimes, |
| best place to read and to study is the library. You | | | | you get board from school and you want to |
| will have a peace of mind and your concentration | | | | unwind or relax yourself. You think of your |
| is fully directed to the material. It is also helpful if | | | | magazine, but instead of just reading it out of |
| you are going to read first thing in the morning. A | | | | nowhere, think of some things that you want to |
| lot of speed readers can attest to this. They | | | | learn from it. You can always time your speed |
| have increased their reading speed the moment | | | | reading speed anytime so that you will get used |
| they start to read early. They say their brains are | | | | to read under pressure - but make sure to |
| not yet exhausted so they have a better | | | | comprehend the entire text. |