| Before I start, I would like to apologize for my | | | | visualize larger blocks of words in short time. |
| poor English. I hope you can understand | | | | Practice enables good readers to increase number |
| everything I have to say, because my lessons | | | | of words in blocks to read at once. Then time |
| here are very useful. Recognizing bad reading | | | | spent on reading those blocks is also reduced to |
| habits is a big deal! | | | | increases speed of reading. Some people have |
| Poor readers spend a lot of time on reading small | | | | bad reading habits of articulation, irregular |
| documents and their comprehension level is also | | | | movement of eyes and rereading words, which |
| very low. It is impossible for them to read faster | | | | make them poor readers. |
| because if they try to read faster then they | | | | A poor reader can use his finger, pencil or a piece |
| would be unable to understand meanings of the | | | | of paper to avoid the habit of rereading a line or |
| text. Memory, sight, thinking power, visualization | | | | word again and again. It will make the motion of |
| and time spend in reading blocks of words is very | | | | your eyes smooth and forward which will help |
| important factors, which can make a poor reader | | | | you to read faster. The speed of your reading will |
| faster one. There may be many reasons which | | | | closely match the speed of the movement of the |
| are caused of poor reading. Some of the | | | | pencil or your finger. |
| common reasons of poor readers are given here. | | | | Reading aloud is also a habit of poor readers |
| Poor readers loose flow and move their eyes | | | | because they spend too much time on |
| back and forward again and again which takes | | | | pronouncing words. If a word is mispronounced |
| more time than normal. It not only increases the | | | | then they correct it which is a time consuming |
| time but the understanding and comprehension of | | | | exercise. Poor readers can read silently to |
| the reader is also affected. Poor readers avoid | | | | increase speed of reading but reading aloud would |
| reading documents and it is a tough work for | | | | take sufficient time for reading. In start students |
| them to read. They are unable to understand and | | | | learn to read by reading aloud but after acquiring |
| concentrate on written information. The | | | | sufficient skill they read silently to increase speed |
| consumption of time on reading and irregular | | | | of reading. The recognition of words is also |
| movement of eyes on text is a bore thing for | | | | important to read faster because if a reader |
| them. If a reader has weak memory then it | | | | doesn't have good recognition of words then he |
| becomes difficult for him to retain those words in | | | | would spend much time on reading small |
| memory for more time so he has to move his | | | | documents. On the other hand a good reader |
| eyes back again and again due to which his | | | | who has good memory and recognition power will |
| comprehension is also affected. A reader whose | | | | read those words in less time and comprehend |
| eyesight is not good also spends more time on | | | | them easily. So fast reading is a combination of |
| reading as compare to those readers who have | | | | good eyesight, regular eye movement, making |
| good eyesight. | | | | larger blocks of words, spending short time in |
| Some readers read faster because their | | | | reading those blocks, reading silently and having |
| visualization and memory is very good; they can | | | | strong recognition power. |