| Sure, you may not read things as fast as you'd | | | | Incidentally, if you don't understand something the |
| like. But is it really possible to at least double your | | | | first time you read it, the chances are that the |
| reading speed? | | | | author will re-explain it again later in whatever it is |
| That's the claim made by many of the speed | | | | you are reading. In fact, most things get explained |
| reading programs on the market. Some systems | | | | several times in the course of an article let alone |
| (such as photo reading) claim that you can read | | | | a book, so don't panic if something doesn't make |
| at about a page a second, but most speed | | | | sense at first, it probably will make sense later. |
| reading systems aim to just help you read faster. | | | | The easiest way to stop losing your place as you |
| So, why speed reading? | | | | read is to use a finger or a pen or a pencil to |
| Our reading speed - or lack of it - probably goes | | | | trace the words as you go along. A bit like the |
| back to when we first started to read. Most of | | | | way a karaoke machine works... |
| us read things "out loud" in our head. Some of us | | | | Tracing the words as you read them effects |
| even move our lips as we're reading. | | | | your reading speed positively because you don't |
| In order to speed read, you first need to get out | | | | go back and read words or even whole |
| of the habit of reading every word "out loud" in | | | | paragraphs or pages. Which is what often tends |
| your head. You can practice this easily enough - | | | | to happen when we're reading. |
| just read some paragraphs and if you catch your | | | | You can also gradually increase your reading |
| lips moving, stop them from doing so! | | | | speed simply by tracing along the words a bit |
| Next up, we tend to re-read things. Maybe you | | | | faster. |
| weren't sure exactly what something meant, | | | | Try these simple tricks and you'll be surprised by |
| maybe you just lost your place. For whatever | | | | just how much they can improve the speed you |
| reason, re-reading stuff slows us down. | | | | read at. |