| Technology has been constantly improving over | | | | sub-vocalizing them, you can move onto words. |
| the past centuries. Developments such as | | | | Try reading the words in a piece of text without |
| computers and television have brought almost real | | | | saying them inside your head. This is easier for |
| time information about the world at the tips of | | | | words that you are already familiar with. Focus on |
| our fingers. Unfortunately, we're only humans and | | | | what the word means and move on to the next |
| most of us have to struggle to absorb even just | | | | word. With a bit of time and practice, you'll soon |
| a fraction of all the information we come across | | | | get the hang of it. |
| everyday. Boosting one's reading speed is one of | | | | Shifting your focus |
| the most effective ways of coping with this | | | | Another effective fast reading skills exercise |
| information bottleneck. The best way to improve | | | | involves shifting the focus of your eyes when |
| your reading skills is by practice and doing regular | | | | reading. Look for a piece of text you can start |
| speed reading exercises. | | | | practising on. Find the first sentence and focus on |
| There are a lot of speed reading exercises out | | | | the central part of the sentence. Read without |
| there and knowing which ones to try can be a | | | | sub-vocalizing while using your peripheral vision to |
| daunting process. Here are some of the most | | | | read the whole sentence faster. This will take |
| effective speed reading exercises which have | | | | practice and the process becomes easier over |
| already been proven to help increase reading | | | | time. |
| speeds. | | | | When you have mastered this speed reading |
| Eliminating Sub-Vocalization | | | | exercise, try reading whole chunks of a paragraph |
| Most of us read words by saying them inside our | | | | by focusing your eyes in the middle and reading |
| heads. Although this was good enough a few | | | | the sentences using the entire range of your |
| decades ago, saying the words in our heads leads | | | | vision. |
| to a slower reading pace. An effective speed | | | | So, do you want to read faster? Exercise these |
| reading exercise to get rid of the nasty habit of | | | | methods. |
| sub-vocalizing involves reading a piece of text | | | | These exercises will boost your reading and |
| letter by letter. Try reading one letter after | | | | comprehension speed. |
| another without vocalizing the letter in your head. | | | | Don't forget to make some comprehension tests |
| Once you get the habit of reading letters without | | | | after you implement these methods. |