| Speed reading is a necessity, a skill that is needed | | | | idea or concept, because you will have a clear |
| to compete in this modern world, when | | | | idea of what you need, you will know what you |
| information intake is a significant advantage in any | | | | do not need, allowing you to overlook, and sort |
| job requirement. Many people believe that in order | | | | out the insignificant information in the text. |
| to improve their reading skills they should focus | | | | When hitting an important part of the text, like |
| on reading speed increase in order to improve | | | | the results of a research, evidence or conclusions, |
| their reading skills. The focus on reading speed | | | | anything that is important in the text itself, try |
| only takes energy away from the main task at | | | | and adjust your reading speed, try and focus on |
| hand, understanding and comprehending the text | | | | the part that is important, changing the speed will |
| you are reading, so instead of concentrating on | | | | increase your attention to it and will allow you to |
| the speed in which you read you better focus on | | | | pay more attention to crucial details you may |
| the reading, and as you improve you skills in | | | | need later. Increasing the reading focus is also |
| reading you will probably find that you have | | | | called reading "consciously" so that the reader |
| increased your reading speed. | | | | increases concentration to match the level of |
| Reading comprehension may sound like something | | | | importance he attributes to the text. |
| back from the school days, but it is actually the | | | | This conscious reading also allows the reader to |
| main purpose of any kind of reading at all, even if | | | | mark particular sections of the text thus alerting |
| this particular reading assignment is not what you | | | | the brain to focus on these parts, and |
| would normally do, and you keep thinking to | | | | encouraging better information recall. To read |
| yourself that you want this article to end, you will | | | | efficiently the efficient reader also reads bigger |
| achieve much more by reading and understanding | | | | chunks of text, not individual words and phrases. |
| the text than just browsing and going for speed, | | | | Efficient readers also use a word template, its |
| only to realize that you do not know anything | | | | visual sign, as a marker, going over it without |
| about this text once you are done reading. At | | | | reading it, when they prepare to read the text, |
| that phase you will be sorry you didn't pay | | | | they start to think of this sign as visual thing, not |
| attention to the content and understand that you | | | | a word to be read each time they see it, so they |
| have to go over this text again, thus not only | | | | save themselves time by not having to read the |
| failing to get a better reading speed, not even | | | | word usually most frequently appearing in the |
| getting to the point of the matter. | | | | text before them (imagine you will do this on this |
| So, when you have a reading assignment and you | | | | article, signing out "read" speed" and "reading"). |
| want to practice your speed reading techniques, | | | | On the next article we will look at speed reading |
| you should have a task, a purpose, a clear idea | | | | practice, how to practice it and when is it a good |
| what you need and what you expect to get out | | | | thing to do, I hope this information helped you |
| of this text. Getting to a main concept on the | | | | increase your knowledge of speed reading. |
| text, or an idea, you can efficiently visualize the | | | | |