January 18, 2008
Speed Reading Techniques for Instantaneous Knowledge
Ever wonder how some people seem able to process reams of information in a short time period? How they speed through novels in the time it takes you to flip through a magazine?
The trick used by anyone whose work involves working through tremendous amounts of information is simply speed reading. It’s a skill anyone can use. If you’re tired of plodding through one article after another, and compiling summaries at a snail’s pace, then why not learn speed reading?
There are a few simple speed reading techniques that anyone can use to increase their ability to comprehend the essence of written material in a short period of time. Here are just a few speed reading tips:
1. Geometric progression
If you’re constantly learning to raise the quantity of information you process at a time, you can increase the speed of your reading exponentially. Perhaps, when reading normally, you can see and comprehend a maximum of five words at a time. If you simple double that amount, to ten words processed in a single glance, and multiply that over the length of an entire book, the speed of your reading will surprise you.
2. Time yourself
Have you ever calculated how long you need to read a typical sentence? If you take a moment to measure your average time, you can begin to work on decreasing that total, trimming one second after another, until at last you’ll be making real progress.
3. Read, read, and read!
This point should be obvious, but it bears repeating! The only way to learn how to do anything is by practicing. That goes for any physical activity, and it applies to mental skills as well. The only way to speed your reading time is by reading, reading, and reading. And read with a purpose. Constantly time and evaluate your performance. See how long it takes to read through a typical article, or hundred-page book. Paying attention to things like this will help you gauge your progress.
4. Keep plowing ahead
Many people tend to slow their reading pace by constantly wandering back to the previous sentence, reviewing it, possible many times. Obviously, becoming mired down in any one sentence can drastically cut the pace of your reading. Don’t tend to focus on any one sentence; learn to appreciate instead the general thrust of what you’re reading. Follow its arguments, not its details. Use a pencil tip or bookmark to help you scan the text, and make sure it’s always moving forward, at as fast a rate as possible.
5. Seek professional help
Exercises for speed reading can be used profitably by anyone, at home or work. But if you’re serious about becoming an expert reader, professional classes and services are available as well. If time is of the essence, turn to the experts to learn speed reading.
Speed reading isn’t something we’re born with; it’s simply a technical skill. As with any physical ability, reading is a mental faculty that can be trained, exercised, and constantly improved.
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MIGUEL LOPEZ
@ 1:14 am
Hi, I am from Mexico, I live in Queretaro to 3 hrs from Mexico city and I like it your page because I took a course , here on Queretaro the last year and I feeled that help me very much mainly in english lectures bacause I am medical doctor in Orthopedic and I need it very much and I like it very much to know about Your speed reading
Thank you very much
Ajay
@ 8:16 am
Awesome and thanks for sharing
Kaled Asmri
@ 4:12 am
Hi Miguel… welcome, happy to hear that.
Ajay… Thanks a lot.
ayyappan @ 7:39 am
very nice
faizi
@ 9:03 am
hey i live in pakistan and i am very thankfull to u that you give me a tip its my pleasure
Grace
@ 2:14 pm
Thanks for the tip, it is of much help. I am from Jamaica and I am presently doing a Primary Education Course and it involves a lot of reading, especially in the Reading Courses. Thanks.
Tsetsgee
@ 12:55 pm
Thank you for the tip. It is very useful for me.
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@ 8:18 am
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Kaled Asmri
@ 10:36 pm
Hey saqib… I found your email in my list.
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IPAN SUSANTO
@ 4:35 am
hi bro…,thanks so much for your tip,its very help me,coz for a long time ago i dont know how to comfortable rad,but i was finding from you,once more, i say that thank you.
hny11
@ 9:43 pm
Hi Kaled,
I work as a teacher in a secondary school. recently our topic has been communication, and somehow we turned out at speed reading. my students seem to be exaggerated to know about it - they hope it will help them at the exam period. so, do you have ideas that can be put in practice even in front of a class? I would be really grateful - they are so curious and I cannot give them any good practical thoughts. we need something that can show an instant result - of course, it is enough for a shorter text.
looking forward to your answer,
hny
Kaled Asmri
@ 4:19 pm
Hi hny11,
I attended a speed-reading course 3 years ago!
I can’t recall what kind of exercises we did. However, it was personal paper tests not in groups. Here are some websites you can pull some ideas from:
http://www.bangor.ac.uk/~mas009/neurogym/speed.htm
http://www.blockreading.com/speedreading
Then, after doing some exercises & tests; you can use the article above as a guide to raise your students’ speed-reading skill.
Anyone is welcome to add to the list, just to make it better for hny11
Hope that help.
hossein
@ 6:09 pm
i am eager to listen to it.
hny11
@ 8:47 pm
thank you. as soon as I can place some practice in my lessons, I will report my experience.
Kaled Asmri
@ 9:10 pm
OK… good luck.
s.k.yshanavi
@ 6:11 pm
hi,
the tips posted here are really good,its been quite informative.. i wish there are few more tips put in,so that its of great help for us..
its a gud job sir
thankyou
Tichaona
@ 1:58 pm
The items posted here are very good. I hope to practice daily because HEY, the amount of reading I have to do is killing me.
Kaled Asmri
@ 8:32 pm
I don’t know… but sometimes I read for enjoyment. I hold the book and start reading s.l.o.w.l.y!
Practiclly, we need to develop this skill. I use it when I research or reading on the web.
eldhose
@ 7:32 am
it was realy helpfull and intresting
Emmy
@ 11:38 am
Nice article,yet perfectionists may think that whatever they do,they never read enough. We must just keep on trying.
James
@ 2:04 am
I’ve found that speed reading software is a great way to push yourself to read faster.
rosedragon
@ 5:13 pm
Note that the numbers of hard words and author’s write style can influence your speed rate. I believe the core formula for speed reading is to train yourself reading everyday.
Henry
@ 3:43 pm
Hi
I tried ot log into this site as a user but have problems. Does anyone else?
http://www.blockreading.com/speedreading
Regards