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How to Train Yourself to Speed Read

HOW TO TRAIN YOURSELF TO SPEED READ

5,000 WORDS PER MINUTE

50 WORDS PER MINUTE

HOW TO TRAIN YOURSELF TO READ FASTER

Speed reading boasts a big business. Corporations of all stripes host training seminars and courses, offer speed reading packages, and patent computer programs on the subject. But if your business is looking to bolster the reading speed and retention of its employees, look no further. Here are some simple steps you can take to increase your reading speed as well as retention for your employees, without spending a dime on seminars. However, we do recommend you take it slow the first time.

CHAMPIONSHIP SPEED READING CONTESTANTS TYPICALLY READ 1,000 TO 2,000 WORDS PER MINUTE

MANAGING ABOUT 50% COMPREHENSION.

SIX-TIME WORLD CHAMPION ANNE JONES READ HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS IN 47 MINUTES AND 1 SECOND IN 2007. THAT'S 4,251 WORDS PER MINUTE.

IN 1990, HOWARD STEPHEN BERG EARNED THE GUINNESS BOOK TITLE OF "WORLD'S FASTEST READER." HE READ AT A RATE OF 25,000 WORDS PER MINUTE.

THE AVERAGE READER READS AT THE FOLLOWING RATES FOR EACH TECHNIQUE

MEMORIZATION: 100 WPM
LEARNING: 100-200 WPM
COMPREHENSION: 200-400 WPM
SKIMMING: 400-700 WPM

READ IT & WEEP!
HERE ARE SOME TIPS TO INCREASE YOUR READING SPEED.

TIME YOUR READING
If you want to be a faster reader, you need to know your starting pace so that you can measure your progress. Have a practice book in hand, then take out a stopwatch and determine how long it takes you to read a standard page. Then, time yourself for a minute and see how far you get.

ELIMINATE DISTRACTIONS
Music, people, television -- these are distraction that do not provide prime conditions for speed reading; or any reading for that matter. Turn off your TV and close your laptop. Only a dead quiet room (with a comfortable seat) can provide the necessary conditions for productive reading.

DETERMINE YOUR PURPOSE -- AND ADJUST
If you know what you're looking for, then it'll be easier to find. Classic literature, or fiction of any kind, might prove difficult to speed read because you will almost certainly be missing out on the nuances of the story if you do. If you need to, you can probably identify major plot points fairly quickly. With nonfiction texts, you might be looking for dates and terms. Perhaps you'll need to teach the text later, or write a review. Whatever your purpose is, keeping it in the back of your mind will help greatly with the next few steps.

PRE-READ
Most books have fillers, intros, prefaces, etc.; you can skip over these. Skim the book for its necessary parts: Index, table of contents, terms in bold or highlighted print, section heading, specific patterns, and chapters/titles. Mark these places with a pen, or dog-ear important pages. Then, when you set out to do your reading, you'll already know where all the hotspots are.

DON'T RE-READ
Resist this urge! Try not to re-read any words that you just passed over. Many people skip to the line before to double-check the meaning of the just-read sentence. Train yourself to curb the eye-darting back and forth; you'll read and retain information much faster, and at the same time. If you need help with this, cover previous words with an index card or small piece of paper.

USE YOUR FINGER
While it might seem like a habit best left to elementary school-aged readers, using your hands to guide your reading will keep your eyes moving forward. Called a "tracking member," leading with your finger can regulate your pace.

DON'T READ TO YOURSELF
You may notice it, but you're probably sounding out the words in your head or muttering them to yourself as you read. This is called "subvocalizing" and it slows you down tremendously. Try to be conscious of it, and let your eyes, rather than your ears, drink in the material.

KEEP TIMING YOURSELF
Once you've practiced your techniques for a little while, try to time yourself once a week. Keep track of your improvements in a journal or spreadsheet, and make adjustments to your training if necessary.

mindflash.com RE AD HOW TO TRAIN YOURSELF TO SPEED 5,000 WORDS PER MINUTE 50 WORDS PER MINUTE HOW TO TRAIN YOURSELF TO READ FASTER Speed reading boasts a big business. Corporations of all stripes host training seminars and courses, offer speed reading packages, and patent computer programs on the subject. But if your business is looking to bolster the reading speed and retention of its employees, look no further. Here are some simple steps you can take to increase your reading speed as well as retention for your employees, without spending a dime on seminars. However, we do recommend you take it slow the first time. CHAMPIONSHIP SPEED READING MANAGING ABOUT 50% CONTESTANTS TYPICALLY READ 1,000 TO 2,000 WORDS PER MINUTE COMPREHENSION. SIX-TIME WORLD CHAMPION ANNE JONES READ HARRY POTTER AND IN 1990, HOWARD STEPHEN BERG EARNED THE GUINNESS THE DEATHLY HALLOWS IN 47 MINUTES AND 1 SECOND IN 2007 BOOK TITLE OF "WORLD'S FASTEST READER." HE READ AT A THAT'S 4,251 WORDS PER MINUTE. RATE OF 25,000 WORDS PER MINUTE. THE AVERAGE READER READS AT THE FOLLOWING RATES FOR EACH TECHNIQUE MEMORIZATION: 100 WPM LEARNING: 100-200 WPM COMPREHENSION: 200-400 WPM SKIMMING: 400-700 WPM READ IT & WEEP! HERE ARE SOME TIPS TO INCREASE YOUR READING SPEED. TIME YOUR READING 中 If you want to be a faster reader, you need to know your starting pace so that you can measure your progress. Have a practice book in hand, then take out a stopwatch and determine how long it takes you to read a standard page. Then, time yourself for a minute and see how far you get. ELIMINATE DISTRACTIONS Music, people, television -- these are distractions that do not provide prime conditions for speed reading; or any reading for that matter. Turn off your TV and close your laptop. Only a dead quiet room (with a comfortable seat) can provide the necessary conditions for productive reading. DETERMINE YOUR PURPOSE -- AND ADJUST If you know what you're looking for, then it'll be easier to find. Classic literature, or fiction of any kind, might prove difficult to speed read because you will almost certainly be missing out on the nuances of the story if you do. If you need to, you can probably identify major plot points fairly quickly. With nonfiction texts, you might be looking for dates and terms. Perhaps you'll need to teach the text later, or write a review. Whatever your purpose is, keeping it in the back of your mind will help greatly with the next few steps. PRE-READ Most books have fillers, intros, prefaces, etc.; you can skip over these. Skim the book for its necessary parts: Index, table of contents, terms in bold or highlighted print, section headings, specific patterns, and chapters/titles. Mark these places with a pen, or dog-ear important pages. Then, when you set out to do your reading, you'll already know where all the hotspots are. DON'T RE-READ Resist this urge! Try not to re-read any words that you just passed over. Many people skip to the line before to double-check the meaning of the just-read sentence. Train yourself to curb the eye-darting back and forth; you'll read and retain information much faster, and at the same time. If you need help with this, cover previous words with an index card or small piece of paper. USE YOUR FINGER While it might seem like a habit I to guide your reading will keep your eyes moving forward. Called a "tracking member," leading with your finger can regulate your pace. t left to elementary school-aged readers, using your hands DON'T READ TO YOURSELF You may not notice it, but you're probably sounding out the words in your head or muttering them to yourself as you read. This is called "subvocalizing" and it slows you down tremendously. Try to be conscious of it, and let your eyes, rather than your ears, drink in the material. KEEP TIMING YOURSELF Once you've practiced your techniques for a little while, try to time yourself once a week. Keep track of your improvements in a journal or spreadsheet, and make adjustments to your training if necessary. mindflash.com SOURCES: LIFEHACKER, BBC, WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY RE AD HOW TO TRAIN YOURSELF TO SPEED 5,000 WORDS PER MINUTE 50 WORDS PER MINUTE HOW TO TRAIN YOURSELF TO READ FASTER Speed reading boasts a big business. Corporations of all stripes host training seminars and courses, offer speed reading packages, and patent computer programs on the subject. But if your business is looking to bolster the reading speed and retention of its employees, look no further. Here are some simple steps you can take to increase your reading speed as well as retention for your employees, without spending a dime on seminars. However, we do recommend you take it slow the first time. CHAMPIONSHIP SPEED READING MANAGING ABOUT 50% CONTESTANTS TYPICALLY READ 1,000 TO 2,000 WORDS PER MINUTE COMPREHENSION. SIX-TIME WORLD CHAMPION ANNE JONES READ HARRY POTTER AND IN 1990, HOWARD STEPHEN BERG EARNED THE GUINNESS THE DEATHLY HALLOWS IN 47 MINUTES AND 1 SECOND IN 2007 BOOK TITLE OF "WORLD'S FASTEST READER." HE READ AT A THAT'S 4,251 WORDS PER MINUTE. RATE OF 25,000 WORDS PER MINUTE. THE AVERAGE READER READS AT THE FOLLOWING RATES FOR EACH TECHNIQUE MEMORIZATION: 100 WPM LEARNING: 100-200 WPM COMPREHENSION: 200-400 WPM SKIMMING: 400-700 WPM READ IT & WEEP! HERE ARE SOME TIPS TO INCREASE YOUR READING SPEED. TIME YOUR READING 中 If you want to be a faster reader, you need to know your starting pace so that you can measure your progress. Have a practice book in hand, then take out a stopwatch and determine how long it takes you to read a standard page. Then, time yourself for a minute and see how far you get. ELIMINATE DISTRACTIONS Music, people, television -- these are distractions that do not provide prime conditions for speed reading; or any reading for that matter. Turn off your TV and close your laptop. Only a dead quiet room (with a comfortable seat) can provide the necessary conditions for productive reading. DETERMINE YOUR PURPOSE -- AND ADJUST If you know what you're looking for, then it'll be easier to find. Classic literature, or fiction of any kind, might prove difficult to speed read because you will almost certainly be missing out on the nuances of the story if you do. If you need to, you can probably identify major plot points fairly quickly. With nonfiction texts, you might be looking for dates and terms. Perhaps you'll need to teach the text later, or write a review. Whatever your purpose is, keeping it in the back of your mind will help greatly with the next few steps. PRE-READ Most books have fillers, intros, prefaces, etc.; you can skip over these. Skim the book for its necessary parts: Index, table of contents, terms in bold or highlighted print, section headings, specific patterns, and chapters/titles. Mark these places with a pen, or dog-ear important pages. Then, when you set out to do your reading, you'll already know where all the hotspots are. DON'T RE-READ Resist this urge! Try not to re-read any words that you just passed over. Many people skip to the line before to double-check the meaning of the just-read sentence. Train yourself to curb the eye-darting back and forth; you'll read and retain information much faster, and at the same time. If you need help with this, cover previous words with an index card or small piece of paper. USE YOUR FINGER While it might seem like a habit I to guide your reading will keep your eyes moving forward. Called a "tracking member," leading with your finger can regulate your pace. t left to elementary school-aged readers, using your hands DON'T READ TO YOURSELF You may not notice it, but you're probably sounding out the words in your head or muttering them to yourself as you read. This is called "subvocalizing" and it slows you down tremendously. Try to be conscious of it, and let your eyes, rather than your ears, drink in the material. KEEP TIMING YOURSELF Once you've practiced your techniques for a little while, try to time yourself once a week. Keep track of your improvements in a journal or spreadsheet, and make adjustments to your training if necessary. mindflash.com SOURCES: LIFEHACKER, BBC, WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY RE AD HOW TO TRAIN YOURSELF TO SPEED 5,000 WORDS PER MINUTE 50 WORDS PER MINUTE HOW TO TRAIN YOURSELF TO READ FASTER Speed reading boasts a big business. Corporations of all stripes host training seminars and courses, offer speed reading packages, and patent computer programs on the subject. But if your business is looking to bolster the reading speed and retention of its employees, look no further. Here are some simple steps you can take to increase your reading speed as well as retention for your employees, without spending a dime on seminars. However, we do recommend you take it slow the first time. CHAMPIONSHIP SPEED READING MANAGING ABOUT 50% CONTESTANTS TYPICALLY READ 1,000 TO 2,000 WORDS PER MINUTE COMPREHENSION. SIX-TIME WORLD CHAMPION ANNE JONES READ HARRY POTTER AND IN 1990, HOWARD STEPHEN BERG EARNED THE GUINNESS THE DEATHLY HALLOWS IN 47 MINUTES AND 1 SECOND IN 2007 BOOK TITLE OF "WORLD'S FASTEST READER." HE READ AT A THAT'S 4,251 WORDS PER MINUTE. RATE OF 25,000 WORDS PER MINUTE. THE AVERAGE READER READS AT THE FOLLOWING RATES FOR EACH TECHNIQUE MEMORIZATION: 100 WPM LEARNING: 100-200 WPM COMPREHENSION: 200-400 WPM SKIMMING: 400-700 WPM READ IT & WEEP! HERE ARE SOME TIPS TO INCREASE YOUR READING SPEED. TIME YOUR READING 中 If you want to be a faster reader, you need to know your starting pace so that you can measure your progress. Have a practice book in hand, then take out a stopwatch and determine how long it takes you to read a standard page. Then, time yourself for a minute and see how far you get. ELIMINATE DISTRACTIONS Music, people, television -- these are distractions that do not provide prime conditions for speed reading; or any reading for that matter. Turn off your TV and close your laptop. Only a dead quiet room (with a comfortable seat) can provide the necessary conditions for productive reading. DETERMINE YOUR PURPOSE -- AND ADJUST If you know what you're looking for, then it'll be easier to find. Classic literature, or fiction of any kind, might prove difficult to speed read because you will almost certainly be missing out on the nuances of the story if you do. If you need to, you can probably identify major plot points fairly quickly. With nonfiction texts, you might be looking for dates and terms. Perhaps you'll need to teach the text later, or write a review. Whatever your purpose is, keeping it in the back of your mind will help greatly with the next few steps. PRE-READ Most books have fillers, intros, prefaces, etc.; you can skip over these. Skim the book for its necessary parts: Index, table of contents, terms in bold or highlighted print, section headings, specific patterns, and chapters/titles. Mark these places with a pen, or dog-ear important pages. Then, when you set out to do your reading, you'll already know where all the hotspots are. DON'T RE-READ Resist this urge! Try not to re-read any words that you just passed over. Many people skip to the line before to double-check the meaning of the just-read sentence. Train yourself to curb the eye-darting back and forth; you'll read and retain information much faster, and at the same time. If you need help with this, cover previous words with an index card or small piece of paper. USE YOUR FINGER While it might seem like a habit I to guide your reading will keep your eyes moving forward. Called a "tracking member," leading with your finger can regulate your pace. t left to elementary school-aged readers, using your hands DON'T READ TO YOURSELF You may not notice it, but you're probably sounding out the words in your head or muttering them to yourself as you read. This is called "subvocalizing" and it slows you down tremendously. Try to be conscious of it, and let your eyes, rather than your ears, drink in the material. KEEP TIMING YOURSELF Once you've practiced your techniques for a little while, try to time yourself once a week. Keep track of your improvements in a journal or spreadsheet, and make adjustments to your training if necessary. mindflash.com SOURCES: LIFEHACKER, BBC, WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY RE AD HOW TO TRAIN YOURSELF TO SPEED 5,000 WORDS PER MINUTE 50 WORDS PER MINUTE HOW TO TRAIN YOURSELF TO READ FASTER Speed reading boasts a big business. Corporations of all stripes host training seminars and courses, offer speed reading packages, and patent computer programs on the subject. But if your business is looking to bolster the reading speed and retention of its employees, look no further. Here are some simple steps you can take to increase your reading speed as well as retention for your employees, without spending a dime on seminars. However, we do recommend you take it slow the first time. CHAMPIONSHIP SPEED READING MANAGING ABOUT 50% CONTESTANTS TYPICALLY READ 1,000 TO 2,000 WORDS PER MINUTE COMPREHENSION. SIX-TIME WORLD CHAMPION ANNE JONES READ HARRY POTTER AND IN 1990, HOWARD STEPHEN BERG EARNED THE GUINNESS THE DEATHLY HALLOWS IN 47 MINUTES AND 1 SECOND IN 2007 BOOK TITLE OF "WORLD'S FASTEST READER." HE READ AT A THAT'S 4,251 WORDS PER MINUTE. RATE OF 25,000 WORDS PER MINUTE. THE AVERAGE READER READS AT THE FOLLOWING RATES FOR EACH TECHNIQUE MEMORIZATION: 100 WPM LEARNING: 100-200 WPM COMPREHENSION: 200-400 WPM SKIMMING: 400-700 WPM READ IT & WEEP! HERE ARE SOME TIPS TO INCREASE YOUR READING SPEED. TIME YOUR READING 中 If you want to be a faster reader, you need to know your starting pace so that you can measure your progress. Have a practice book in hand, then take out a stopwatch and determine how long it takes you to read a standard page. Then, time yourself for a minute and see how far you get. ELIMINATE DISTRACTIONS Music, people, television -- these are distractions that do not provide prime conditions for speed reading; or any reading for that matter. Turn off your TV and close your laptop. Only a dead quiet room (with a comfortable seat) can provide the necessary conditions for productive reading. DETERMINE YOUR PURPOSE -- AND ADJUST If you know what you're looking for, then it'll be easier to find. Classic literature, or fiction of any kind, might prove difficult to speed read because you will almost certainly be missing out on the nuances of the story if you do. If you need to, you can probably identify major plot points fairly quickly. With nonfiction texts, you might be looking for dates and terms. Perhaps you'll need to teach the text later, or write a review. Whatever your purpose is, keeping it in the back of your mind will help greatly with the next few steps. PRE-READ Most books have fillers, intros, prefaces, etc.; you can skip over these. Skim the book for its necessary parts: Index, table of contents, terms in bold or highlighted print, section headings, specific patterns, and chapters/titles. Mark these places with a pen, or dog-ear important pages. Then, when you set out to do your reading, you'll already know where all the hotspots are. DON'T RE-READ Resist this urge! Try not to re-read any words that you just passed over. Many people skip to the line before to double-check the meaning of the just-read sentence. Train yourself to curb the eye-darting back and forth; you'll read and retain information much faster, and at the same time. If you need help with this, cover previous words with an index card or small piece of paper. USE YOUR FINGER While it might seem like a habit I to guide your reading will keep your eyes moving forward. Called a "tracking member," leading with your finger can regulate your pace. t left to elementary school-aged readers, using your hands DON'T READ TO YOURSELF You may not notice it, but you're probably sounding out the words in your head or muttering them to yourself as you read. This is called "subvocalizing" and it slows you down tremendously. Try to be conscious of it, and let your eyes, rather than your ears, drink in the material. KEEP TIMING YOURSELF Once you've practiced your techniques for a little while, try to time yourself once a week. Keep track of your improvements in a journal or spreadsheet, and make adjustments to your training if necessary. mindflash.com SOURCES: LIFEHACKER, BBC, WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY RE AD HOW TO TRAIN YOURSELF TO SPEED 5,000 WORDS PER MINUTE 50 WORDS PER MINUTE HOW TO TRAIN YOURSELF TO READ FASTER Speed reading boasts a big business. Corporations of all stripes host training seminars and courses, offer speed reading packages, and patent computer programs on the subject. But if your business is looking to bolster the reading speed and retention of its employees, look no further. Here are some simple steps you can take to increase your reading speed as well as retention for your employees, without spending a dime on seminars. However, we do recommend you take it slow the first time. CHAMPIONSHIP SPEED READING MANAGING ABOUT 50% CONTESTANTS TYPICALLY READ 1,000 TO 2,000 WORDS PER MINUTE COMPREHENSION. SIX-TIME WORLD CHAMPION ANNE JONES READ HARRY POTTER AND IN 1990, HOWARD STEPHEN BERG EARNED THE GUINNESS THE DEATHLY HALLOWS IN 47 MINUTES AND 1 SECOND IN 2007 BOOK TITLE OF "WORLD'S FASTEST READER." HE READ AT A THAT'S 4,251 WORDS PER MINUTE. RATE OF 25,000 WORDS PER MINUTE. THE AVERAGE READER READS AT THE FOLLOWING RATES FOR EACH TECHNIQUE MEMORIZATION: 100 WPM LEARNING: 100-200 WPM COMPREHENSION: 200-400 WPM SKIMMING: 400-700 WPM READ IT & WEEP! HERE ARE SOME TIPS TO INCREASE YOUR READING SPEED. TIME YOUR READING 中 If you want to be a faster reader, you need to know your starting pace so that you can measure your progress. Have a practice book in hand, then take out a stopwatch and determine how long it takes you to read a standard page. Then, time yourself for a minute and see how far you get. ELIMINATE DISTRACTIONS Music, people, television -- these are distractions that do not provide prime conditions for speed reading; or any reading for that matter. Turn off your TV and close your laptop. Only a dead quiet room (with a comfortable seat) can provide the necessary conditions for productive reading. DETERMINE YOUR PURPOSE -- AND ADJUST If you know what you're looking for, then it'll be easier to find. Classic literature, or fiction of any kind, might prove difficult to speed read because you will almost certainly be missing out on the nuances of the story if you do. If you need to, you can probably identify major plot points fairly quickly. With nonfiction texts, you might be looking for dates and terms. Perhaps you'll need to teach the text later, or write a review. Whatever your purpose is, keeping it in the back of your mind will help greatly with the next few steps. PRE-READ Most books have fillers, intros, prefaces, etc.; you can skip over these. Skim the book for its necessary parts: Index, table of contents, terms in bold or highlighted print, section headings, specific patterns, and chapters/titles. Mark these places with a pen, or dog-ear important pages. Then, when you set out to do your reading, you'll already know where all the hotspots are. DON'T RE-READ Resist this urge! Try not to re-read any words that you just passed over. Many people skip to the line before to double-check the meaning of the just-read sentence. Train yourself to curb the eye-darting back and forth; you'll read and retain information much faster, and at the same time. If you need help with this, cover previous words with an index card or small piece of paper. USE YOUR FINGER While it might seem like a habit I to guide your reading will keep your eyes moving forward. Called a "tracking member," leading with your finger can regulate your pace. t left to elementary school-aged readers, using your hands DON'T READ TO YOURSELF You may not notice it, but you're probably sounding out the words in your head or muttering them to yourself as you read. This is called "subvocalizing" and it slows you down tremendously. Try to be conscious of it, and let your eyes, rather than your ears, drink in the material. KEEP TIMING YOURSELF Once you've practiced your techniques for a little while, try to time yourself once a week. Keep track of your improvements in a journal or spreadsheet, and make adjustments to your training if necessary. mindflash.com SOURCES: LIFEHACKER, BBC, WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY

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