Saturday, 15 October 2016

Cut Down Reading Time Into Half With These Speed Reading Tips

By Christopher Phillips


Poor reading habits are actually a thing. With the amount of emails, documents and other written material that need to be read at working conditions, think of how much can get done if one read faster. It goes unnoticed but reading is cognitively complex. There are a lot of reasons why the average person reads at only 200 wpm with a comprehension of 60 percent of the total material.

Notice that while reading, there is always a voice inside the head that seems to be narrating the words. This process of subvocalization is heavily rooted on speech which makes it a default. What speed reading does is to do away with this part of the metal process to make absorbing content become faster.

A general rule to studying text fast is to minimize the number and duration of getting fixated on a line of text. Speed readers do not read in a straight line, contrary to what was taught in schools. One method is taking snapshots of the text in the area of focus. This is a better way of viewing text than moving from one word to another. The goal is to decrease the amount of time one fixates on a word which is on average at . 25 seconds.

Naturally, our brains can eventually be programmed to identify text in shapes to subconsciously translate the figure into words. This is why taking snapshot of the material works. Another method is skimming. This is very popular to students that cram a lot. It is best applied to information that does not need full processing since it just revolves around selecting which chunks of words need to be remembered and understood.

Meta guiding is a method where the reader uses a pointer or his finger as a guide to read faster. The eyes are set to process a specific line and this helps increase speed and makes it easier to target the next lines without distractions. This largely helps with back skipping and rereading sentences subconsciously.

Perceptual expansion is another technique widely used. This is with the help of peripheral vision. Using peripheral vision while looking at text helps cover more area than locking on one word then on to the next. The brain can process visual information, in this case the text, when it is not focused on one line. Remember that there is no time to sound out the words inside your head.

Bad reading habits include daydreaming and disrupted focus, for example. It takes time readjust the brains functioning to read one way and then shift to another way. While this may take a toll on comprehension and enjoyment, it is said that constant practice will make up for the loss in due time.

Reading at an increased speed is a learning method that needs careful consideration. There is always some doubt in being told that it is possible to process 1000 wpm with little effect on understanding what is being read. Take time to try it and if it works then keep improving. With all the data that needs to be processed there is usefulness in being able to quickly read trivial content.

Increased reading speed is definitely a concept that needs to be taken with a grain of salt. It is a great venture to be able to read that much given that information is always growing per millisecond in this day and age. But by mental default, the more words one reads at the shortest possible time will directly affect comprehension. To think that comprehension is really the point of it all in the first place.




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