Easy Tips On How To Read Faster

By Terrance V. Cruz


With the world around us brimming with knowledge and information piling up each day, unless we learn how to read faster, we are certain to be left behind. There are countless reading materials but we do not have the time to read through all of them. By mastering some techniques for it, we may actually be able to read faster and make up for lost time. It is definitely not magic and demands a lot of practice, consistency and sincerity. With time, we can master this skill successfully.

That being said comprehension is probably the most important aspect when it comes to reading. Taking the time to learn more about the various ways to impact the speed reading comprehension level is one of the best ways to ensure that you are getting the most out of your fast reading abilities.Anyone can take a few minutes and skim through something, but it takes a special type of person to be able to fully comprehend and understand everything that they read. If your reasoning behind speed reading has to do with the fact that you want to learn more to get further along in school, then you will definitely benefit by learning various techniques on how to comprehend what you read.

Using an index card can also help you to read faster. This is placed right below the text you read and you can move the card down this page underlining every line as you go about your reading exercise.Skimming the topic is helpful when you want to read faster. You can start by reading a few words to get the crux of the text so that you can continue to read faster thereafter. Sweeping hands across lines when you read is good for speed reading. The hands should be moved together as one unit to avoid your vision from getting distracted. You can even eliminate unnecessary pauses and improve your flow through this method.

IDENTIFY YOUR SPEED. Identifying your reading speed will definitely help you to know how you have progressed in your endeavor to read faster. Therefore, take write ups with specified word count and try to know your speed via quantity of words read per hour.Focusing on the content and subject matter you are reading will help you understand it faster. Therefore, stop thinking about unnecessary things like the romance date you had the previous day, financial problems, family problems and other things that will distract you from what you are doing at that particular time. It has been proven that most people do not understand or assimilate what they are reading just because of unnecessary distraction.

Do not read if there is no need for it and learn to prioritize your reading materials. Ensure that you have a healthy hassle-free reading environment, free from distractions to enable you to focus on your reading.The majority of us would like to know how to read better and faster to save time and benefit from all the information that is nowadays available. If a person has never researched any methods to improve their reading skills, it is often assumed that their reading speed is fixed, cannot be changed and the way we read is the way we read. Some people read faster and others slower. What needs to be realized is that the reason why some people know how to read better and faster is that they have taken the time to practice and implement some new strategies.

LEARN READING SUMMARIZATION. This technique should be applied when you have really improved in your speed of reading and comprehension. And you should also apply this technique when reading a material that is so large. Reading summarization is reading the topics and sub topics of pages, paragraphs and chapters.Some authors call this technique skim reading. You just scan key words ad try to determine the contents through experience.

GROUP READING Do not read words one after the other, rather read the words by groups. It's all about training yourself to be reading words in groups. Once you start it, you will see how easy it is. The strategies stated in this article should be applied mildly when you are reading complex materials. Such materials are mathematics and engineering and other professional materials. You have to try and understand the what the complex material is all about because you will be solving some problems.




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