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Speed readingStrange - isn't the best way to learn something to read slowly and carefully, making sure you understand everything as you go along? Well, yes and no. There is more to speed reading that just reading fast. In order to read fast, you have to be able to focus more intently on what you're reading - you have to read in a different way. In my opinion, speed reading is a great way to get into good reading habits in which you concentrate fully on what you're reading. You just have to get into a good, relaxed, focused state. The result is that you take in more and retain it. You may not actually increase your reading speed by much, although some people do, but you will comprehend more. If this sounds a bit odd, bear with me. Speed reading is largely to do with what you do with your eyes while reading. Most people skip around a lot while reading - especially backwards. Speed reading involves concentrated reading in chunks - always going forwards. OK, now and then you may lose concentration and have to go back, but you will learn to do this less and less with practice. There's too much to say to teach you how to do it, so here are some good links. If it seems a bit hard at first, don't give up - it's worth doing! And there's a lot of other good reading and learning advice on the following links. Introduction from the Mind Tools website Mainly for reading whole books [-> Next - go to the first page of the section on creating great notes - Maps and spiders ] |
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