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Speed reading tip. Use your eyes efficiently. A slow reader tends
to fixate (focus) on every single word across the line. Yet the average eye span
on the printed page is about 11/2 inches in diameter. Two popular speed-reading
techniques will help you increase your visual efficiency:
- Use soft focus as you read. Don't peer tensely at the words. Relax your
eye muscles and face muscles. Let your peripheral vision do more of the work.
Look slightly above the line of print, and let your eyes "float" down the page.
Try to read the lines, not each letter and word.
- Use shortened margins. That is, don't fixate on the first or the last word
on each line. Rather, fixate about a half inch in from each margin, letting
your peripheral vision pick up the words to the side. Like the soft-focus technique,
this one takes time and practice.
A note of caution: The best eye span and soft focus in the world will not, by themselves,
make a good or a fast reader. Ninety-nine percent of all reading takes place in
the brain, not in the eyes. As you concentrate on the ideas on a page rather than
on each word, and as you increase your rate in easy materials, your brain will become
more alert and active, and you can forget what your eyes are doing.
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Speed reading tip. Use time pressure. Be confident that your
brain can handle print faster than you can talk or read aloud. To rapid read,
you should be physically relaxed but mentally active! Most people find that some
tension, some pressure, helps them concentrate on their reading. In fact,
skilled rapid readers are not passive and comfortable. In rapid reading as in
scanning, you must be conscious of time passing. So time yourself, or have
someone else time you, or work up a little competition with class members.
One tried-and-true way to apply time pressure is to chart your reading rate. As
usual, choose a fairly easy book and make sure your purpose is enjoyment. Keeping
an objective record (e.g.,list, chart, or graph) is important, since we seldom know
just how fast we are reading.
Rate charts, whether handmade or commercial, operate the same way: graphic records
or your ups-and-downs that will spur you to faster and more consistent speeds. Even
a simple time-block record is helpful. With this, you read for a fixed time, then
stop, count the pages read, and list or graph the number.
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