Speed Read
Spead reading is about:
- reading more words per minute and reducing time reading material, while understanding the content read.
- make sure that you eat well and are rested when you read. If you’re tired and your eyes are fatigues you will not learn quickly and you will most likely forget what you’ve learned. Get enough sleep and eat nutritious meals. Read “The Zone” to find out how you can put your body and mind in a state where you function optimally.
* Get in the reading mood. Decide that you will learn quickly all the points author has to convey in the book.
* Don’t read to remember; read to understand.
* Examine the table of content to get the understanding what author is attempting to convey in the book.
* Scan the book so you can get the understanding if the book is worth reading. If it is not – don’t wast your time – move on.
* Read only the first sentence of each paragraph. Most of the time the important points are contained in the first sentence
* Read selectively. Read only what interests you. Read only the chapter of the book which is of the particular interest to you and move on.
* Use your finger, fingers or hand to guide your eyes on the page. Your eyes do not naturally focus on the sentence and have tendency to “jump around” the page. If you use a way to guide your eyes you will read faster.
* Establish a technique for turning pages faster. You should be ready to turn the page when you are on the last paragraph of that page.
* Use tellbacks. Tellbacks are verbal or written summary of what youy have read so far. You will pay more attention to the content of what you read if you are conscious that you need to teach it to someone else.
* Trust your brain. Your brain will understand more and remember more then you think : ). Pay attention to what you’re reading. Be exited about it. If you are exited about something, you will remember it.
* Share what you have learned within 24 hours with others. Write a blog, write an e-mail to a friend, write to you teacher or your colleagues at work about what you have discovered. Teach someone what you have learned.
* Take notes and reread your notes within a week, month, year. If you own the book, write on the margin of the book. If you borrowed the book from the library, write down notes on your computer or a notebook.
* If you use a highlighter, do not highlight on the first read. You want to highlight the ideas – not words that the author used. You know what is the important idea only after you have read and understood the content.
* If you are visual learner, make a visual picture in your mind. If you are an auditory learner, reread your notes after finishing the book.
* User Cornell method of note taking or mind map system to record ideas you have learned by reading the book.
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_map
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornell_Notes
- The Compete Idiots Guide to Speed Reading
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