A Few Speed Reading Techniques To Help You Out

You may not think you need them, but speed reading techniques can come to your rescue

, no matter what your profession is- if you are a student, it will help you finish your homework and exams at quicker rate and if your job requires you to go through large stacks of information, you may even get a promotion if you take up these techniques! The main aim here is to enhance the reading speed but without compromising on basic comprehension skills.

We learn how to read before our third birthdays and we are told that we should either mouth what we read, go through each word carefully or read the text aloud- if that helps. While we do learn how to read ultimately, we also end up spending a lot of time on each paragraph and the worst part is that, you cant guarantee whether the information will stick. Therefore, the solution here is to learn speed reading and get rid of this problem once and for all. As far as numbers and figures are concerned, you will be able to read at least 650 words per minute once you familiarize yourself with some speed reading techniques.

The easiest and fastest technique says that a slow reader should first understand the summary of the book and go through the table of contents, if any. By doing so, you will give your brain a chance to extract such keywords, phrases and terms that are crucial to the plot and consequently, your understanding of the same.

Some of us also squint and scrunch up our faces as we read and because this can prove to be very uncomfortable, we tend to read slowly. This could mean that you need to get your vision checked and once you have your glasses on, you will be able to read much faster than before!

You may have noticed that most children read aloud as this helps them understand the text better and while some of us are able to shake off this habit, the rest carry on with it until its too late to give it up. One way to do it is to convince yourself that it may have helped you with your comprehension skills when you were younger but it is only slowing you down now. Thankfully, the following speed reading techniques will come to your rescue-

1- Chunking- This technique says that slow readers should try grouping keywords together and hence, focus on one big chunk at a time. By doing so, you will avoid articles like a, an, the, and and hence allow yourself to absorb the true meaning of the text.

2-Skimming- According to this technique, you can also skim through the paragraphs to first find the key words and phrases as this will keep them from re-reading over and over again.

There are many other speed reading techniques available out there but make sure you experiment with each before you commit yourself to anything.

Thanks for reading!

Gerardo Flores

by: Gerardo Flores

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