Exercises for mastering the technique of speed reading will be most useful to those who are dissatisfied with their speed of understanding and remembering information when reading texts of various types and levels of complexity.
For an adult, it is extremely important not only to be able to demonstrate the ability to read a piece of text “for a stopwatch” as quickly as possible, but the ability to save time thanks to speed reading is really necessary. Therefore, when reading a text on a particular topic, an adult simply must be able to “skip past” unnecessary, non-informative parts of the text, while catching with a glance the key words that reflect main idea author.
The most common recommendation regarding children: do not teach a child to speed read before the age of 14. We agree that superficial "diagonal" reading is not the best the best option for schoolchildren who, first of all, need to master the curriculum in a quality manner and learn to enjoy works of fiction.
Of course, each child and his abilities are unique, so it would be wise to focus on the key points of children's readiness to master the speed reading technique. So, if your child already knows how to read aloud, easily reads a page in a couple of minutes and understands the meaning of what he read (he can retell the essence in his own words), you can set the task of increasing the reading speed using a set of exercises for speed reading.
When learning speed reading, it is important to constantly train the following skills:
The secret to mastering the speed reading technique is regular exercises in developing memory, attention and mastering other speed reading skills.
The greatest benefits are those exercises that eliminate the cause of the low speed of perception and processing of visual information.
The main mistakes that create a barrier to reading speed in both children and adults are considered to be involuntary recurrent eye movements (regression) and unnecessary articulation, which we learned just in childhood.
The main disadvantages that impede the effective and rapid perception of information:
So, exercises for speed reading in grade 1 should be aimed primarily at developing the ability to concentrate attention and expanding the scope of information. The "small field of view" is perhaps the most important reason why children are taught to read first by letter, by syllables, then by whole words, phrases and sentences with an expression confirming the reader's understanding of the meaning of what is written.
Not every adult can boast of the ability to perceive long phrases and whole sentences “at a glance”. This is where the development of visual reading skills in most people stops.
"Development of peripheral vision according to Schulte tables"
Regular training with the help of Schulte tables will allow your child not only to have an interesting time, but also help to increase concentration, expand peripheral vision and develop memory.
"Defocused Look". The main task of training is to use a dispersed gaze to perceive a larger area of \u200b\u200bthe page or screen. The exercise can be done in various options, for example, to search for the same elements using diffuse vision or to remember more elements that could be covered without moving the gaze from the central object of attention.
"Activation of both hemispheres". Take the text of a topic familiar to you and read the paragraph alternately with your right and left eyes. Thanks to this simple technique, you activate both hemispheres of the brain in turn.
"Isolation of the main". Many outstanding personalities used this technique. Just take a marker or pencil and highlight the 2-3 most important thoughts from the page. It is even better to improve this exercise and not just highlight the main thing, but put down your critical remarks with signs: very important information - “!” or "NB", agree - put "+", do not agree - "-", etc.
"Name a Color". Call out loud as you read the following colored word color text. It is the colors, not what is written.
Red . Green. Blue. Yellow. Violet. Orange. Brown. Blue .
Red . Blue. Green. Violet. Yellow. Brown. Blue. Green. Blue.
Don't rush to do it at incredible speed. Well, if after training you, in principle, managed to complete the exercise without errors.
"Find the Word". Exercise options:
Riddles- simple and very effective method training skills of concentration of attention at any age. For this purpose, snag riddles or tricky logic questions are well suited.
"We cut half the line". When reading the text, cover half of the line (upper part) with a sheet of paper. Thus, you will force the brain to guess what is written and at the same time, in such a situation, it is natural to want to see the next line even before you “cut off” part of it. This exercise will teach you to jump ahead while reading and at the same time not to return to what you have read.
"Pointer". To break the habit of looking back at what you have already read, let your eyes constantly follow the pen, pencil or finger that will lead you forward all the time.
"Speed Reading". Recall the reading speed test in primary school. We take a timer and measure our current result by reading one page, chapter or article.
"alternative text". In parallel with reading, we say something that is not related to the subject of attention. For example, we hum the motive of the song (“la-la-la, true-lal-la”) or pronounce another text in our mind, for example, proverbs, tongue twisters, or keep count in order, regardless of the number of words or lines read. The main thing is not to lose concentration.
"With your mouth closed!" If your lips move or your tongue moves while reading, you need to keep them busy. This error is often present in children after constant reading aloud in the lower grades. Try simultaneously chewing on a pencil or crackers or chewing gum.
"Drumroll". We tap some kind of rhythm on the table with our fingers, the more difficult it is, the better. If the fingers are busy, the speech center of the brain will be automatically at least partially blocked.
"Reading with distracting music". A great way to suppress the desire to pronounce readable text is to listen to music that does not have a constant rhythm. Jazz is best suited for this purpose.
"Non-Standard Reading". Reading text rotated 90 degrees away from you, 180, 45, etc. An example of the exercise: turn the page upside down and set the task of reading the text backwards (i.e. from right to left). Such training is especially useful for children in order to form in memory standards of integral letters, regardless of how they are located.
"Fix the missing letters." An excellent exercise for the development of verbal-logical memory. While reading a text with missing letters, stops for “guessing” the next word are forced to keep in mind the words and the meaning of what was read earlier. A good workout not only for memory, but also for eliminating such fast reading obstacles as recurrent eye movements and articulation.
One of the main reasons why it is possible to significantly improve the reading speed of any person is the redundancy of information at all levels of texts (especially those posted on the Internet), from headlines and introductory structures designed to attract attention, to individual words with a weak or completely absent semantic load.
Regular Solution logical tasks develops the ability to separate the main from the secondary, develops the skill of "turning on blindness" in relation to redundant information and "instantaneous" perception of important thoughts. This is achieved, first of all, thanks to regular exercises in the speed of perception of the conditions of the problem and understanding the essence of the question being asked. A conscious analysis of the structure of tasks develops the skill of splitting tasks into conditions and groups of conditions, highlighting one or more questions, understanding the optimal order for solving subtasks, and searching for solutions.
20-30 minutes of classes on LogicLike every day is a proven way to develop logic and speed of thinking, attention and memory.
The technique of speed reading helps to absorb a large amount of new knowledge. It will be useful in the learning process for diligent students and those employees whose work is related to the study of new information.
Thus, the editor of a literary publishing house has to read many books by young authors before accepting them for publication. To read at high speed and work productively, you need to learn the methods of speed reading.
Everyone who just needs to study a lot of books and textbooks is dreaming about how to learn to read quickly and remember what they read. Time flies by fast these days. Successful study, work, career often depend on the speed with which a person is able to study, assimilate textual material, make decisions based on the knowledge gained, and draw conclusions.
Experts who are deeply involved in this issue note that usually the speed of reading depends on several “inhibiting” aspects:
What is regression? To read a textbook and remember what we read, our eyes scan each printed line of text from left to right, and then come back and review it again. Such return jumps, which serve to better remember and understand the meaning, are called regression.
A set of speed reading exercises to improve reading speed begins with avoiding regressions. Try to look through the lines of the story, any information, without returning to the previous words. That is, it is necessary to train the eyes to move in only one direction, regardless of whether you managed to understand the meaning of what was written or not.
Understand that at this point you are training to look at the readable line in the direction from left to right. To comprehend what you read, come back to this a second time. This will not be a regression, but a repetition of the past, as you will again try to read, moving your eyes in one direction.
The range and angle of view is different for everyone. One person clearly sees only one long or two short words on the line at the same time. The best readers see a few words side by side and a few lines up and down. Someone is able to even make out a whole paragraph, 5-6 sentences long, at once.
This ability is developed by special exercises and training. Aces who have mastered the method of reading with an extended viewing angle read in whole blocks. You can read several books in a week this way.
The trajectory of the movement of the gaze along the vertical is also different. There are people who gradually lower their gaze from top to bottom, running line after line. Others move their gaze from top to bottom, sticking to the middle of the page.
Reading diagonally is more convenient for third. The writer Gorky read, drawing a zigzag with his eyes from top to bottom on the page. These people can read quickly and correctly by being able to see a line from a wider angle. The usual angle is only two degrees.
Another nuance that makes it difficult to quickly read printed books is the need to pronounce the text to yourself. For some people, it is enough to reproduce the text in their minds, for others it is necessary to whisper, moving their lips and tongue, and still others, until they speak out loud, do not understand what they are reading.
It depends on experience. For those who read more, it is enough to pronounce the text to yourself, in your mind. But those who read little usually speak out loud what they read. This habit, of course, greatly slows down the speed of reading.
People with limited horizons can hardly master the meaning of a complex text. It is difficult for an adult, a little well-read person, to read without errors and understand what they read. Illiterate, degraded people are very slow to understand even simple information. Different ability to assimilate information significantly affects the speed and memorization of the text.
Each printed text has key words that contain the main meaning and words that carry useful information. But there are enough words of connectives, prepositions, particles. There are even stop words and sentences that are called water.
They are written to move from one paragraph to another, as well as to create a beautiful presentation. If you carefully read all the words and stop at every comma and period, reading will be very slow.
The first exercise is useful for expanding the angle of view. Without performing training, a person easily distinguishes signs located on an area of hundreds of pixels from the point of view direction.
Trained abilities allow you to see groups of printed characters quite well. Peripheral vision training comes in handy when your eyes zigzag or move from the top corner of a page to the opposite bottom corner.
Excellent peripheral vision increases speed reading, allowing you to cover several words at once with one glance. If you still isolate useful information and let the “water” pass by, the speed of mastering the text will increase.
The Internet offers a special training, when a person concentrates his eyes on the screen with numbers, letters, after which he counts the same signs visible with a side, scattered look. On the keyboard, you need to type the result.
If you counted correctly, the training circle will turn green and enlarge. With a negative answer, the circle turns red and narrows. So you can independently learn to read quickly and correctly.
Speed reading lessons are advised to start with the simplest. Follow the movement of your eyes, do not let your gaze return to previous words. Choose interesting or familiar text to practice on your own. The skill of speed reading is acquired when you try to do without regression.
Do not be discouraged if, without re-reading the previous words on the line, you do not remember everything and do not understand something. If the information is not important, there is no loss in it. But, when you are interested in this information and need it for work, study, repeat reading this paragraph, block again.
But at the same time, let the gaze again move along the line without regression, without disturbing the smooth translational movement from left to right. These speed reading techniques will be successfully mastered if you give the training a long enough time and repeat the work many times.
Opening the secrets of speed reading, Pavel Bagryantsev, on his virtual channel of a modern man, reveals the issue from a somewhat unexpected angle. He suggests learning to read an entire book in just 20 minutes and memorize what you read.
His method of speed reading is based on knowledge of the basic principles of writing books. If an adult remembers the lessons of the Russian language and literature, much will become clear to him. Any literature textbook advises to start an essay with a plan. The plan always has an introduction, a list of the main chapters of the essay and a conclusion.
Also, each book has a table of contents. In order to successfully assimilate information, Pavel suggests looking at the cover of the book from two sides. Read everything that is written there. Usually, the author puts the main idea of the book into the title and a short annotation on the back cover.
Now look at the first pages. Find useful information. Sometimes there is a preface and a short note about the author. On the second page you can already see the table of contents. Read it carefully. You can immediately decide which chapter interests you the most.
Open the page of the chapter you are interested in. Read the first two sentences or the first paragraph of the chapter. Usually, these sentences reveal the information of the entire chapter.
The last paragraph sums up the chapter and its short content, summary. To quickly understand what is written in the chapter, it is enough to read the first and last paragraphs.
Basically, you've already read the book. If a topic catches your eye, you can safely enjoy a detailed reading while swaying in a hammock on a warm summer evening. The task of quick reading is fully completed: the information to which the work is devoted is clear to you. It only took a few minutes.
Of course, you can't read textbooks like that. They are studied in detail and thoughtfully. But the usual entertaining reading, like stories about how to get rich, can be viewed, something to remember, something to draw attention to and safely put aside.
So they study a lot of books, expand their horizons, extracting from a large amount of information what is useful and important for human activity, what needs to be remembered.
Oleg Andreev's Virtual Speed Reading School for Adults offers to start working on yourself by determining your personal reading speed.
To do this, the number of characters of the text should be divided by the reading time and multiplied by the coefficient of understanding of the information read. It is necessary to pick up an unfamiliar book, read one page, with a known number of characters. Reading time is measured with a stopwatch. In this case, 45 seconds are equal to 0.75.
After that, you need to answer ten questions on the text. If you managed to answer 4 questions, the coefficient of understanding will be equal to 0.4. If you answer 7 questions, the coefficient is 0.7.
Do not be upset if your speed is not very high. Two hundred characters per minute or 300-400 is considered the norm for an ordinary person.
If you read little and rarely, you do not need to study many textbooks, this speed is enough for you. There are many specialties in the world - seamstresses, cooks, carpenters, blacksmiths, who are successful, happy and without numerous books.
It is useful to make a graph, on one axis, plot the speed of reading, and on the other, the number of the lesson.
After you learn how to scan the text without returning to the previous characters, in order to re-read, that is, get rid of the regression, let's move on to correcting the tempo.
Ordinary inhabitants at the same pace get acquainted with the text on the consumption of washing powder, the operation of a microwave oven and Tolstoy's novel. However, each text requires individual approach. The tempo for information on the label of soap and artwork is chosen differently.
Watch yourself. If you have articulation, that is, unexpected work with the tongue, mouth, lips, you need to learn to get rid of this. This greatly slows down reading, as does the lack of concentration on the process.
So, watch yourself, try not to mutter, do not move your lips, do not move your eyes in the opposite direction and try to cover several words at once.
Now compose for yourself a new algorithm for reading an unfamiliar article. Compose blocks of the reading algorithm:
By filling in, writing down or memorizing these blocks, you will already receive a lot of information about the article. Highlighting the features and critical places of the text, you better remember and understand them. Note for yourself what new you got from reading this article.
By filling in the cells of the blocks of the integral reading algorithm in the classroom, you accustom yourself to look at the text deliberately and in a new way.
In linguistics, there is a concept of text redundancy. The fact is that each text contains words that carry useful information and the so-called "Water". It is good to learn how to weed out useless words from useful ones.
An unusual way of reading answers this question. If you find the answers to the queries listed above for yourself, you will get the correct algorithm. At the same time, spend your brain energy only on the semantic part of the article.
Try to fix all parts of the new algorithm properly in your consciousness and subconsciousness, deep memory. Repeat at least 5 times.
Form a mindset on how to read in a new way. Create an image in your head, in the form of a man, with the name on the cap, the author in the face, the source in the upper part of the case, the problems in the lower. The little man firmly rests his feet on the facts and holds two suitcases with features and novelty in his hands.
Draw such a simple drawing with your hand, sign all the parts. Place one copy of such a picture on your desktop so that it is always in front of your eyes. Always carry the second one with you, looking through in free minutes, on the way to work, in the subway, bus.
Having memorized the new algorithm firmly, read new texts, putting its parts into blocks familiar to you. After reading the article, you need to think about it, closing your eyes. You will see in your thoughts that everything you read is already located in the right cells of the image.
Through repeated repetition, you will develop a solid set of correct and fast reading, with emphasis useful information. This drawing will be erased from memory, but a new program of mental actions will remain, more effective and useful for your activity.
You can choose any drawing for a working image, it is important that it is clear to you and drawn by yourself. While practicing the new reading algorithm, circle the blocks in the book with multi-colored pencils. You will see how much information is useful to which you paid attention and how much is superfluous, water. The concept of redundancy is an important practical nuance.
In order not to overload your brain with unnecessary information, set an alarm clock for 20-30 minutes. And at this time, just read, without regressions, remembering the redundancy of the text, trying to see several words at once and moving your eyes faster down, diagonally, in a straight line, as you prefer.
You can lead along the edge of the book with the tip of a pencil or by pressing your index finger.
Do not be distracted at this time by TV, phone, e-mail, the landscape outside the window. Focus on one reading. Immersion in the content of the book, concentrated attention plays an important role in the development of a high speed of assimilation of information.
Try to remember the main points, useful thoughts, new, special facts. If you read very quickly, but do not remember anything, there is no point in such reading.
To train your memory, repeat the exercises five times, memorize poems that you like. Concentration, the development of peripheral vision and memory are important points to pay attention to when you train speed reading at home.
There are many useful books for practicing speed reading. But each person, knowing his mistakes and abilities, must independently choose the manual he likes. A recommended list of references by well-known authors is given below.
The original collection, it contains specific problems, technical tips that develop speed reading abilities.
Peter Kump
Breakthrough Rapid Reading
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This book is well complemented by:
Pavel Palagin
Roger Sipe
John Medina
Evelyn Nielsen Wood,
who, through tireless efforts in the face of unimaginable obstacles, was able to revolutionize speed reading and communicate her amazing ideas to millions of people,
and Douglas Wood
to the person who has always supported her and without whom none of the stages of this long journey would ever have been possible
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It's not hard to run a mile and a half in eight minutes, but even the world's fastest runner can barely do it twice as fast. Watch a champion swim 100 meters and you can easily see that he can't do it twice as fast as you (assuming you're a good swimmer).
However, there are people who read three, five and even ten times faster than you. In fact, ever since books began to be printed, there have always been a number of people - a very small, limited group - who could read incredibly fast, swallowing books at breakneck speed.
You may have heard that John F. Kennedy was one of those people. Theodore Roosevelt used to read one book a day during his presidency. before breakfast. Oliver Wendell Holmes, on the way to the Supreme Court, skimmed through the pages of his materials, after which he could answer in detail all the questions on what he had viewed. These are just a few examples of famous people. In fact, there have always been many ordinary people who easily and quickly read magazines and books.
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Every day of our lives, we are practically buried under an avalanche of literally more than a million words: magazines and newspapers, educational materials, business correspondence, reports ... and most importantly, books that you would like to read, when you have time for it. You are literally drowning in an ocean of words!.. This is because the number of printed materials is growing every year and more have been published in the last ten years than in all previous centuries. And the volumes are increasing daily. However, thanks to the new methods presented in this book, you will learn how to become one of the world's fastest readers in this endless sea of words.
Some of the innovative techniques you will learn
You will learn how to read faster and better. Faster means mastering any text at the speed of thought. You will know when to speed up and when to slow down. You will learn all the tricks of effective reading. You will be absorbing information at a rate you previously thought was unbelievable. Plus, you'll get huge additional benefits, such as those listed below.
You will learn how to remember what you read, and concentration will become your habit. You will begin to think more clearly and organize your daily reading. This will allow you to free up more time for other activities. You will soon become much more interesting for your friends, relatives and even for yourself, as you master more and more new materials.
By acting on the proven methods described in this book, you will find that your thinking has reached its maximum potential. It is very important that the book contains several texts for practice reading. On them, you will immediately begin to practice the learning methods of reading.
Start today and within a week you will be able to read at least 30% faster, which means you can now finish 40 pages in the same amount of time you would have read 30 before. you will learn how to use your own built-in "reading accelerator". Then you'll start doing innovative exercises that have helped hundreds of thousands of people double or triple their reading speed in just a few days.
You will learn the writing techniques that they use to build the structure of the works, and this will allow you to work with texts even faster. You will easily cope with the most difficult to understand materials. What's more, you'll discover many new ways to read - yes, there are others besides the one you're familiar with.
Even your attitude can affect your reading speed, and you'll learn what you can do about it. There are four chapters devoted to academic reading, from which you will learn how to comprehend any science faster and better, using all modern methods that allow some students to get the highest scores, spending half the time studying for the rest. You will be able to read much more than one newspaper a day or two magazines a week by learning how to do this. instantly. Acquiring the amazing yet real ability to read a book a day is also included in this course. And you will find much, much more in it.
Let me tell you how I started to read fast. In 1966, I was very worried about the study lists that I received in graduate school. Then I saw a commercial on TV where a young man slid his finger across the page, running through thousands of words per minute. I called right away to reserve my last seat in the Evelyn Wood Reading Dynamics course, which was held on Saturday morning. Thanks to this wonderful course, in just a few weeks, I was able to read more than five times faster. Study materials became incredibly easy for me. In fact, learning has now become so easy that I was able to get a full-time job (I was invited to become an employee of the Reading Dynamics organization). And at the same time I even had free time!
Try to read without speaking the text to yourself. Now read a page of text without distraction and without rereading the sentences. Turn the book upside down and read the paragraph. It turns out? These and other simple exercises will help you master the skills of speed reading.
People who want to become professionals in their field must work through a huge array of information. In addition, there are so many in the world, but there is sorely not enough time. There is a solution - to learn to read quickly. And this is possible: quickly, up to 2 thousand words per minute, they read John F. Kennedy, Maxim Gorky, and others. For example, Napoleon read one rather voluminous book every morning before breakfast, managing to mark thoughts important to him in its margins.
And the former American president, who reads at an incredible speed, developed his own, which is successfully used even now by those who want to learn it.
It can be argued that fast reading reduces reading comprehension and assimilation. But practice shows that the opposite is true: with normal reading, about half of the information is assimilated, while with speed reading 70-80%.
Why is it so? Because fast reading requires more concentration than normal reading, during which we read less carefully. We have parallel thoughts: we think about current affairs, for example, that it would be time to turn off the refrigerator, about the upcoming vacation, or we return to past events with thoughts. It is not surprising that reading progresses slowly, and new information is poorly remembered.
You can master the methods of speed reading at special trainings: 5 lessons of 3.5-4 hours are enough. Their advantage lies not only in the fact that the classes are conducted by specialists, but also in the fact that, firstly, the person who paid for the training is unlikely to want to skip classes voluntarily. Secondly, teachers form pairs of students, making classes more effective. Thus, the one who dares to miss the lesson will let the partner down - the obligation to him will serve as an additional incentive not to shy away from classes.
You can do it yourself. To do this, you just need a great desire, faith in the result and daily training. And if many have a desire, then with faith it will be more difficult. Let's remember how children learn to ride a bicycle: whoever thinks he will fall, really falls; those who are sure that they will immediately go, by some miracle keep their balance and go. We believe we can do it!
As for training, we do special exercises daily for 30-40 minutes during the 21st day. Psychologists believe that it takes so much time to get rid of an old habit and instill a new one.
For exercises, you need to choose a convenient time and place so that nothing distracts from reading. It is useless to do this, for example, in the subway, where it is impossible to concentrate.
This habit is laid down in us when we learn to read and pronounce each word aloud in syllables. We learned to read, but the habit remained. Some not only internally pronounce the text, but also move their lips. Naturally, fast reading is out of the question, because with all the desire a person is not able to say more than 500 words per minute. This means that he will read at the same speed. Those who master the methods of speed reading will be able to read up to 2 thousand words in the same time.
The main brake that hinders the speed of reading is the return movements of the eyes to the already read text. It seems to us that by rereading a phrase or paragraph, we delve deeper into its essence, but in reality this is not so. The logic of the text itself is violated, and we are forced to return to what we read again and again, which only aggravates the situation. Speed reading experts believe that, if necessary, it is better to return to some place after the entire text has been read.
By getting rid of the regressions that most people read with, you can increase your reading speed by 2-3 times.
The field of view is the space of perception of the text. For people who read slowly (and most of them), it is 4-5 cm. They can be compared with peeping through a keyhole, who see only a small part of the picture. Experts say that it is impossible to expand the field of view with training. But with their help, you can learn to perceive information that is located in the area covered by peripheral vision. And as a result of training, it can be up to 10 cm.
Knowing the "enemy" of speed reading "in person", we can eliminate it. You should not expect immediate results and be disappointed if they are not there or they leave much to be desired. Developing any new skill takes some time. It's like in sports: high results are achieved only by hard training.
To make our eyes slide forward smoothly, we read with a pointer (sushi stick), moving it a little faster than our understanding of the text. You can also do this with your finger, if that's more convenient.
This exercise is called the speed reading exercise. The gaze should only follow the lines along which the pointer moves, and in no case let it out of sight, returning to what has already been read.
After a while, we will get rid of the regressions and be able to read without a pointer.
Some experts consider subvocalization to be a natural process that helps reduce the burden of learning new material. However, it significantly slows down reading.
Suppressing articulation - the work of the speech organs (tongue, lips, larynx) while reading "to yourself", and not aloud, can be done with the help of distraction. That is, in parallel with reading, we (or a partner studying with us) can tap some kind of rhythm on the table with a pencil. This will distract us from the mental pronunciation of the text.
In addition to tapping, you can use the countdown method: 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, etc. We will keep track of the score so as not to stray, and we will not be able to pronounce the words. Instead of counting, you can hum some motive (out loud or “to yourself”), read tongue twisters or simple rhymes by heart.
This method allows you to learn to perceive information in the field of peripheral vision. In the center of the page with some text, draw a green dot and focus on it for 10 minutes. Mentally imagine a green dot in front of us and when we go to bed and close our eyes.
After practicing with concentration on the green dot for two weeks, we begin to consider the text located horizontally and vertically from it. We try to cover as many words as possible with our eyes - they do not need to be read, just seeing is enough.
The green dot exercise can be complemented by classes with Schulte tables, designed specifically to improve peripheral vision. The tables themselves and the methodology for studying them can be downloaded from one of the sites.
Training in the so-called gibberish reading, or reading from right to left, develops thinking, attention and the ability to concentrate.
To get started, you can practice reading from right to left using a palindrome (from the Greek. "back" and "running") - words or phrases that read the same way from left to right, which is vice versa. Examples of a palindrome: “A rose fell on the paw of Azor”, “Rome is dear to the city or Mirgorod is dear”, “The cat will soon be forty days old”, “The boar pressed the eggplant”, etc. And then you can start training on a regular text. On the Internet, you can find a site that offers right-to-left e-books and order them for free.
Upside down reading exercises can increase your reading speed. First, we read a paragraph in an inverted book, then return it to its normal position and reread it. We will immediately feel how easy and fast we can do it!
While reading, we capture only the beginning and end of the line with our eyes, and not every word, as in normal reading. This will be enough to understand the meaning of what is read, while the speed of reading will increase significantly.
The gaze glides along the diagonal of the page. Eye movements to the left or right are not allowed, return to what has already been read is also not allowed. At first, the gaze will cover only a few words, but as you practice, the amount of perception will increase. The main thing in this method is to learn how to highlight key phrases and skip verbal garbage. You need to start reading from the top left corner of the page to the bottom right. People who have mastered this method need only take a look at the page to understand what is at stake.
Those who want to thoroughly master the methods of speed reading should find the right book. This may be "Learning to read quickly" by I. Golovleva. There are also a lot of training video courses on the Web, for example, "More than speed reading."
It is convenient and interesting to learn speed reading with the help of various applications. One of them is Spreader. The text is loaded into it, and the number of words and the speed of their appearance can be set independently.
In the life of each of us there were situations when it was necessary to study certain material for a short period of time. The best solution to such a problem is to master it. Moreover, it can be successfully applied not only to scientific, but also to fiction. At the same time, for any person, the technique of fast reading with a high level of memorization is especially relevant and significant. How to achieve the desired effect? To do this, you need to learn the 7 basic rules of speed reading. What are they?
Often a person studying the material he needs makes return movements with his eyes. This is regression, the purpose of which is the repetition of lines already read. This is the most common drawback, leading to slow learning of the material.
Unbeknownst to themselves, many readers scan the text twice. It doesn't matter if it's easy to understand or not. Regression is done for fidelity, leading to a sharp decrease in reading speed.
However, there are returns that are considered reasonable. A person makes these eye movements when a new thought appears. They, in contrast to regression, are called reception. Such repetitions are quite reasonable, as they allow you to comprehend as deeply as possible what has already been read. Methods of fast memorization of the text do not recommend such return movements. Re-reading is possible only after the text has been completely traversed.
Remember that the rejection of reciprocations and regressions is very important. He is able to double and triple the quality of his understanding.
Sometimes, when studying material to himself, a person makes involuntary movements with his tongue, lips and elements of the larynx. This is articulation. Its intensity is directly dependent on the complexity of the text and the development of reading skills. Moreover, articulation is observed in everyone, even in fast reading people. This is confirmed by special measurements and x-rays of pharyngeal modulations, made in the process of studying the text to oneself.
The technique of fast reading with a high level of memorization eliminates the internal pronunciation of words. This is due to the fact that articulation is an important obstacle to the rapid study of the material. Such should be excluded if the technique of speed reading is being mastered. Exercises for speed reading in this case should be aimed at eliminating the defect in pronunciation and depend on its type. So, if articulation is a mechanical movement of the tongue, lips, mumbling, etc., then it is necessary to exercise constant control over this process. How? Take something in your mouth or firmly hold your tongue with your teeth. Pain will be the most tangible inhibitory factor.
It will be more difficult to eradicate the pronunciation of words in the speech center of the brain. The main method in this case is knocking out a wedge with a wedge. He uses the fact that the centers of speech and control over movements are next to each other. It is recommended to record some kind of non-musical rhythm (metronome) produced at different frequencies and their combination. Under this knock and should be read.
For people studying large amounts of information, the technique of fast reading with a high level of memorization is extremely important. required material. How to achieve this? It is necessary to develop an integral algorithm for memorizing while reading. After all, many simply do not think about how they study the text. As a result, they read extremely slowly. The speed and technique of reading that is used in the study of the material depends on the goals and objectives set by the reader. A person must develop appropriate programs, as well as flexibly and skillfully use them at the right time. This will largely determine his speed reading ability.
This is the fourth rule of the quick learning technique. It involves the perception of a larger section of the text than in normal reading. The expansion of the field of view allows you to significantly increase the efficiency of assimilation of the material. A fast reading person is able to perceive not just 2-3 words during one fixation of his gaze. It captures the meaning of an entire line, sentence, or even a paragraph.
Perception of text in phrases is a fast reading technique with a high level of memorization. Why is this happening? The fact is that, looking over large fragments of text, a person creates for himself visual-figurative representations of the material presented. They are a vivid explanation of the meaning of what they read. With this technique, the eyes move vertically, in the direction from above to the center of the text.
What accompanies the most effective perception of the material? First of all, it must be understood. This means nothing more than the establishment of logical connections between objects using the knowledge already available to a person.
Speed reading and text comprehension is a problem that psychologists have been successfully researching for a long time. Sometimes the material we perceive is quite simple. In this case, his understanding goes along with perception. A person immediately recalls the knowledge he received earlier and associates it with the phrases he reads. However, the text can be unfamiliar and difficult. In this case, its comprehension is a complex and lengthy process. How to speed it up? To do this, you should be careful while reading, as well as possess a considerable amount of knowledge, being able to apply them in a given situation. You will also need to use some tricks. One of them is to highlight the key semantic points of the text. What is its meaning? To increase the perception of the text, it is divided into two parts, producing a semantic grouping. At the same time, the dominant is highlighted, deepening the understanding of the material and contributing to its more effective memorization. It also improves speed reading memory.
In this case, fast reading becomes possible when the text is perceived in the form of short and at the same time significant logical formulas. Each of these structural units has a basic concept in its meaning, which is associated with a certain image. Reading the entire text is the creation of a single logical chain of ideas. This is the essence of the method of highlighting the supporting semantic points.
Another method can be used to comprehend the material. It is called anticipation, or anticipation. This is a semantic conjecture, which is a psychological process of orientation towards the future, which is within the foreseen. Anticipation is based on knowledge of the logic of developing events, as well as an analysis of the existing signs of a phenomenon and the assimilation of its results. This technique of speed reading is possible in the presence of a latent reaction of expectation, when the reader is tuned in to certain actions that occur in the course of the text. At the same time, human thinking should work very productively, comprehending the idea of content and revealing the main intention of the author. Thus, anticipation in speed reading is the formation of a kind of instinct for stereotyped phrases and the accumulation of an extensive vocabulary of textual clichés. It is also a prerequisite for the development of semantic processing of the studied material brought to automatism.
High-speed reading and memorization require the selective focus of consciousness on the performance of a certain work. This function is attention. Often people are not capable of self-organization. That is why they are not able to control their attention when reading. So, in a person who slowly perceives the material he needs, attention often switches to all sorts of extraneous objects and thoughts. This leads to a loss of interest in the text and a misunderstanding of its meaning. The one who reads quickly can control his attention.
One of the components of effective mental work is the ability to concentrate on the issue under consideration. The best way to train this ability is to mentally read the words backwards. You can do this everywhere, for example, when traveling to public transport. Any word must be represented in the form of letters and read them backwards. For example, "water" - "hells". First, you can take words consisting of four letters, and then select them more authentically. This exercise is great for training attention.
The seventh rule of speed reading implies daily reading of two newspapers, one popular science or science and technology magazine, as well as a book volume of 50-100 pages. Why is it important? The fact is that in order to master the technique of fast reading, it is necessary to make a complex impact on the various aspects of the individual's mental activity.
This leads to the implementation of a program of technical re-equipment of the brain, which rebuilds consciousness and breaks the prevailing stereotypes of thinking.
You can learn to quickly and effectively perceive the material on your own. To help those who wish to master the technique of speed reading, various book editions are offered. Their authors describe the method of effective perception and memorization of the material. Here you can also find exercises for mastering speed reading.
You can learn the basic rules of high-speed perception of the material at specially organized group classes and trainings. This training option is the most effective.
Anyone who has mastered the technique of high-speed perception of the text processes information at different speeds, choosing it depending on the type of literature. Thus, news and newspapers are read with a speed that allows them to grasp their meaning. Fiction requires a special speed, including the imagination. Scientific publications require not only speed, but also careful study of the material.
Why does a person need to master the technique of quick perception of the text? This is needed for:
Unleashing his inner potential;
Exercise control over their knowledge and skills;
Processing a large amount of information;
