Study Speed Reading
ACCELERATED PACING METHOD:
Hand movements can cause improvement of reading speed. Now I’ll introduce to you the well-known pacing movement. It uses your index finger of your dominant hand, i.e. right handed use right hand, to scan a line by running your finger under the type you are reading. Always turn the page with the unused, non-dominant hand. Don’t move your head, keep it still.
BASIC METHOD:
Pace your eyes so swiftly over a line that you don’t have time to form the sounds of the words or syllables in your throat.
The method is easy. You’ll replace all your bad habits with one easily learned one: You’ll use your pacing hand. Here’s how to break each of these habits automatically while increasing your reading speed.
You’ll read without sub-vocalizing. You already know the basics: Pace your eyes so swiftly over a line that you don’t have time to form the sounds of the words or syllables in your throat.
To understand this concept, you must understand that your nemesis “The Babbler” is reading to you in silent speech and then it goes into your brain. We did experiments in Hawaii, New Mexico, Florida, and elsewhere. It appears that those with the slowest speaking rates have naturally slow reading rates. With this method, your speaking rate will no longer limit your reading speed. You can read as fast as you can think. What I am saying is you can read as fast as your mind can work.
Extend your index finger, close all others. Use you index finger as a beginner Speed reading student and run it under the line of type you are reading..
Extend your index finger, close all others. As you notice I’ve indicated a hand holding a pencil earlier to use for pacing. That can come later. Use you index finger as a beginner Speed reading student.
You’ll be reading twice as fast as you ever have. You’ll retain valuable information and increase your comprehension and improve your grades.
Dr. Jay Polmar is the founder of www.speedread.org, a research organization that’s developed speed reading courses for people worldwide and has taught over 100,000 students throughout the world.
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