Michael925 Posted January 11, 2008 Report Share Posted January 11, 2008 Lastnight my teacher was rambling on about random things and scams. He said that speed reading is one of the oldest scams in the book. Its funny because I was recently thinking about getting on of those speed reading programs off the internet. I was always wondering what is really going on with this because it seemed to good to be true, but I would sure love to read faster ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CleverCynic Posted January 11, 2008 Report Share Posted January 11, 2008 Sending you a PM in a few moments... give me a sec. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brokeinok Posted January 12, 2008 Report Share Posted January 12, 2008 it was part of a study skills class i took in college.... seemed to work, but then again, i've always been a really fast reader so it's hard to say it if helped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CleverCynic Posted January 12, 2008 Report Share Posted January 12, 2008 THE most essential thing is to untrain yourself to vocalize the words in your head as you read. Don't "say" the words in your mind. Let your mind grab the words as you gaze across them. With practice you read by sentences, not single words, and generally your gaze would be in little top-left to bottom-right diagonals across a couple of lines at a time. Your mind works WAYYYY faster than the pace you read which is why you can multitask or actually think about other things while you're reading sometimes... you have to limit the distractions. The only thing is, it's really not how you would most enjoy a good book. Best for articles and things of minimal import, you'll get about 80% of it and surprise yourself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShortBus Posted January 12, 2008 Report Share Posted January 12, 2008 That guy who posts "Thanks for the info" could probably give you some tips. He get's around the forums enough it seems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freak Posted January 12, 2008 Report Share Posted January 12, 2008 That guy who posts "Thanks for the info" could probably give you some tips. He get's around the forums enough it seems.Think he is gone once he posted his link. I've been considering doing the Evelyn Wood Reading Dynamics....heavy on the considering part, light on the action part. I just wonder if is will work. I want to have an open mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zowie Posted January 13, 2008 Report Share Posted January 13, 2008 i took speed reading in junior high school (didn't pay for it) and yeah i read real fast. i loved it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimrod Posted January 13, 2008 Report Share Posted January 13, 2008 Didn't do a thing for me - but it may have had to do with the subject matter @ the time. All technical/science/engineering textbooks while in school - back before chalk was invented....and Evelyn Wood was still a young lass.THAT was money well spent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadynRed Posted January 13, 2008 Report Share Posted January 13, 2008 I also took a speed reading class in Jr High.. that was a looooooooong time ago too.. like.. 1968/69 We each had little projectors and it would flash PHRASES of words in front of you (little cube-like spaces). You were then tested. It taught you to read, well, in phrases rather than single words, and the phrases got longer as you progressed. I could read VERY fast. I'm still a fairly fast reader when I need to be and can scan an article or report pretty quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zowie Posted January 14, 2008 Report Share Posted January 14, 2008 ladyinred, that sounds like the same course i took, except in 1974 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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