Want to read faster — and recall more of what you read? This practical, hands-on guide gives you the techniques you need to increase your reading speed and retention, whether you're reading books, e-mails, magazines, or even technical journals! You'll find reading aids and plenty of exercises to help you read faster and better comprehend the text. Yes, you can speed read — discover the skills you need to read quickly and effectively, break your bad reading habits, and take in more text at a glance Focus on the fundamentals — widen your vision span and see how to increase your comprehension, retention, and recall Advance your speed-reading skills — read blocks of text, heighten your concentration, and follow an author's thought patterns Zero in on key points — skim, scan, and preread to quickly locate the information you want Expand your vocabulary — recognize the most common words and phrases to help you move through the text more quickly
[...]... 14 Part I: Introducing Speed Reading Debunking Speed- Reading Myths The previous section explains what reading, and speed reading in particular, is This section explains what speed reading isn’t These myths about speed reading are false: ✓ You don’t enjoy reading as much when you speed read On the contrary! Speed reading is efficient reading, as I explain in “What Is Speed Reading, Anyway?” earlier... a speed reader, and Chapter 3, which looks at the mechanics of speed reading Wherever you start, good luck in your speed- reading adventures! 6 Speed Reading For Dummies Part I Introducing Speed Reading W In this part ith the idea that you should look before you leap, Part I provides a general introduction to speed reading These chapters explain what goes on in your mind and body during the act of speed. .. arcane techniques to be a speed reader All you have to do is understand the mechanics of reading and then apply yourself more efficiently to exercising those mechanics when you read This book shows you how to do that Speed Reading For Dummies is for people who have little or no background in speed reading, as well as for experienced speed readers who want to hone their speed- reading skills It offers... exercises to just about any reading 2 Speed Reading For Dummies material to get additional practice; as I mention elsewhere in this book, newspapers are perfect for speed- reading practice, so consider starting there You don’t have to read this book from start to finish — unless you want to, of course I wrote and organized Speed Reading For Dummies so that you can start reading it anywhere you want... in the act of reading Visit Chapter 4 to get a taste of the different skills you need to acquire to become a speed reader Chapter 1 Of Course You Can Speed Read! In This Chapter ▶ Understanding the act of reading ▶ Examining speed- reading myths ▶ Finding the right spot for successful speed reading ▶ Demonstrating to yourself that you can speed read I f you’re a typical reader, your reading education... tidbits about speed reading and are intrigued by the topic or wonder whether what you’ve heard is true ✓ You want a plainspoken guide that trains you to speed read without a lot of fuss so you can quickly master speed- reading techniques How This Book Is Organized Following is a short summary of each part of Speed Reading For Dummies I invite you to use this summary as a quick guide to speed reading topics... Searching out suffixes 217 Chapter 13: Applying Speed Reading to Various Reading Tasks 221 Speed Reading the Newspaper 221 Managing Online Articles 223 Handling E-mail Correspondence 224 Prereading Nonfiction Books 225 Tackling Textbooks 226 Speed Reading Standardized Tests 227 Reading for Pleasure 228 Part V: The Part of Tens ... 14: Ten Quick Techniques to Improve Your Reading Speed 231 Make the Speed- Reading Commitment 231 Focus Like a Laser Beam 231 xii Speed Reading For Dummies See It, Don’t Say It 232 Resist the Regression Urge 232 Widen Your Vision Span 232 Preread It 233 Vary Your Reading Rate 233 Read for the Main Ideas 233 Use the Eye... being a speed reader, Chapter 12 shows how to expand your vocabulary Chapter 13 explores a potpourri of speed- reading tasks, including encouraging children to speed read; speed reading standardized tests, textbooks, and newspapers; and increasing your reading pleasure Part V: The Part of Tens Each of the chapters in Part V offers advice for being a better speed reader Chapter 14 offers quick tips for improving... devote to reading and get more from the articles and books you read This book represents all that I know and have discovered about speed reading during my 40 years as a speed- reading instructor and developer of speed- reading software I have had the great pleasure of seeing my students’ reading speeds and comprehension improve dramatically, and I have also seen them derive greater pleasure from reading . Introducing Speed Reading 7 Chapter 1: Of Course You Can Speed Read! . . . . . . . . . . .9 What Is Speed Reading, Anyway? 10 Speed reading is seeing 10 Speed reading. is silent reading 11 Speed reading is decoding the words 11 Speed reading is comprehending 12 Speed reading is concentrating 13 Debunking Speed- Reading Myths