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Sunday 7 July 2013

How To Read Faster And Comprehend More

By Corey E. Moyer


If you're an average reader, you must be looking for means and ways to read faster. In today's time, when we have to comprehend a large volume of data or long emails on daily basis, it becomes very necessary to increase our reading speed in order to meet deadlines. Along with this, we also need to be very efficient in comprehending or interpreting the data.

Before going further, you should know that reading faster can be really useful in many areas of your life. But, you can only enjoy those benefits if your reading speed is complemented by the same level of understanding.

How to Read Fast and Effectively.Increase your vocabulary: This one of the most important advice that you can get whilst learning to read faster. With an increase vocabulary, you can read much faster without having to give second thought to certain words or refer constantly to the dictionary or other resources. A good recommendation is to learn at least three new words and then use them when communicating daily.

Stop vocalizing the text if you're in a habit of doing that. It decreases your reading speed and looks bad when you're in office or at a public place. If you think you'll lose concentration, use you finger instead in order to learn how to maintain proper eye control.

Skimming is the process where the reader visually searches for the information on the page for clues on the meaning. It might be useful for short articles; however, for large amount of reading that require analysis it is best to avoid this habit. Nevertheless, in the workforce, some readers tend to skim past the non relevant information. It does save time, but care must be taken that you do not skip past the required information. The best way to increase the rate of comprehension during reading is to make you concentrate.

Although your first instinct would be to argue back against this accusation, it is important to acknowledge that during reading, ultimate concentration is required for understanding the information as you speed read. Make sure that there are no distraction when you speed read.is one method of increasing concentration. Having genuine interest in what you are going to read is a way of increasing your concentration as well. This might be rather hard to accomplish, but with practice you will get over this problem. Preparing yourself for what you are about to read is a method of gaining the most information.

These are just some of the tips that you can follow when you want to improve your reading speed. Some other effective tips including using index card to focus only on a single line or move your hand to match your reading speed.At the end of day, you will find many tips on how to read fast but practicing speed reading exercises can prove to be extremely beneficial. Reading fast and effectively will require you to learn how to absorb the written word. So, the new strategies that you learn will only become easier when they are applied repeatedly to your reading.




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