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Double Your Reading Speed
In today's busy and complex world, rapid and efficient reading is not only a useful skill, it is a must for everyone who wants to succeed. The big switch in business and industry has been from brawn jobs to brain jobs -- and it is the person who knows how to read swiftly and intelligently who will reap the profit of this new era.
Here are the secrets of a dynamic new reading technique that will enable you to read in half the time with better comprehension -- in only 10 days! In fact with just a few simple exercises your reading will improve 10% or more on the very first day! Spend just a few minutes a day with this book and you will not only double your reading speed but also your chances for success in any walk of life.
Here are the secrets of a dynamic new reading technique that will enable you to read in half the time with better comprehension -- in only 10 days! In fact with just a few simple exercises your reading will improve 10% or more on the very first day! Spend just a few minutes a day with this book and you will not only double your reading speed but also your chances for success in any walk of life.
95 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published November 12, 1977
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January 17, 2018
I. Reading Techniques
Eye Page Relationship Phrase Reading
Preread
visual bites
eye fixations
thought units
Stop Reading Word by Word.
Space Reading lift eyes,
focus above line
spread span of vision over several words Pacing
break habit of regression Indentation
fix eyes 2-3 words within line of print. Mumbling
to avoid translating
articles: first few paragraphs, first sentence of each paragraph, final paragraph. If desired read in entirety.
Newspapers organized Inverted pyramid.
History/Biography: preread, deduce main idea, synthesize, impose main logic; thesis v. survey.
Nonfiction: prelude, contents, index, first and last chapters,
preread each chapter before reading, phrasing, spacing, pacing.
Nonfiction: GOAL: IDEA.
Fiction: GOAL: EXPERIENCE Skim
When looking for specific bit of information run eyes diagonally across the page. Upper left to Bottom Right, then Upper right to bottom left.
Summarizing
After each section write down main idea; list details in outline.
Phrase Reading
When your eye move across a line, they do not travel in a single smooth sweep, but in a series of stops an starts called “eye fixations.” The more eye fixations you make on a single line, the longer it takes you to read. Individual words are rarely significant in themselves, but take on meaning only in context. Read in terms of concepts rather than individual words.
Space Reading
The best way to train your eyes to read phrases is to practice space reading. That is, rather than focusing your eyes directly on the print, lift them so they focus slightly above the line; allow your eyes to relax and spread your span of vision over several words, so that you are reading a whole phrase at a time, not a single word.
Pacing
Too many readers have the habit of needless regressions, an unconscious habit of frequently regressing on a line even though they have thoroughly understood its meaning. The phrase leader must eliminate this habit by practicing smooth, rhythmic eye swings
across the line.
Indentation
Most readers spend 30 percent of time reading margins. When you begin to read a line , you will tend to make your first eye fixation on the first word of a line; when you finish the line, you will tend to stop on the last word. When you focus on the first word of a line, half of your vision span is in the margin reading blank space. To read efficiently practice indenting on the line. Begin eye fixations two or three words in a line of print. Never skip words but read nothing but words.
Columnar Reading
When you have become proficient at indenting try columnar reading Draw a light line down the center of column and practice moving your eyes down the guideline, reading each line with a single eye fixation.
Mumbling
You may tend to say each word to yourself or her each individual word as you read–greatly reducing the benefits of phrase reading. Mumbling will erase auditory and vocal habits. Say a nonsense phrase aloud. The degree to which mumbling reduces your comprehension is the degree to which you depend on your auditory or vocal organs to read. The good reader reads almost entirely by sight. He does not have to translate the print into sounds in order to understand it. Mumbling would not affect his comprehension, since reading is a visual operation. Practice mumbling 10 minutes a day for 10 days to
become a sight reader rather than one who talks his way though print.
Eye Page Relationship Phrase Reading
Preread
visual bites
eye fixations
thought units
Stop Reading Word by Word.
Space Reading lift eyes,
focus above line
spread span of vision over several words Pacing
break habit of regression Indentation
fix eyes 2-3 words within line of print. Mumbling
to avoid translating
articles: first few paragraphs, first sentence of each paragraph, final paragraph. If desired read in entirety.
Newspapers organized Inverted pyramid.
History/Biography: preread, deduce main idea, synthesize, impose main logic; thesis v. survey.
Nonfiction: prelude, contents, index, first and last chapters,
preread each chapter before reading, phrasing, spacing, pacing.
Nonfiction: GOAL: IDEA.
Fiction: GOAL: EXPERIENCE Skim
When looking for specific bit of information run eyes diagonally across the page. Upper left to Bottom Right, then Upper right to bottom left.
Summarizing
After each section write down main idea; list details in outline.
Phrase Reading
When your eye move across a line, they do not travel in a single smooth sweep, but in a series of stops an starts called “eye fixations.” The more eye fixations you make on a single line, the longer it takes you to read. Individual words are rarely significant in themselves, but take on meaning only in context. Read in terms of concepts rather than individual words.
Space Reading
The best way to train your eyes to read phrases is to practice space reading. That is, rather than focusing your eyes directly on the print, lift them so they focus slightly above the line; allow your eyes to relax and spread your span of vision over several words, so that you are reading a whole phrase at a time, not a single word.
Pacing
Too many readers have the habit of needless regressions, an unconscious habit of frequently regressing on a line even though they have thoroughly understood its meaning. The phrase leader must eliminate this habit by practicing smooth, rhythmic eye swings
across the line.
Indentation
Most readers spend 30 percent of time reading margins. When you begin to read a line , you will tend to make your first eye fixation on the first word of a line; when you finish the line, you will tend to stop on the last word. When you focus on the first word of a line, half of your vision span is in the margin reading blank space. To read efficiently practice indenting on the line. Begin eye fixations two or three words in a line of print. Never skip words but read nothing but words.
Columnar Reading
When you have become proficient at indenting try columnar reading Draw a light line down the center of column and practice moving your eyes down the guideline, reading each line with a single eye fixation.
Mumbling
You may tend to say each word to yourself or her each individual word as you read–greatly reducing the benefits of phrase reading. Mumbling will erase auditory and vocal habits. Say a nonsense phrase aloud. The degree to which mumbling reduces your comprehension is the degree to which you depend on your auditory or vocal organs to read. The good reader reads almost entirely by sight. He does not have to translate the print into sounds in order to understand it. Mumbling would not affect his comprehension, since reading is a visual operation. Practice mumbling 10 minutes a day for 10 days to
become a sight reader rather than one who talks his way though print.
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July 5, 2019I. Reading Techniques
Eye Page Relationship Phrase Reading
Preread
visual bites
eye fixations
thought units
Stop Reading Word by Word.
Space Reading lift eyes,
focus above line
spread span of vision over several words Pacing
break habit of regression Indentation
fix eyes 2-3 words within line of print. Mumbling
to avoid translating
articles: first few paragraphs, first sentence of each paragraph, final paragraph. If desired read in entirety.
Newspapers organized Inverted pyramid.
History/Biography: preread, deduce main idea, synthesize, impose main logic; thesis v. survey.
Nonfiction: prelude, contents, index, first and last chapters,
preread each chapter before reading, phrasing, spacing, pacing.
Nonfiction: GOAL: IDEA.
Fiction: GOAL: EXPERIENCE Skim
When looking for specific bit of information run eyes diagonally across the page. Upper left to Bottom Right, then Upper right to bottom left.
Summarizing
After each section write down main idea; list details in outline.
Phrase Reading
When your eye move across a line, they do not travel in a single smooth sweep, but in a series of stops an starts called “eye fixations.” The more eye fixations you make on a single line, the longer it takes you to read. Individual words are rarely significant in themselves, but take on meaning only in context. Read in terms of concepts rather than individual words.
Space Reading
The best way to train your eyes to read phrases is to practice space reading. That is, rather than focusing your eyes directly on the print, lift them so they focus slightly above the line; allow your eyes to relax and spread your span of vision over several words, so that you are reading a whole phrase at a time, not a single word.
Pacing
Too many readers have the habit of needless regressions, an unconscious habit of frequently regressing on a line even though they have thoroughly understood its meaning. The phrase leader must eliminate this habit by practicing smooth, rhythmic eye swings
across the line.
Indentation
Most readers spend 30 percent of time reading margins. When you begin to read a line , you will tend to make your first eye fixation on the first word of a line; when you finish the line, you will tend to stop on the last word. When you focus on the first word of a line, half of your vision span is in the margin reading blank space. To read efficiently practice indenting on the line. Begin eye fixations two or three words in a line of print. Never skip words but read nothing but words.
Columnar Reading
When you have become proficient at indenting try columnar reading Draw a light line down the center of column and practice moving your eyes down the guideline, reading each line with a single eye fixation.
Mumbling
You may tend to say each word to yourself or her each individual word as you read–greatly reducing the benefits of phrase reading. Mumbling will erase auditory and vocal habits. Say a nonsense phrase aloud. The degree to which mumbling reduces your comprehension is the degree to which you depend on your auditory or vocal organs to read. The good reader reads almost entirely by sight. He does not have to translate the print into sounds in order to understand it. Mumbling would not affect his comprehension since reading is a visual operation. Practice mumbling 10 minutes a day for 10 days to
become a sight reader rather than one who talks his way through print.
Eye Page Relationship Phrase Reading
Preread
visual bites
eye fixations
thought units
Stop Reading Word by Word.
Space Reading lift eyes,
focus above line
spread span of vision over several words Pacing
break habit of regression Indentation
fix eyes 2-3 words within line of print. Mumbling
to avoid translating
articles: first few paragraphs, first sentence of each paragraph, final paragraph. If desired read in entirety.
Newspapers organized Inverted pyramid.
History/Biography: preread, deduce main idea, synthesize, impose main logic; thesis v. survey.
Nonfiction: prelude, contents, index, first and last chapters,
preread each chapter before reading, phrasing, spacing, pacing.
Nonfiction: GOAL: IDEA.
Fiction: GOAL: EXPERIENCE Skim
When looking for specific bit of information run eyes diagonally across the page. Upper left to Bottom Right, then Upper right to bottom left.
Summarizing
After each section write down main idea; list details in outline.
Phrase Reading
When your eye move across a line, they do not travel in a single smooth sweep, but in a series of stops an starts called “eye fixations.” The more eye fixations you make on a single line, the longer it takes you to read. Individual words are rarely significant in themselves, but take on meaning only in context. Read in terms of concepts rather than individual words.
Space Reading
The best way to train your eyes to read phrases is to practice space reading. That is, rather than focusing your eyes directly on the print, lift them so they focus slightly above the line; allow your eyes to relax and spread your span of vision over several words, so that you are reading a whole phrase at a time, not a single word.
Pacing
Too many readers have the habit of needless regressions, an unconscious habit of frequently regressing on a line even though they have thoroughly understood its meaning. The phrase leader must eliminate this habit by practicing smooth, rhythmic eye swings
across the line.
Indentation
Most readers spend 30 percent of time reading margins. When you begin to read a line , you will tend to make your first eye fixation on the first word of a line; when you finish the line, you will tend to stop on the last word. When you focus on the first word of a line, half of your vision span is in the margin reading blank space. To read efficiently practice indenting on the line. Begin eye fixations two or three words in a line of print. Never skip words but read nothing but words.
Columnar Reading
When you have become proficient at indenting try columnar reading Draw a light line down the center of column and practice moving your eyes down the guideline, reading each line with a single eye fixation.
Mumbling
You may tend to say each word to yourself or her each individual word as you read–greatly reducing the benefits of phrase reading. Mumbling will erase auditory and vocal habits. Say a nonsense phrase aloud. The degree to which mumbling reduces your comprehension is the degree to which you depend on your auditory or vocal organs to read. The good reader reads almost entirely by sight. He does not have to translate the print into sounds in order to understand it. Mumbling would not affect his comprehension since reading is a visual operation. Practice mumbling 10 minutes a day for 10 days to
become a sight reader rather than one who talks his way through print.
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