How to learn to read faster
Books / / December 19, 2019
Each month leaves a number of books that the ability to read quickly seems more important than ever. In the book "Fast reading for 10 days"(10 Days to Faster Reading) Abby Marks Beale (Abby Marks-Beale) talks about what you need for quick reading. We have chosen the most important tips.
In 2013, I read one book per week throughout the year. Now, as then, this idea seems to me correct, and I have repeated this experiment, if it were not for one thing. Set a goal to read a certain number of pages every day (15% of the book), I often lose the fun of the reading process. A few minutes on the subway, an hour before going to bed half an hour, or between work turned into a senseless race. And its only purpose was to read a little more, because suddenly no longer work today.
So I was caught between two fires. On the one hand, I wanted to read quickly and to reach the goal; On the other hand, I would not forgive myself if I did not fulfill my grand plan. Yet in doing so, I stopped to hurry with the books and read them at your leisure.
But here there was another problem. A lot of good books. Not this way. A lot of them. Even reading one book a week, you will not be able to cover all the news and honored oldies-books. That is why it is important to learn to read quickly and still maintain the pleasure of reading. Book Abby Marks Beale Princeton University just about it. In it a lot of practical advice given on how to learn to read quickly.
Suitable conditions for reading and storing information
According to Marx, Bill, read the information in the book falls into the short-term memory and is remembered only for a few days. It offers reading e-books and save quotes and key points. In most applications to read is a "warehouse" for such materials.
Information is stored in much better if one understands the meaning of reading. Not to be missed headers, footnotes and explanations of the author - a way to quickly understand what is at stake.
skipping words
speed reading technique It based on the fact that the reader misses irrelevant words and phrases. Identify them is not so difficult. Most often it is the auxiliary parts of speech. For instance:
If I did not go this partythen notmet would with you.
After reading this sentence completely, and then only the selected word, you understand that the meaning does not change. The ability to quickly isolate the text keywords training, and for this it is necessary to develop peripheral vision. As an exercise, you can memorize the numbers standing in the traffic jam of cars.
Errors that prevent
Reading - a skill that is developed in the same way as any other. Unfortunately, we cease to learn to read about after school, thinking that if we understand the words, they know how to read. In fact, it turns out that a lot of people, even in adulthood whisper uttered a word during reading time. Of course, this slows down the process.
Marks Beale brings three key errors that prevent reading quickly:
- Pronunciation read aloud the text.
- Reflections on abstract themes during reading time.
- Rereading already read lines.
Get rid of the first error is quite simple: you just need to stop doing it. Distraction can neutralize via interesting books lack stimuli (smart phone, TV, ambient noise). And get rid of the habit of rereading already read lines may be closing a business card or a line of the previous line and moving it in the process of reading. Over time, this habit will leave you.
fast reading method
fast reading method, or indenting method, is to use peripheral vision. In the transition to the next line, move the eyes to the top line, and a centimeter to the right. At the end of the line also did not finish the eyes of the last centimeter.
It will seem that you do not see the beginning and end of each line. In fact, using peripheral vision you can read them in the same way as before. At the same time, the number of eyes on each line stops is reduced by one or two. As part of a book is a lot.
breaks
The book says about a study that showed optimal reading time - 20 minutes. After that, the brain becomes harder to concentrate on the text. In the book, there is no reference to the study, and I could not find it on their own, so I propose to build on their own experiences. After all, you are not worse than me, know that some books can not catch and 20 minutes, and the other is difficult to break away for a few hours.