Full Description
Learn to:
Increase your reading speed and comprehension
Use speed techniques for any type of reading material
Improve your silent reading skills
Recall more of what you read
The fun and easy way® to become a more efficient, effective reader!
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
Open the book and find:
Tried-and-true techniques from The Reader's Edge® program
How to assess your current reading level
Tools and exercises to improve your reading skills
Speed-reading fundamentals you must know
Helpful lists of prefixes, suffixes, roots, and prime words
A speed-reading progress worksheet
Exercises for eye health and expanded reading vision
Tips for making your speed-reading skills permanent
Contents
Introduction 1
Part I: Introducing Speed Reading 7
Chapter 1: Of Course You Can Speed Read! 9
Chapter 2: It's All about Breaking Bad Reading Habits 23
Chapter 3: Understanding the Mechanics of Speed Reading 35
Chapter 4: Introducing Speed-Reading Fundamentals 49
Part II: Focusing on the Fundamentals 73
Chapter 5: Establishing Your Reading Rate 75
Chapter 6: Taking in More than One Word at a Time: Reading in Clumps 85
Chapter 7: Getting the Gist from Word Groups 105
Part III: Advancing Your Speed-Reading Skills 125
Chapter 8: Building Your Speed-Reading Momentum 127
Chapter 9: Exercising Your Ability to Read More in Even Less Time 147
Chapter 10: Other Reading Strategies to Supplement Your Speed Reading 165
Chapter 11: Taking Advantage of Writing Structure to Read More Quickly 187
Part IV: Improving Your Comprehension 199
Chapter 12: Expanding Your Vocabulary to Become a Better Speed Reader 201
Chapter 13: Applying Speed Reading to Various Reading Tasks 221
Part V: The Part of Tens 229
Chapter 14: Ten Quick Techniques to Improve Your Reading Speed 231
Chapter 15: Ten Exercises for Keeping Your Eyes Speed-Reading Ready 235
Chapter 16: Ten Tips for Making Your Speed-Reading Skills Permanent 241
Part VI: Appendixes 245
Appendix A: Uncovering the Prime Words 247
Appendix B: Your Speed-Reading Progress Worksheet 255
Index 261
