Joke of the Week
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Monday, December 14, 2009 |
 A woman has twins, and gives them up for adoption. One of them goes to a family in Egypt and is named "Amal." The other goes to a family in Spain; they name him "Juan". Years later, Juan sends a picture of himself to his mum. Upon receiving the picture, she tells her husband that she wishes she also had a picture of Amal. Her husband responds, "But they are twins. If you've seen Juan, you've seen Amal." |
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How to Speed Read a Magazine
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Before you start reading anything in the magazine you want to sift through the table of contents and determine what needs to be read. Circle the articles in the table of contents that you plan to read. You can cross out the article after it has been read.
Let’s start with this basic assumption: You can read something faster if you are familiar with it. Most people would agree with this statement. The problem is that most of the material you read is not familiar to you, which is obviously on of the reasons why you would want to read it.
So the idea here is to somehow get familiar with  the material before actually reading it. Think of this as warming up before you read, just like you would before you exercise. The can easily familiarize yourself with an article and “speed read” it by following three simple steps.
Read the First and Last Paragraph
In well written material, the first paragraph is usually an introduction to what you are about to read in the article. Similarly, the last paragraph should summarize the article. So if we read the first and last paragraph we should, at the very least come away with a strong sense of what the main idea is in the article.
Read the First Sentence of Every Paragraph
Wouldn’t it be nice to know all of the main ideas in an article before actually reading it? Since most well written paragraphs are structured with the main idea as the first sentence, we can read the first sentence of every paragraph in the article and come away with a lot of information about the article before even reading it.
Read the Entire Article
Think about the last two steps you did. You read the first and last paragraph, and then the first sentence of every paragraph. At this point, you should have a pretty strong idea of what this article is going to be about. The only thing you’re missing are the details, which you will now get as you read.
Remember we made the assumption that if you are familiar with something, you should be able to read it faster. At this we should definitely be familiar with what we are about to read. So we should approach it more confidently and naturally read it faster.
If you are resistant toward going faster, it could be because you are worried you may miss something. Try to fight that resistance and force yourself to go a little faster than you normally would through the material. You’ll probably find yourself picking up more than you expected.
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| posted by Editor @ 11:45 AM |
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Quote of the Week
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A world community can exist only with world communication, which means something more than extensive short-wave facilities scattered; about the globe. It means common understanding, a common tradition, common ideas, and common ideals.
Robert M. Hutchins |
| posted by Editor @ 11:40 AM |
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History of Speed Reading
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 Gathering information is something all humans do naturally. So it’s only natural that once learn to read we want to start doing it faster so we can gather and absorb more information.
One of the first insights into speed reading was developed through the United States Air Force using the methodology behind the tachistoscope, a device that displays an image for a certain amount of time. The tachistoscope was being used to train pilots to quickly identify enemy planes while in the cockpit. After a little experimentation, they discovered that flashing four words on a screen at 1/500th of a second was understood completely by the reader. This had dramatic implications for reading.
It was originally believed that people read by looking at each and every letter in order to understand the meaning of a word. The U.S. Air Force experiments killed this idea of reading by letters and helped create an understanding the humans are capable reading not just a word at a time, but groups of words.
Speed reading became popularized in the U.S. during the late 1950s by a woman named Evelyn Wood. She actually coined the term “speed reading” before it became a conventional phrase. After studying the habits of naturally fast readers she developed a methodology that was taught in many seminars throughout the country. She is famous for having her methods taught to President John F. Kennedy, who was a strong proponent of speed reading. Until the late 1990s, her classes were frequently taught at college campuses throughout the U.S. She passed away in 1995 at the age of 86.
Although speed reading techniques have been refined through the years, the foundations remain the same. Speed reading involves reading multiple words at a time in phrases without sub-vocalizing every word.
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| posted by Editor @ 9:03 AM |
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Joke of the Week
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Monday, December 07, 2009 |
I have a question
A father and son went fishing one day. While they were out in the boat, the boy suddenly became curious about the world around him. He asked his father, "How does this boat float?
The father replied, "Don't rightly know son." A little later, the boy looked at his father and asked, "How do fish breath underwater?"
Once again the father replied, "Don't rightly know son." A little later the boy asked his father, "Why is the sky blue?"
Again, the father repied. "Don't rightly know son." Finally, the boy asked his father, "Dad, do you mind my asking you all of these questions?"
The father replied, "Of course not, you don't ask questions, you never learn nothin'."
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| posted by Editor @ 9:21 AM |
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How people read?
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 Our conscious brain takes in 16 bits of information per second, compared to our non-conscious brain that absorbs 11 million bits per second. We hate to do stuff consciously because it does take effort and discipline. Our non-conscious brain structures process
the tons of information coming from our sense-organs, including breathing, heartbeat, and circulation. Add to that, instincts and emotions – all without our awareness. It’s a work-horse.
Mini-eye-movements of left-middle and right, are a strategy and must be learned through practice while you read. It requires Intention- Attention and Volition to acquire. It is not automatic, but liberates your brain to read and remember like a master instead of a slave. Use free imagination.
The eyes only take in information when they are stopped. You can easily verify this by holding a book up in front of someone and watch their eyes as they read. Don't tell them what you are observing. What feels like continuous motion is actually move -> stop -> read, move -> stop -> read, etc. Speed readers minimize the number of stops by maximizing the number of words taken in at each stop.
Here's an exercise that will help you do this. Try looking at the following sentence in three ways:
First, focus your attention / eyes on the first "S" in success.
Second, adjust your focus / attention so you can see the entire word, "success".
Third, adjust your focus so you are seeing all three words at the same time.
Because you can't say three words at the same time, you can't sub vocalize if you are reading three words at a time.
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| posted by Editor @ 9:04 AM |
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Quote of the Week
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My philosophy is that not only are you responsible for your life, but doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.
Oprah Winfrey |
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Joke of the Week
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Monday, November 30, 2009 |
 Four men are on the golf course one Sunday morning, and as they were about to tee off one of them, a car dealer, says that he had a confession to make. "You know, guys, this golfing on Sunday mornings is costing me an arm and a leg. I had to give my wife a Lexus that is fully loaded in order for me to be able to come golf with you every week."
The second man, a well known realtor, says, "That's nothing, I had to buy my wife that mansion up on the hill and put it in her name only so that I could come."
The third man, a travel agent says, "I can top that, I had to send my wife and daughter to Paris for two weeks for a shopping spree. I have no idea how much that's gonna end-up costing me."
The fourth man, the engineer, doesn't say anything, so they asked him about it. He says "Well... it's no big deal for me at all. I just roll over Sunday morning and say to my wife: 'intercourse or golf course', and here I am, just like that." |
| posted by Editor @ 9:38 AM |
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Different Ways to Learn How to Read Fast
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 Because of the demands in our lives that we face every day, having some sort of skill that will help us save time throughout the day. But at the same time, it will also be nice if we could learn how to gather different kinds of information fast, without compromising the small amount of time that we have available.
And that is why, right now, it is best that we should learn how to read fast not just for practical reasons, but it can also set us apart from others and can help us achieve a successful life. If you are interested in learning how to read fast, here are some of the places where you can avail of all the lessons that you can get online and help yourself gain a new skill.
Take Advantage Of Modern Technology
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| posted by Editor @ 9:28 AM |
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Quote of thw week
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 Reading any collection of a man's quotations is like eating the ingredients that go into a stew instead of cooking them together in the pot. You eat all the carrots, then all the potatoes, then the meat. You won't go away hungry, but it's not quite satisfying. Only a biography, or autobiography, gives you the hot meal.
Christopher Buckley |
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Radically Increasing Your Reading Speed
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Tuesday, November 24, 2009 |
Speed Reading can help you to read and understand written information much more quickly. This makes it an essential skill in any environment where you have to master large volumes of information quickly, as is the norm in fast-moving professional environments. What's more, it's a key technique to learn if you suffer from "information overload", because it helps you to become much more discriminating about the information that you consume.
The Key Insight
The most important trick about speed reading is to know what information you want from a document before you start reading it. If you only want an outline of the issue that the document discusses, then you can skim the document quickly and extract only the essential facts. If you need to understand the real detail of the document, then you need to read it slowly enough to gain the full understanding you need.
You will get the greatest time savings from speed reading by learning to skim excessively detailed documents, although the techniques you'll learn will help you improve the speed of all the reading you do.
Technical Issues
Even when you know how to ignore irrelevant detail, there are other technical improvements you can make to your reading style which will increase your reading speed.
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| posted by Editor @ 9:19 AM |
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Joke of the Week
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Monday, November 23, 2009 |
 This is the true story of George Phillips of Meridian, Mississippi, who was going to bed when his wife told him that he'd left the light on in the shed. George opened the door to go turn off the light but saw there were people in the shed in the process of stealing things.
He immediately phoned the police, who asked "Is someone in your house?" and George said no and explained the situation. Then they explained that all patrols were busy, and that he should simply lock his door and an officer would be there when available.
George said, "Okay," hung up, counted to 30, and phoned the police again.
"Hello, I just called you a few seconds ago because there were people in my shed. Well, you don't have to worry about them now because I've just shot them all."
Then he hung up. Within five minutes three squad cars, an Armed Response unit, and an ambulance showed up. Of course, the police caught the burglars red-handed.
One of the policemen said to George: "I thought you said that you'd shot them!"
George said, "I thought you said there was nobody available!" |
| posted by Editor @ 2:10 PM |
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The Most Powerful Speed Reading Tip
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 Speed reading is a necessary skill for everyone, as it allows you to read faster, be more productive on your work and save time. For increasing your reading speed you have to learn speed reading techniques and there are many of them. If you search internet for "speed reading tips" then you can find a number of ideas how to change your reading techniques for reading faster.
It is true that speed reading is about many different methods and putting them all together to the reading process will give you maximum boost in reading speed. Still, one of the speed reading techniques is more important than the other ones. You may learn many different methods for speed reading, but if you do not apply the most important speed reading tip then your reading process will be still very inefficient.
When reading you have to always avoid backward eye movements. This is the basis of speed reading and that is the point where you should start to learn speed reading techniques. It is not so difficult to apply, but it needs regular practice. When I started with speed reading, it was the first thing I learned and it gave me a huge boost in reading speed. If you can handle this then you make a jump to the next level with your reading speed.
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| posted by Editor @ 11:27 AM |
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Quote of the Week
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Sunday, November 22, 2009 |
Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind- bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space.
Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001), |
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A Successful Life...Living Your Passion!
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Wednesday, November 11, 2009 |
 A Successful life begins with living your passion.
So what is your your personal passion in life? What do you do and think about the most?
We all begin thinking about what we are going to be when we grow up at a very early age. We may think we want to be a doctor, lawyer, journalist or other professional. Others may think they want to be a police officer, fireman or some type of public servant. As we grow and learn more about ourselves and life, those career ideas change and grow. In fact, many people will enter college with a definite plan of action to get their degree in a specific area only to find in their final year of school that their interests and career desires have changed tremendously.
New relationships and experiences can lead to new passions in life. As we experience new relationships, hobbies and events in our lives, we develop interests and, ultimately, we become passionate about some of them. It is these passions that create the drive and purpose for our life
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| posted by Editor @ 12:51 PM |
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The Reader's Edge.
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It's Easy with Simple Lessons and Exercises
Imagine improving your reading speed and getting more out of your time spent reading. With The Reader's Edge® speed reading software, you can increase your reading speed, comprehension and recall, regardless of your age and current reading ability.
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| posted by Editor @ 9:54 AM |
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Turn Pages Faster for Reading Faster
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Tuesday, November 03, 2009 |
Do you want to read faster? I guess do you do so in at least some cases. Well, then turn pages faster. Sounds ridiculous? Actually, it does matter how much time you spend on paging.
 During my speed reading courses I have observed carefully how the trainees perform the reading exercises. I have noticed that different people spend considerably different amount of time on turning the pages. Most people can turn pages in one or two seconds, but some people waste too much time on it. I have seen some of the trainees to spend five seconds on turning the page.
How does it affect your reading speed? If you spend five seconds on turning the page then during those five seconds you are not reading the text. If the other guy pages in one second, then he can use extra four seconds for reading and he gains a considerable advantage.
How much will it affect the reading speed? It depends on the amount of text printed per page and on the reading speed itself. On the average, there are about 500 words per page, but it may range form 250 to 1000 words. The fewer the number of words per page the more often you have to turn pages and the greater the effect of paging speed on reading speed is. The reading speed is also important as if we read at 500 words per minute and then there will be one paging per minute in case of 500 words per page. If our reading speed will be only 250 words per minute, then we have to page every two minutes. So, paging speed becomes more important when we are faster readers.
If we are reading at 500 words per page, which is twice the average speed and there are 250 words per page then an increase in paging duration by one second will reduce the reading speed by 3.3%. I chose 500 words per page as an example as after learning the basics of speed reading most people are able to achieve that reading speed. Three extra seconds in that case would cost in 10% lower reading speed, which makes a considerable difference.
How to page fast? You have to avoid the mistakes the slow-pagers make. First, if you are not sitting straight and behind the desk, then it may be more difficult for you turn pages. It is much easier to page when the book is flat on a table. Do not lie on a sofa while reading as you have to hold your book with your hands then. In that position you are also not so actively participating in the reading process; you do not react so fast when you have completed a page and you are likely to make a delay with turning the page.
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| posted by Editor @ 11:16 AM |
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Reading Strategies
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Monday, November 02, 2009 |
 Reading Efficiently by Reading Intelligently
Good reading strategies help you to read in a very efficient way. Using them, you aim to get the maximum benefit from your reading with the minimum effort. This section will show you how to use six different strategies to read intelligently.
Strategy 1: Knowing what you want to know
The first thing to ask yourself is: Why you are reading the text? Are you reading with a purpose or just for pleasure? What do you want to know after reading it?
Once you know this, you can examine the text to see whether it is going to move you towards this goal.
An easy way of doing this is to look at the introduction and the chapter headings. The introduction should let you know at whom the book is targeted, and what it seeks to achieve. Chapter headings will give you an overall view of the structure of the subject.
Ask yourself whether the book meets your needs. Ask yourself if it assumes too much or too little knowledge. If the book isn't ideal, would it be better to find a better one?
Strategy 2: Knowing how deeply to study the material
Where you only need the shallowest knowledge of the subject, you can skim material. Here you read only chapter headings, introductions and summaries.
If you need a moderate level of information on a subject, then you can scan the text. Here you read the chapter introductions and summaries in detail. You may then speed read the contents of the chapters, picking out and understanding key words and concepts. At this level of looking at the document it is worth paying attention to diagrams and graphs.
Only when you need detailed knowledge of a subject is it worth studying the text. Here it is best to skim the material first to get an overview of the subject. This gives you an understanding of its structure, into which you can fit the detail gained from a full, receptive reading of the material. SQ3R is a good technique for getting a deep understanding of a text.
Strategy 3: Active Reading
When you are reading a document in detail, it often helps if you highlight, underline and annotate it as you go on. This emphasizes information in your mind, and helps you to review important points later.
Doing this also helps to keep your mind focused on the material and stops it wandering.
This is obviously only something to do if you own the document! If you own the book and find that active reading helps, then it may be worth photocopying information in more expensive texts. You can then read and mark the photocopies.
If you are worried about destroying the material, ask yourself how much your investment of time is worth. If the benefit you get by active reading reasonably exceeds the value of the book, then the book is disposable.
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| posted by Editor @ 12:26 PM |
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Learn Speed Reading
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Wednesday, October 28, 2009 |
 Whether you're hitting the textbooks in philosophy class, reading long-winded emails from co-workers, or just reading the morning newspaper, chances are at one time or another you've wished you could read a little faster. So widespread is the desire to learn speed reading, in fact, that teaching the skill has become big business: a host of companies now offer books, training sessions and even computer programs to increase reading speed, sometimes at a cost of hundreds of dollars. But why fork over your paycheck or student loan money for a speed reading system when you can start reading faster today by following these simple steps?
# Have your eyes checked. Many people who read particularly slowly do so because they have an undiagnosed vision problem. Even if you think you have perfect vision, if you haven't had an eye exam recently, there's no time like the present.
# Time your current reading speed. It is important to find out how fast you read now so that you can track your improvement through subsequent timings. Not only will timing help you to tell if you're improving, but it will also keep you motivated.
* You can break out a book and a stopwatch and either time how long it takes you to read a certain number of words on a page or find out how many words you read in a given amount of time.
* An easier way to time yourself is to take an online reading speed test. There are a plethora of these available: just enter "reading speed test" in your search engine. Many of these have reading comprehension tests, as well, so you can see how well you're understanding what you're reading.
* Regardless of how you decide to time yourself, be sure to read at your normal speed during the timing, and time yourself on a few different pages - the average of your times should approximate your average reading speed.
# Get rid of distractions. Even if you think you read better when you have music playing or when you're in a crowded coffee house, you can probably increase your speed if you reduce distractions to a bare minimum. Try to find a solitary place to read, and turn off the TV, radio and cell phone. Even being in a room of people talking is distracting. If no solitary place is available, try using earplugs to block out any distractions around you. In order to maximize comprehension while reading quickly, you will need to focus on the material at hand as closely as possible.
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| posted by Editor @ 1:16 PM |
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How to Prepare For Exams - Speed Reading Helps You
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Monday, October 12, 2009 |
Have you ever found yourself in time trouble when preparing for exams? Do you spend the last days and hours before the exam with your nose buried deep in the book? As a professor at the university I have seen many of the students suffer from these problems. Time trouble and last minute cramming are serious problems, which have a negative impact on many students' exam results. Yet, it is possible to avoid them if you follow my advice below.
 Why do students cram heavily before exams? Because they do not feel confident in their knowledge as they have not prepared on time for the exams. But it will not help them to achieve a good result. Heavy last minute cramming will make your head thick and while sitting in the exam room you will find it difficult to answer the questions.
It is much better if you relax before taking the exam. You may take a walk or chat with your course mates. In the latter case do not discuss the exam topics. It will not help you to gain extra knowledge, but your brain will be fresher when doing so and you can get a better result in that way.
You much admit that it is not possible to save much with last minute cramming. You have to acquire your knowledge in the right time. You cannot start with your preparation on the last couple of days. In order to avoid time trouble you will benefit from good time management and fast reading.
The first thing is that you have to plan your time. It means that you have to share your study load on all of the months of the semester. When doing so you have already acquired the required knowledge before the exam day approaches. During the last days before the exam you will only have to revise the material slightly in order to keep it fresh in your mind.
It is wise to do really hard work at the beginning of the semester. You can gain a huge advantage by taking it serious during the first two weeks of the semester, when most of the students to not think much about studying as the exams are far away. If you get an early start then you will build a strong basis for achieving a good exam result.
The second possibility to save time is to study faster. We acquire most of the information by reading. Therefore if we could read faster then we can learn faster. It means that learning to speed read will help you to gain more knowledge in shorter amount of time. Fast readers are good learners. I teach speed reading courses at my university. They are not compulsory for the students, but I can say that students, who have participated in them, tend to do better at the exams.
Speed reading will not teach only to read faster. On speed reading courses you will also learn how to prioritize your reading materials as some of them are much more important and more relevant for the exams. You will also learn how to preview texts quickly, which helps you to make that kind of choice. In many cases you can save much time by applying selective reading techniques.
It is also important that you will choose the right speed for different texts. There are always some texts, which are more difficult or more important. You should read them at slower pace, while for some other text you should be really fast. You have to be flexible with your reading speed in order to use your time rationally.
Finally, being able to speed read gives you a psychological advantage. If you are sure that you can work though piles of study material without spending too much time on it then it gives you self confidence. You will avoid pre-exam stress and have control over the study process.
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| posted by Editor @ 11:52 AM |
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Reading Skills and Strategies
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Thursday, October 08, 2009 |
 Reading is one great habit that can truly change your life forever. Reading can entertain you; amuse you, but most of all it will enrich you with knowledge, and experiences narrated. Reading purely for leisure is fun as we all know but there exist certain reading skills and strategies, which if mastered at a nascent stage can help us, be better and far more comprehensive readers.
Although the term reading strategies might sound to mechanical and dry for the ears of a creative book-lover, these strategies can enhance your grasping power and help you get the most out of any book or any text that you lay your eyes on. These skills might not necessarily be learnt as rigid theories or rules but if understood well once they can definitely enhance the reading process and increase the quality as well as quantity of output that you get from after reading. Not only can these strategies can be taught to children right from school, but can also be used by any person of any age to help improve their reading process.
Speed reading:
Speed-reading is actually a combination of various reading methods. The aim of speed-reading is basically to increase the reading speed without compromising on the understanding or retention. Some of the strategies used in speed reading are
•Identifying words without focusing on each letter
•Not sounding out all words
•Not sub-vocalizing some phrases
•Spending less time on some phrases than others
•Skimming small sections
Speed reading is thus actually not precisely defines by specific guidelines and rules but is actually just a process that increases the speed of reading without compromising on the retention of the content.
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| posted by Editor @ 8:38 AM |
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Professions That Benefit Most From Speed Reading
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Wednesday, October 07, 2009 |
If you learn speed reading techniques then it will enable you to start reading considerably faster than you have done it previously. Most of us are able to double their initial reading speed after regular practice. Speed reading can be successfully applied to different job-related reading tasks so it increases your productivity on the job.
The effect of speed reading on the productivity depends on the proportion of the working time spent on reading and of course it is different in case of different jobs. On the general, office workers will spend more time on reading and they will benefit more from learning to read at fast speed in comparison to manual workers.
So which professions will benefit most from speed reading? Although this list is not conclusive on the average the representatives of those professions have more possibilities for applying speed reading techniques.
• Managers and executives. Information is vital for them for making right decisions and the time for obtaining that information can be very limited.
• Clerks. They have to read and write many documents, and their work is to large extending desk work. 
• Secretaries. Similarly to the clerks they are subject to heavy paper work. They frequently have to read lots of material for searching information for their bosses.
• Accountants and auditors. It will take a lot of time to work through those long reports if you are a slow reader. In addition, the legislation is continuously changing and you have to keep up with it.
• Lawyers. Reading loads of materials is a must for orientating in the legislation. Knowledge is a power for lawyers and it will help winning court cases.
• Doctors. For becoming a doctor you have to study a lot and when you are a doctor you have to still study a lot for keeping up with the new developments in the medicine.
• Journalists. For writing a good article you have to be well-informed and often you have to read a lots of materials for that purpose
• Engineers. Lots of technical reading for engineers.
• IT specialists. They have to read different types of manuals, system descriptions etc.
• Researches and analytics. Research always means lots of reading.
• Teachers. Reading student's homework and keeping up with the recent developments in your profession can be very time consuming if you are a slow reader.
• Professors and other scientific workers. Reading scientific literature can take a lot of time; speed reading will help them a lot.
Besides, high school or college students can be added to this list as they have to do a great deal of reading for their studies. Speed reading will help them to save time, read more materials and achieve better results on the exams
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Speed Reading Tactics
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Tuesday, October 06, 2009 |
 Speed reading has become an essential business and academic success tool in the knowledge economy. With the onset of PCs, and the internet, live classes have diminished as a result of "instant access." One of the seemingly easiest choices someone might take to learn the skills is to buy a software program. But does software training work?
Although I can't state that I have reviewed all software programs, I have reviewed the most popular ones on the market. The benefit of learning speed reading with software in general, is that the software does allow for interesting eye pattern simulation training. By that I mean, software addresses one of the components of speed reading somewhat well - the mechanics, or getting the eyes to move more efficiently.
When you read, the eyes must first "see" the words. The eyes stop for a very brief moment to "fixate" on the words. Untrained readers see only a single or a few words per fixation. This is inefficient. You can picture this by imagining a photograph taken with a zoom lens focused in. If you zoom out with the lens, you see more of the foreground and background of the picture. Your camera takes in "more."
Similarly speed reading software trains the eyes to see more for each fixation, or stopping (snapshot) of the eyes. Software can help with this. But it is only one piece of the speed reading puzzle, and some software training programs teach you to expand this visual focal area wider than what the eyes can naturally see during these fixations. This can cause terrible eye muscle strain.
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| posted by Editor @ 10:34 AM |
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