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13 January 2004, 05:07 PM
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Anyone else? Or are you still all still reading this thread? 
I've heard of the 'only reading the middle third of each line' technique and your brain somehow figures out the rest of the line. Certainly didn't work for me unless I'm not doing it right.
I'm not a slow reader but I have a lot of books I want to read and if I can get through more than one a week then so much the better.
I've heard of the 'only reading the middle third of each line' technique and your brain somehow figures out the rest of the line. Certainly didn't work for me unless I'm not doing it right.
I'm not a slow reader but I have a lot of books I want to read and if I can get through more than one a week then so much the better.
13 January 2004, 06:12 PM
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No expert, never been trained etc. But, I believe that when scanning text almost as quickly as your eyes will move, the brain does take something in. I can do this if I'm looking through for a given phrase, or trying to refresh from some text where I already know the subject matter.
What I can't do is take in lots of new information that way, so it suggests to me it's my brain that's slow, rather than my reading.
What I can't do is take in lots of new information that way, so it suggests to me it's my brain that's slow, rather than my reading.
13 January 2004, 07:13 PM
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My english teacher was telling us about a guy who developed techniques to read quickly and his main point to speed up reading was either to use a finger or pen under the text you read as this improves the focusing time dramatically thus allowing you to read quicker.
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13 January 2004, 07:17 PM
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I think the guy you're on about is Tony Buzan. I have The Speed Reading Book just ain't finished reading it yet
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I think the guy you're on about is Tony Buzan. I have The Speed Reading Book just ain't finished reading it yet
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By chance, I've found over the years that I can speed read. Bit of a strange one really. Imagine reading the whole of the Sunday Times in two hours!
I've never really measured the speed, but a good 300 page book in an afternoon is the norm. However I do find myself getting frustrated at work with 'slow' readers.
If there are any tips, I find myself reading three lines of text at a time, somehow combling it together and then making sense of it.
I've never really measured the speed, but a good 300 page book in an afternoon is the norm. However I do find myself getting frustrated at work with 'slow' readers.
If there are any tips, I find myself reading three lines of text at a time, somehow combling it together and then making sense of it.
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