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Can
Anyone Improve Their Reading Speed?
~ by
Melvin Ng
A question that is often asked of speed
reading trainers is whether or not anyone can improve their
reading speed. The simple, straightforward, answer to
this question is “yes”, they can. However, this is not to say
that the leaner will not have to provide some input of their
own: after all, all learning is a form of trade-off. In this
regard, the following are seen as the four essential elements
that a student of speed reading will need to bring with
them if they want to learn to speed read:
1. A desire to improve
Strange as it may seem, not everyone is
willing to accept that there is a better method of reading
than the one currently being used by the student. Most
likely, the student has learnt their current reading method at
a very formative age – probably on their mother’s knee. As a
result, it can be hard to try and convince students to adapt
to new methods of reading, a skill we see as so
fundamental, none of us is really willing to accept that we do
not know how to do it, and do it well, already.
Therefore, a real desire to improve
your reading speed is the first essential element you’ll
need to bring with you to class.
2. A willingness to accept new ideas
Another concept that we learn in our
formative years is to sound out our words (technically called
subvocalize) as we read them. In part this is done so
that we learn how to pronounce the word, not read it!
However, in later life this habit can be extremely difficult
to break. But, if you want to be able to improve your
reading speed, it is a habit you will have to break.
In addition, most of are taught at some
stage in our life that if we have not comprehended, or
understood, what we have just read, to go back and reread the
passage. Again, this is a habit which speed reading
courses see as a no-no. You will have to discard it if
you want to improve your reading speed. However, it’s
not easy to do.
Finally, whichever of the speed
reading methodologies you select to learn, it is likely
that you’ll need to learn to read large chunks of
information at the same time, or to skim read. As
children we are taught that these practices are not good for
us – we will likely miss information, or misinterpret it.
As you can see then, a willingness to
accept new ideas is going to be essential if you want to
learn to improve your reading speed.
3. Motivation
Although motivation may be considered
similar to desire, the essential difference is that not only
do you need to have the desire to learn, but you need to keep
that desire for, potentially, a long period of time. In
practice, learning the proper speed reading technique
only takes a very short time. But the real test is in having
to practice and practice everyday.
This means that a student of a speed
reading course is going to need to maintain the motivation
to learn how to improve their reading speed over a
prolonged period. Indeed, some would argue that you never
stop learning to improve your reading speed.
4. Practice
The adage is “practice makes perfect”,
and nowhere is this adage more appropriate than in the
reading learning process. Anyone who wishes to improve
their reading speed is going to have to practice over
prolonged periods.
Conclusion
To sum it up, if you want to learn how
to improve your reading speed, all you is (i) desire; (ii)
willingness; (iii) motivation; and (iv) practice.
About the author:
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Melvin Ng teaches speed reading through
his
16-Minute Speed Reading Audio Program.
This breakthrough technique Guarantees to
Double your reading speed in just
16 minutes!
http://www.bestspeedreadingcourse.com
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