Reading Styles in How to Speed Read All of us have the ability to read information in many ways. We all interpret, or comprehend information in our own way. We also have ability to read at our own pace, and increase that speed by practicing daily. Few of us use motor skills, sight, or auditory skills to read information. One of the best things in life is to understand the type of reader you are, since it can increase your ability to read faster once you have an understanding. Readers who use motor skills use parts of their body's, thus moving it as they read. If you stop the movement, thus you will decrease the reader's ability to understand what he reads and slow down his or her speed. Motor readers will move ears, nose, mouth, eyes, legs, arms, and so forth, thus depending on the reader.
Other types of readers, such as those who use auditory will listen to words mentally while reading material. The reader hears the words as he or she briskly reads through the information. Sometimes the reader may mumble while reader, while other types the reader sub-vocalizes mentally. At times the reader's Adam Apple will vibrate as he reads. Regardless, the motor and auditory readers often read slower than that of the sight-readers. Motor readers of course read material faster than those moving body parts; still the auditory form of reader will slow their progress.
Both motor and auditory readers will not comprehend information as thoroughly as sight-readers will. Thus, the noise in the mind, as well as the movement will slow the progress. Sight-readers use visual aids, or messages to relate to material they read. Let's consider an example to help you understand this.
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Often, you can construct paragraphs by comparing events in the context. You can search for ideas, object, and/or person to decide where the topic is heading. For instance, when you write on subjects that the audience does not relate to, you can instantly make reference to familiar topics.
Now, this is a writer's tool, yet you can gain from the information and even use it in reading. How? When you find out, let me know. Just kidding; speed-readers will often visualize what they read. For instance, extracting the words “compare” and “context” from the sentence helps me to see that I can compare the last sentence to the following sentence to find meaning. The words mean nothing, yet the words help me to visualize self in the moment, seeking out meaning.
In order to become a sight-reader you will need to set your mind. The mind is like a machine in some ways, since you can program it to do what you want. (See Power of the Mind, or Power of Suggestion)
Once you set your mind to sight-reading you can move toward enhancing your speed and comprehension level. To start you want to find easy to read material, which the subject is of interest to you. Starting out with complex material and topics that pose no interest will only slow you down. In fact, this strategy could even discourage you to continue speed reading.
Overall, the reader's style includes fixation, sight-reading, motor, auditory, return eye sweep, and so forth. If you want to learn how to speed read your best bet is to practice everyday, as well as search for additional information that will help you to read fast. No one reader is the same, thus you also have to learn from trial and error as to what works best for you. The best word of advice however, is to keep it simple.
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