.::How to read faster::.

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1.Preview - if it's long and hard



Previewing is especially useful for getting a general idea of heavy
like long magazine or newspaper articles, business reports, and
nonfiction books.

It can give you as much as half the comprehension in as little as
one-tenth the time. For example, you should be able to preview eight or
ten 100-page reports in an hour. After previewing, you'll be able to
decide which reports (or which parts of the reports) are worth a closer
look.

Here's how to preview: read the entire first two paragraphs of
whatever you've chosen. Next read only the first sentence of each
successive paragraph. Then read the entire last two paragraphs.

Previewing doesn't give you all the details. But it does keep you
from speding time on things you don't really want - or need - to read.
Notice that previewing gives you a quick, overall view of long,
unfamiliar material. For short, light reading, there's a better
technique.



2. Skim - if it's short and simple:



Skimming is a good way to get a general idea of light reading -
like popular magazines or the sports and entertainment sections of the
paper.

You should be able to skim a weekly popular magazine or the second
section of your daily paper in less than half the time it takes you to
read it now.

Skimming is also a great way to review material you've read before.

Here's how to skim: Think of your eyes as magnets. Force them to
move fast. Sweep them across each and every line of type. Pick up only
a few key words in each line.

Everybody skims differently.

You and I may not pick up exactly the same words when we skim the
same piece, but we'll both get a pretty similar idea of what it's all
about.

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Skimming can give you a very good idea of the story in about half
the words - and in less than half the time it'd take to read every word.

So far, you've seen that previewing and skimming can give you a
general idea bout content - fast. But neither technique can promise
more than 50 percents comprehension, because you aren't reading all the
words. (Nobody gets something for nothing in the reading game).

To read faster and understand most - if not all - of what you read, you need to know a third technique.



3. Cluster - to increase speed and comprehension:



Most of us learned to read by looking at each word in a sentence - one at a time.

Like this:

My-brother-Russell-thinks-monster...

You probably still read this way sometimes, especially when the
words are difficult. Or when the words have an extra-special meaning -
in a poem, a Shakespearean play, or a contract. And that's O.K.

But word-by-word reading is a rotten way to ready faster. It actually cuts down on your speed.

Clustering trains you to look at groups of words instead of one at
a time - to increase you speed enormously. For most of us, clustering
is a totally different way of seeing what we read.

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Learning to read cluster is not something you eyes do naturally. It takes constant practise.

Here's how to go about it. Pick something light to read. Read it as
fast as you can. Concentrate on seeing three or four words at once
rather than one word at a time. Then reread the piece at your normal
speed to see what you missed the first time.

Try a second piece.First cluster, then reread to see what you missed in this one.

When you can read in clusters without missing much the first time,
your speed has increased. Pratise them fitteen minutes every day and
you might pick up the techneque in a week or so (But don't be
disappointed if it takes longer. Clustering everything takes time and
pratice).

So now you have 3 ways to help you read faster. Preview to cut down
on unnessary heavy reading. Skim to get a quick, general idea of light
reading. And cluster to increase you speed and comprehension.