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Zooming in Speed Reading

When you work to speed-read, you are building your comprehension skills, as well as your confidence. Speed-reading is the process of reading faster while relating to the messages in between the sentences.

Speed-reading takes you to set your mind on what you want to accomplish. Various people read in many ways, and most can tell you how they learnt how to speed-read, yet their strategies may not work for you. For instance, I can read super fast while talking aloud, yet various writers will tell you to avoid speaking aloud, as well as to avoid sub vocalizing. Sub vocalizing is the process of mentally hearing what you read. The main ideal of speed-reading is to do it, and do what works best for you. You want to pay attention to your comprehension level. While speed-reading can augment your ability to comprehend, the key to successful speed-reading is comprehension.

Before you attempt speed-reading, you may want to preview the reading material. Preview, works well even if you do not have the ability to speed read at the moment. Previewing can work to help you comprehend what you read. When getting started on speed-reading you may want to start with simple and quick material. Once you learn to pick up speed, you can move onto deeper reading. Keep in mind that fast readers rarely read an entire sentence. We can look at an example to help you see how sufficient readers, read speed.

Example:

Mary searched for familiar words as she read the composite. The information delivered multifaceted information, which hindered Mary's comprehension level. Mary struggled through the reading material, yet after previewing, reviewing, rereading, and defining words she was unfamiliar with, Mary finally caught onto what the message was sending.

Fast Reader Style:

Mary (noun) read - composite - the material was difficult to read. Mary employed writer's tools to help you relate to the message of the sentences.

Comprehension:

Now, if you review the sentence you will see that unfamiliar words are a common problem that stumps readers. You will see that ‘messages' is where the comprehension rests, as well, previewing, reviewing, and defining words could help you to read faster.

Intricate materials could cause you to blunder when trying to speed read. This is why, at what time you start speed-reading you should only test your skills on materials of interest, easy reading, and materials that include swift sentences. For instance, Shelly gave Wayne a call Saturday morning.

Next, you want to keep in mind that sentences must include nouns and verbs. Nouns define a group and/or class of people, places, and/or things. Verbs define actions and/or states. For instance, Mary (noun) gave way to pressure, which she drank (verb) the whisky.

The sentence makes sense, since the core subject (Mary) is taking an action, which we know could lead her to problems. We see then, a message between the sentences. Thus, comprehension should be easy. Now, we can review a few additional sentences to see if the information given makes sense to you.

Sample:

On the other side, stood the item that impressed Jerald so well, he returned.

Now you can practice speed-reading this sentence, but likely, if you have good comprehension skills you will know the sentence is incorrectly stated.

Comprehension test:

On the other side of what:

Stood what item:

What impressed Jerald?

Why did he return?

Well, if we knew what impressed Jerald in the first place, we would know why he returned.

On the other side of the mountain, a beautiful, sculpted stone rested, which impressed Jerald so well, he returned.

Ok, now this makes sense.

Comprehension test:

Jerald evidently climbed over a mountain. Alternatively, he was driving by a side of a mountain when he noticed a stone that attracted his interest, which inspired him to return to view the stone again.

As you notice, the sentence left room for imagination, as well as delivering a message about Jerald. We can read this sentence with speed, since now it makes sense to us.

Yet, sometimes you come across convoluted sentences, which can slow you down. This is why you want to spot words you are familiar with, so that you can perhaps connect the words to understand the words you have difficulty relating to in a sentence.