Motivation

1. Six sick hicks nick six slick bricks with picks and sticks.

2. I have got a date I have got a date at a quarter to eight; I’ll see you at the gate, so don’t be late.

3. Two witches, two watches If two witches would watch two watches, which witch would watch which watch.

Lesson 13An Overview

of Speed Reading

Reading Speed MeasurementThe average readers covers

250 W.P.MVery good readers Covers

500-600 W.P.M

The Phenomenal readers covers as fast as 1000 W.P.M.

6 minutes and 10 seconds 37o sec.

1500/ 370 = 4.054.05 x 60 = 234

234W.P.M.

Reading for the Ideas

Reading one word at a time is not enough for the mind

to get a synthesis of the meaning from the whole

printed text.

Using Reading Signposts

Good ahead signals- with such as : and , also , likewise , moreover , furthermore , etc.

Turn-about signals- turn the thought in a different direction in reading such words as: but , yet ,

nevertheless , although, in spite of , on the contrary.

Shopping Before Reading

Study the title to see if the materials conforms to your interest or curiosity.The subtitle are door- openers to more specific information about the book or article.

Sightseeing As You Read

Reading is like tour in the city because while reading pick up significant ideas by finding the key ideas in segments of the book article. At the same time, as you gather the larger ideas, “sift the sands for the gold dust of mine the details.

Riding along the authorIdentify yourself with the writers, and

his purpose as this is revealed by various patterns of his thoughts, such as his sharing-experience pattern, question-answer pattern, imparting-information pattern, opinion-reason pattern, or substantiated-facts pattern.

Cleverly ReadingSkimming is a process of reading

involves the passing over of passages to rapidly grasp information on an entire selection. Through skimming you can speedily get main Ideas , opinions , conclusion and answers to questions.

Recommended skimming techniques Skim for the main idea only ,

ignoring large sections of content.

Read only key words, omitting words of lesser importance .

Read with the fleeting eyes sweeping vertically.

Techniques In Speed Reading

is the visual guiding of the eye using a finger or pointer, such as a pen, in order for the eye to move faster along the length of a passage of text

META GUIDING

PICTURE READING

Prepared By: GROUP -IV