Pay attention when you read, and read as if it really matters.

Pay attention when you read, and read as if it really matters.

Take 30-60 seconds to preview the text by:

Pay attention when you read, and read as if it really matters.

Take 30-60 seconds to preview the text by: Looking over the title of the text

Pay attention when you read, and read as if it really matters.

Take 30-60 seconds to preview the text by: Looking over the title of the text Looking at all the headings, sub-headings or dark print

Pay attention when you read, and read as if it really matters.

Take 30-60 seconds to preview the text by: Looking over the title of the text Looking at all the headings, sub-headings or dark print Looking at any pictures, illustrations, charts

or graphs

Pay attention when you read, and read as if it really matters.

Take 30-60 seconds to preview the text by: Looking over the title of the text Looking at all the headings, sub-headings or dark print Looking at any pictures, illustrations, charts

or graphs Quickly skimming over the passage, reading

the first and last paragraph, and glancing at the first sentence of every other paragraph

Stop talking to yourself when you read.

People talk to themselves in two ways:

Stop talking to yourself when you read.

People talk to themselves in two ways: Vocalizing, which is the actual moving of your lips as you read, and

Stop talking to yourself when you read.

People talk to themselves in two ways: Vocalizing, which is the actual moving of your lips as you read, and Sub-vocalizing, which is talking to yourself in your head as you silently read

Stop talking to yourself when you read.

People talk to themselves in two ways: Vocalizing, which is the actual moving of your lips as you read, and Sub-vocalizing, which is talking to yourself in your head as you silently read

Reading should be an activity which involves only

the eyes and the brain.

Read in thought groups.

Read in thought groups.

Try to read in phrases of three or four words, especially in complete clauses and prepositional phrases.

Read in thought groups.

Try to read in phrases of three or four words, especially in complete clauses and prepositional phrases.

Meaning is easier to pull from groups of words, rather than from individual words or even single letters.