| Speed reading is a necessity, a skill that is needed to | | | | you will have a clear idea of what you need, you will |
| compete in this modern world, when information intake | | | | know what you do not need, allowing you to overlook, |
| is a significant advantage in any job requirement. Many | | | | and sort out the insignificant information in the text. |
| people believe that in order to improve their reading | | | | When hitting an important part of the text, like the |
| skills they should focus on reading speed increase in | | | | results of a research, evidence or conclusions, anything |
| order to improve their reading skills. The focus on | | | | that is important in the text itself, try and adjust your |
| reading speed only takes energy away from the main | | | | reading speed, try and focus on the part that is |
| task at hand, understanding and comprehending the | | | | important, changing the speed will increase your |
| text you are reading, so instead of concentrating on | | | | attention to it and will allow you to pay more attention |
| the speed in which you read you better focus on the | | | | to crucial details you may need later. Increasing the |
| reading, and as you improve you skills in reading you | | | | reading focus is also called reading "consciously" so |
| will probably find that you have increased your reading | | | | that the reader increases concentration to match the |
| speed. | | | | level of importance he attributes to the text. |
| Reading comprehension may sound like something | | | | This conscious reading also allows the reader to mark |
| back from the school days, but it is actually the main | | | | particular sections of the text thus alerting the brain to |
| purpose of any kind of reading at all, even if this | | | | focus on these parts, and encouraging better |
| particular reading assignment is not what you would | | | | information recall. To read efficiently the efficient |
| normally do, and you keep thinking to yourself that you | | | | reader also reads bigger chunks of text, not individual |
| want this article to end, you will achieve much more by | | | | words and phrases. |
| reading and understanding the text than just browsing | | | | Efficient readers also use a word template, its visual |
| and going for speed, only to realize that you do not | | | | sign, as a marker, going over it without reading it, when |
| know anything about this text once you are done | | | | they prepare to read the text, they start to think of this |
| reading. At that phase you will be sorry you didn't pay | | | | sign as visual thing, not a word to be read each time |
| attention to the content and understand that you have | | | | they see it, so they save themselves time by not |
| to go over this text again, thus not only failing to get a | | | | having to read the word usually most frequently |
| better reading speed, not even getting to the point of | | | | appearing in the text before them (imagine you will do |
| the matter. | | | | this on this article, signing out "read" speed" and |
| So, when you have a reading assignment and you | | | | "reading"). |
| want to practice your speed reading techniques, you | | | | On the next article we will look at speed reading |
| should have a task, a purpose, a clear idea what you | | | | practice, how to practice it and when is it a good thing |
| need and what you expect to get out of this text. | | | | to do, I hope this information helped you increase your |
| Getting to a main concept on the text, or an idea, you | | | | knowledge of speed reading. |
| can efficiently visualize the idea or concept, because | | | | |