Fast reading has a lot of advantages: it allows you to save time for studying and processing the material, get much more information in a short time, select the main idea from the text. Of course, speed reading is very important first of all for students. Mastering some exercises, and applying them in practice, you can increase the speed of reading , as they are aimed at expanding the visual field, the development of rhythm.
How to increase the reading speed of an adult?
The speed of reading can be increased at any age, the main thing is to constantly engage in and do not throw this thing. But first of all it is necessary to say that before performing this or that exercise, you need to take the correct position of the body: the posture should be level, and the left hand should rest slightly on the book.
How to increase the speed of reading books:
- External articulation, manifested in pronouncing aloud the words read, must be suppressed. To do this, you need to close your lips with the palm of your hand while reading.
- Suppress the entire internal articulation. This is a process, accompanied by pronouncing the words you read. It significantly reduces the speed. To get rid of it, you should read 1 to 10 to yourself during the reading.
- Try to exclude or reduce the recurrent eye movements to previous phrases or paragraphs. This not only slows down reading, but also helps reduce the digestibility of information.
- Develop the habit of instantly highlighting from the text only important and useful information, mentally cutting off everything else.
- Expand your field of vision . Try to cover as many words, paragraphs as possible.
- Learn how to read superficially - to view only important fragments of the text.
If there is no desire or possibility to master the technique of speed reading on your own, then it is possible to resort to the help of specialists who teach this at training sessions and courses.