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SELF IMPROVEMENT ECOURSE Lesson Three: I trust you benefited from learning about your love for people yesterday. Mark Thompson really dug deep into our mind to get us to question ourselves about our real love for people. Good stuff. Today Melvin Ng is going to reveal some of the most powerful skills that can be learned in Speed Reading. Have you ever considered becoming a powerful speed reader? Do you think it takes too much effort? Do you think it’s just not for you? Well, before you jump to any conclusions that may lead you down the ‘it’s-not-for-me’ trail, you’ll want to read what Melvin Ng has to say about speed reading techniques and their benefits. You may just be surprised at how this can be a key self improvement skill to develop. Stay tuned so tomorrow you’ll see how Dave Sharpe show us How To Harness The Power Of Your Creative Mind And Make It Work For You! Now let’s get to reading this next lesson – fast! --------------------------------------------------------- Three Speed
Reading Techniques and Their Benefits The ability to speed read is an important skill in today’s world, where – whether we are students or at work - we are often expected to read hefty amounts of materials on a daily basis. As a result, improving your speed reading technique is something each and every one of us should not only do, but maintain. The following are some of the speed reading techniques that you can try.
Almost all successful speed readers will attest to the fact that they have a form of peripheral vision that allows them to see large amount of data on a page and to “skim” what they are reading. In short, speed reading like this means that one is not reading each and every word on the page, but merely scanning through the material. Using this speed reading technique, every now and then you will come across a keyword or phrase and it is this that will provide you with the essence of what is being written. The rest of the information on the page is discarded.
Technique #2 – First Sentence Reading The reader will read the first sentence of each paragraph, in order to get the crux (main idea) of the idea behind the paragraph and will then skim read the remainder of the paragraph. This process is then repeated on down the page until such time as all the reading material has been exhausted. It is generally understood that the reader will glean enough information from the first sentence not to be overly concerned about the information contained in the remainder of the paragraph, where the writer will merely be reinforcing the notion set out in sentence one. However, this technique does fall-down on one major point – it pre-supposes that a paragraph only has one idea, which is clearly not always the case! If you find that you are reading material where the writer has used multiple ideas in the same paragraph, you may need to adapt your speed reading technique to one of the other speed reading techniques.
Technique #3 – Group Wording Group wording, as the name suggests, is where the reader looks at a group of words and phrases at the same time. Using the group wording technique, speed readers are able to read large chunks of information at the same time – thus, saving time.
Obviously few people want to undertake the task of learning a new skill, such as speed reading, if there is no direct benefit. Life’s just too short. So, what are the direct and indirect benefits of learning to speed read? The answer to this question very much depends at what stage in your life you are at. Here are some to consider:
High school / pre-college students High school, pre-college, students are normally considered to be primary target groups for a speed reading programs. Basically, the reason why such students are seen as ideal candidates is because they at an age where they can still absorb new ideas without too onerous consideration – an important facet with learning to speed read. Another upside to teaching high school students to speed read is the fact that they can take in far more information from their greater reading skills. Also, with advanced reading skills, students should also be able to comprehend more of what they are reading. Furthermore, with potentially the toughest period of their lives ahead of them, so far as obtaining information from reading is concerned, learning to speed read at this time is seen as being extremely advantageous.
College students If a college student has not learnt, for one reason or another, to speed read by the time they enter college, it is generally considered essential that they do so within their first year (along with learning short-hand!). Practically speaking, this is likely to be the busiest time of a person’s reading life. Moreover, students are often required to read huge amounts of materials, comprehend them, condense them and then comment on them. Having the ability to speed read is nothing short of a God-send skill. Work employees Even though you may not have learnt to speed read prior to entering the workforce, this doesn’t mean that you no longer need to learn speed reading. Consider this: three quarters of all the world’s reading materials (which includes every book and magazine ever written) is contained within the filing cabinets of offices! And, even in this electronic age, with data protection laws in place, we are still required to read vast amounts of information at work each year. Learning to speed read will not only allow you to read quickly, with greater comprehension of the material, but it’ll also provide you with more time to be getting on with the other tasks in your daily working life! Pleasure Again, even if you are only reading for pleasure, the mere fact you have more chance of comprehending that romance novel if you have the skills at-hand that allow you to speed read should be sufficient to convince you of the value of learning this essential skill. Of course, pleasure reading is a lot more enjoyable than technical reading, so if you do have speed reading skills, this will allow you the chance to read even more of those books you always wanted to read, but didn’t have time for! Language students One final group that we should not overlook is “English as a second language” students. Clinical evidence has shown that ESL students who have the ability to speed read have a far greater chance of comprehending the English language and are more inclined to stick to learning English. This is not to say, of course, that speed reading is the answer to all your English language problems, but it is an additional weapon to help you conquer the language barriers! Conclusion So, to sum up, it doesn’t really matter at what stage in your life you are at, provided that you read at anytime during the day, even if it is only the daily newspaper, you are likely to benefit from the skills acquired from learning to speed read. You are also likely to be able to comprehend more of the information you read. And, there’s every chance that because you understand and comprehend what you have read, your long-term memory will be able to retain this information for a future time. All-in-all, some very good reasons to learn speed reading now! =============================================================== Melvin Ng teaches speed reading through his 16-Minute
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