How To Speed Up Reading Tactics

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How to Speed up Reading Tactics

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When someone asks or complains that they are in a speed reading program and they are still sub 

vocalizing, somewhere they have learned that this habit that was formed in the early stages of reading development Many can not read much faster thandevelopment, Many can not read much faster than 400‐600 words per minute with this approach. 

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Sub vocalization is the habit that is a four stepSub vocalization is the habit that is a four step process 

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1. You see the words

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2. Then you say the words in your mind

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3. Then you hear the words in your mind, 

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4. Then you understand the words. 

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The human mind can understand the spoken wordThe human mind can understand the spoken word up to about 600 words per minute. 

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So, it does hold you back from reading in the thousands of words per minute range which is 

possible with good training.

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Reading can be defined as the mind's response toReading can be defined as the mind s response to printed text. 

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The text is composed of visual symbols (letters andThe text is composed of visual symbols (letters and words). 

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Therefore, reading is a visual thinking process. 

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The mind can instantly respond to visual symbols. 

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If you drive, you do it every day. 

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Very few people read as a visual thinking processVery few people read as a visual thinking process though. 

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When first learning speed reading, 

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You need to learn to move the eyes more fluidly andYou need to learn to move the eyes more fluidly and efficiently. 

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The eyes are the mechanical part of reading. 

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All speed reading programs focus on this. 

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When dealing with sub vocalization, most programs merely tell the learner to stop doing it, but don't 

explain how. 

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In fact, most speed reading programs treat comprehension as a mere mention, but don't teach the speed reader how to understand the material.

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If you are learning to speed read you do not wantIf you are learning to speed read, you do not want your mind to go silent on the material. 

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You want to replace sub vocalization. 

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In fact, even advanced speed readers will never totally eliminate the sub vocal process. 

They transform it. 

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Sub vocalization needs to gradually be replaced bySub vocalization needs to gradually be replaced by you giving your mind a purpose for reading. 

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What do you need from the material? 

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What will you do with what you learn from theWhat will you do with what you learn from the material? 

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What can the author tell me? 

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How can... (topic) be done? 

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Asking a lot of questions of the material before diving into the depth of it is one way to transform 

how your mind responds to the print. 

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Another tip is to ask yourself "What's this about?"Another tip is to ask yourself,  What s this about?  as you move through the text. 

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As your mind seeks and sees the answer you willAs your mind seeks and sees the answer, you will "hear" something. 

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What you are hearing is your mind. 

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Some of the words might be in the textSome of the words might be in the text. That's ok. 

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The key is that you are not seeing, saying, hearing, and then understanding every word as the author 

has written it. 

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Your mind is now responding interpreting and/orYour mind is now responding, interpreting, and/or summarizing. 

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You don't want to silence the mind!

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Remember, if your mind is filled with the thought, "Stop Sub vocalizing!" over and over while you areStop Sub vocalizing!  over and over while you are trying to speed read, you won't understand the text. 

You will have competing thoughts. p g g

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So worry less about sub vocalizing. 

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Thank you, 

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