How To Speed Up Reading Tactics

1. How to Speed up
Reading Tactics

2. 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 than
development Many can not read much faster than
400‐600 words per minute with this approach.

3. Sub vocalization is the habit that is a four step
Sub vocalization is the habit that is a four step
process

4. 1. You see the words

5. 2. Then you say the words in your mind

6. 3. Then you hear the words in your mind,

7. 4. Then you understand the words.

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

9. So, it does hold you back from reading in the
thousands of words per minute range which is
possible with good training.

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

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

12. Therefore, reading is a visual thinking process.

13. The mind can instantly respond to visual symbols.

14. If you drive, you do it every day.

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

16. When first learning speed reading,

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

18. The eyes are the mechanical part of reading.

19. All speed reading programs focus on this.

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

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

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

23. You want to replace sub vocalization.

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

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

26. What do you need from the material?

27. What will you do with what you learn from the
What will you do with what you learn from the
material?

28. What can the author tell me?

29. How can... (topic) be done?

30. 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.

31. 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.

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

33. What you are hearing is your mind.

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

35. The key is that you are not seeing, saying, hearing,
and then understanding every word as the author
has written it.

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

37. You don't want to silence the mind!

38. Remember, if your mind is filled with the thought,
"Stop Sub vocalizing!" over and over while you are
Stop Sub vocalizing! over and over while you are
trying to speed read, you won't understand the text.
You will have competing thoughts.
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39. So worry less about sub vocalizing.

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