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Reading Speed

Practices

1. Use a finger

   • Using a finger to guide your reading can help fasten your pace and prevent you from wandering

   • Decreases your regression

2. Push yourself

   • By reading faster than you are comfortable, you train yourself to adapt to that new speed

3. Expand your vision

   • Expand the words you can see to have a larger word intake

   • Skilled readers see groups of words and ideas, not just the individual words

4. Counting

   • Counting as you are reading prevents you from subvocalizing and forces you to simply look at the words

   • People tend to remember and understand what they see rather than what they hear

5. Hold your book upright

   • Puts less strain on your eyes

   • Encourages good posture

6. Read for only 20-25 minutes at a time

   • Primacy/recency effect
   • Also take breaks when your eyes feel strained

7. Deliberate Practice

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