Speed Reading For Dummies

I plucked a tenuous book off my shelf written in 1966 entitled: Mastering Speed Readingby Norman C. Maberly, ED.D. (128 pages) and subsequently went on to Amazon to see how the concept of speed reading has progressed. Enter, Speed Reading for Dummies, by Richard Sutz. C. 2009 (274 pages). Personally I read everything from mysteries, non-fiction to Wired magazine and the Wall Street Journal (okay, I don't read Chick Lit and NYT's Bestsellers). I tested and classify myself as an advanced reader (over 300 wpm) and wanted to pick up the pace and further improve my skills... This book helped and will give you the tools and tests you need. Sutz explains early on that the typical reader techniques stopped at the 3rd grade level of oral reading... word by word that you might still be applying in your mind. He also debunks the myths. One of them is that you don't have to run your fingers down the pages, known as a pacer (a visual guide) like Dr. Spencer Reid in Criminal Minds - The First Season. You will learn to break bad habits and understand eye fixations and how to widen your visual field when reading. Sutz's Speed Reading for Dummies is concise and comprehensive and deconstructs the written word to help recognize the patterns and accelerate your intake on the page-- and also covers tips for reading articles online and emails in this digital age. In the final analysis, as Sutz points out: You decide how much you want bring to your reading. The evolution of speed reading has come along way since Evelyn Wood threw her book in the dirt and invented "pacing" when she brushed the dirt off the pages, but the basic principles still apply (just without the pacer perhaps). You have to read a lot, challenge yourself and practice to read more in less time. It also boils down to: what are your personal goals? Me personally, if I'm reading a mystery, I might want to slow down and enjoy the story or dialogue. On the other hand, I also have to quick study and clump and chunk information in technology and other areas of my professional life and that requires me to apply the techniques in this book. It works if you read and practice these techniques! Note: As to the other reviewer that had trouble silencing the inner voice (referred to as vocalizing) you have to clump information and practice for this technique to work in order to silence the inner voice that vocalizes.

Learn to:

• Increase your reading speed and comprehension
• Use speed techniques for any type of reading material
• Improve your silent reading skills
• Recall more of what you read

The fun and easy way ® to become a more efficient, effective reader!

Want to read faster — and recall more of what you read? This practical, hands-on guide gives you the techniques you need to increase your reading speed and retention, whether you're reading books, e-mails, magazines, or even technical journals! You'll find reading aids and plenty of exercises to help you read faster and better comprehend the text.

• Yes, you can speed read — discover the skills you need to read quickly and effectively, break your bad reading habits, and take in more text at a glance
• Focus on the fundamentals — widen your vision span and see how to increase your comprehension, retention, and recall
• Advance your speed-reading skills — read blocks of text, heighten your concentration, and follow an author's thought patterns
• Zero in on key points — skim, scan, and preread to quickly locate the information you want
• Expand your vocabulary — recognize the most common words and phrases to help you move through the text more quickly

Open the book and find:

• Tried-and-true techniques from The Reader's Edge ® program
• How to assess your current reading level
• Tools and exercises to improve your reading skills
• Speed-reading fundamentals you must know
• Helpful lists of prefixes, suffixes, roots, and prime words
• A speed-reading progress worksheet
• Exercises for eye health and expanded reading vision
• Tips for making your speed-reading skills permanent

Learn to: Increase your reading speed and comprehension Use speed techniques for any type of reading material Improve your silent reading skills Recall more of what you read The fun and easy way® to become a more efficient, effective reader! Want to read faster — and recall more of what you read? This practical, hands-on guide gives you the techniques you need to increase your reading speed and retention, whether you're reading books, e-mails, magazines, or even technical journals! You'll find reading aids and plenty of exercises to help you read faster and better comprehend the text. Yes, you can speed read — discover the skills you need to read quickly and effectively, break your bad reading habits, and take in more text at a glance Focus on the fundamentals — widen your vision span and see how to increase your comprehension, retention, and recall Advance your speed-reading skills — read blocks of text, heighten your concentration, and follow an author's thought patterns Zero in on key points — skim, scan, and preread to quickly locate the information you want Expand your vocabulary — recognize the most common words and phrases to help you move through the text more quickly Open the book and find: Tried-and-true techniques from The Reader's Edge® program How to assess your current reading level Tools and exercises to improve your reading skills Speed-reading fundamentals you must know Helpful lists of prefixes, suffixes, roots, and prime words A speed-reading progress worksheet Exercises for eye health and expanded reading vision Tips for making your speed-reading skills permanent Learn to: Increase your reading speed and comprehension Use speed techniques for any type of reading material Improve your silent reading skills Recall more of what you read The fun and easy way(R) to become a more efficient, effective reader! Want to read faster -- and recall more of what you read? This practical, hands-on guide gives you the techniques you need to increase your reading speed and retention, whether you're reading books, e-mails, magazines, or even technical journals! You'll find reading aids and plenty of exercises to help you read faster and better comprehend the text. Yes, you can speed read -- discover the skills you need to read quickly and effectively, break your bad reading habits, and take in more text at a glance Focus on the fundamentals -- widen your vision span and see how to increase your comprehension, retention, and recall Advance your speed-reading skills -- read blocks of text, heighten your concentration, and follow an author's thought patterns Zero in on key points -- skim, scan, and preread to quickly locate the information you want Expand your vocabulary -- recognize the most common words and phrases to help you move through the text more quickly Open the book and find: Tried-and-true techniques from The Reader's Edge(R) program How to assess your current reading level Tools and exercises to improve your reading skills Speed-reading fundamentals you must know Helpful lists of prefixes, suffixes, roots, and prime words A speed-reading progress worksheet Exercises for eye health and expanded reading vision Tips for making your speed-reading skills permanent The fun and easy way to become a more efficient, effective reader!

Want to read faster — and recall more of what you read? This practical, hands-on guide gives you the techniques you need to increase your reading speed and retention, whether you're reading books, e-mails, magazines, or even technical journals! You'll find reading aids and plenty of exercises to help you read faster and better comprehend the text.

• Yes, you can speed read — discover the skills you need to read quickly and effectively, break your bad reading habits, and take in more text at a glance
• Focus on the fundamentals — widen your vision span and see how to increase your comprehension, retention, and recall
• Advance your speed-reading skills — read blocks of text, heighten your concentration, and follow an author's thought patterns
• Zero in on key points — skim, scan, and preread to quickly locate the information you want
• Expand your vocabulary — recognize the most common words and phrases to help you move through the text more quickly

Open the book and find:

• Tried-and-true techniques from The Reader's Edge program
• How to assess your current reading level
• Tools and exercises to improve your reading skills
• Speed-reading fundamentals you must know
• Helpful lists of prefixes, suffixes, roots, and prime words
• A speed-reading progress worksheet
• Exercises for eye health and expanded reading vision
• Tips for making your speed-reading skills permanent

Part 1. Introducing speed reading. Of course you can speed read! ; It's all about breaking bad reading habits ; Understanding the mechanics of speed reading ; Introducing speed-reading fundamentals Part 2. Focusing on the fundamentals. Establishing your reading rate ; Taking in more than one word at a time : reading in clumps ; Getting the gist from word groups Part 3. Advancing your speed-reading skills. Building your speed-reading momentum ; Exercising your ability to read more in even less time ; Other reading strategies to supplement your speed reading ; Taking advantage of writing structure to read more quickly Part 4. Improving your comprehension. Expanding your vocabulary to become a better speed-reader ; Applying speed reading to various reading tasks Part 5. The part of tens. Ten quick techniques to improve your reading speed ; Ten exercises for keeping your eyes speed-reading ready ; Ten tips for making your speed-reading skills permanent Part 6. Appendixes. Appendix A, Uncovering the prime words ; Appendix B, Your speed-reading progress worksheet. A breakthrough method for increasing reading speed and comprehension In today's fast-paced world, everyone wants to read faster--students, workers, and time-pressed people everywhere who want to increase their efficiency and productivity. Speed Reading For Dummies changes the way people read, showing them how to process information more quickly while improving comprehension, retention, and recall. Covering the latest speed-reading techniques and tips, this breakthrough guide will help people read quickly and successfully no matter what they read--books, newspapers, magazines, e-mails, or technical journals. Speed reading is defined as reading as many as 10,000-25,000 words per minute. This book provides useful tips and techniques that help people read with greater speed and retention. The techniques within are applicable for the everyday reader, business reader, or scholar and can be used for any type of reading material.