If you are a very busy person, reading numerous letters, newspapers, magazines and other text can take up a lot of your precious time. If you learn to read quickly, you will be able to get all the information you need in a short time.
Instructions
Step 1
There are several ways to speed reading. Some of them help you not to lose the meaning of what you read by simply speeding up the reading process. Others help to increase the reading speed to extreme values, but much of what you read remains unassimilated. If you want to understand the meaning of what you are reading, you need to read quickly, but not run diagonally through the text.
Step 2
The first thing you need to learn to do is stop pronouncing words as you read. Some do it aloud, others read the text with an inner voice, perhaps with their lips moving. This helps to better assimilate the text read, but it also slows down the reading speed. Learning not to speak the text will not work quickly. The habit of pronouncing words while reading will manifest itself from time to time. Stop when you notice you are doing this. If you are helping yourself with your lips while reading while speaking with your inner voice, try pressing your finger or palm against them. Over time, this habit will disappear from you.
Step 3
To increase your reading speed, learn to perceive a group of typed words at the same time, do not read the words separately. This will result in fewer eye movements and, accordingly, faster reading. To read several words at the same time, you need to move the text away from you. This is necessary so that the eyes can cover the entire text. Try not to tense the muscles of your face and eyes, do not tense or be too focused on reading.
Step 4
Quite common is the habit of stopping while reading and re-reading the previous word, sentence, or even paragraph. This is done to make sure that the person understands the meaning of the reading correctly. Some people do it unconsciously. If you have this habit, be sure to wean yourself from it. To relieve yourself of this, try using a piece of paper while reading. Cover the words you have already read with them so that your eyes do not return to them.
Step 5
Reading speed can be increased quite dramatically by reading in a quiet and well-lit place. In addition, it will help you not to lose the meaning of what you read. If you cannot read in a quiet place, use earplugs. It is also important not to lie while reading, this greatly slows down the reading speed. Read while sitting, holding the book at a 45-degree angle.
Step 6
Having learned, thus, speed reading, do not forget to pay attention to the complexity of the text. If this is, for example, technical documentation, it makes sense to slow down a little or even re-read the text in order to understand what you are reading.
