Spreed it!
I love this little Java applet.
Try reading a book at 300 words a minute: Project Gutenberg.
I love this little Java applet.
Try reading a book at 300 words a minute: Project Gutenberg.
Years ago, while I was still at college, I took a speed reading course because I was a slow reader and if I knew that course still existed, and where it was being offered today I would recommend it to anyone. One of the key things about this course was that while reading, you skipped to the next line before you read the last word in the first line. You will find that you automatically read that last word. You then skipped the last two words, and then the next three words. I got to the point where I could jump to the next line after having read a little more than half of the first line. That speed reading course was useful. My normal reading speed since taking the course, is quite fast. I read the average pocket best seller in a little over two hours. There were other things besides what I've written here that I won't go into, but speed reading is something you can learn.
That's what I wonder too. I knew a couple of speed readers that could finish a 300 page book in about 10 minutes. I never did believe they got everything out of them. It was too strange watching them flip through the pages like Johnny 5; I felt like I was being hosed; that it was a con like the psychic friends network or something.
That's what I wonder too. I knew a couple of speed readers that could finish a 300 page book in about 10 minutes. I never did believe they got everything out of them. It was too strange watching them flip through the pages like Johnny 5; I felt like I was being hosed; that it was a con like the psychic friends network or something.
I knew a couple of speed readers that could finish a 300 page book in about 10 minutes.
Might be useful for textbooks, but I don't think I would enjoy a good novel as much if I could read it in ten minutes, or even half an hour. Life goes by fast enough as it is and reading is one way to remove yourself from that.
Very Good Point!
Second that:
A book has to have that special something to get me past the first chapter. If it does, I don't want to rush it.
Whatever you do, don't move your lips...........God, that looks retarded.
Like zeekers in a supermarket, reading the can labels............^%^*
:lol:
You'd have to turn a page about every four seconds and look at a new page every two seconds.I don't know anyone who reads that fast. A three hundred page book would have at least 90,000 words. You would have to read at 9000 words a minute....I don't think it is possible.
I don't know anyone who reads that fast. A three hundred page book would have at least 90,000 words. You would have to read at 9000 words a minute....I don't think it is possible.
I get what you mean but they read big fantasy novels and could finish one in about 10 minutes. It did seem like they were blazing through the pages. I think that's why I didn't believe them.
My problem is that I have to "say" the word in my head. If I could get over that habit I think I would be a very fast reader.
I would think that that would make for better understanding,
Maybe but it takes a long time to finish anything, perhaps though, understanding material is more important than quantity? All I know is that fast readers don't hear the words (or so I'm told). I love to read and would like to increase my speed so I could get more in. If I read fiction I can finish a medium sized novel in a few hours. It's non fiction which slows me down and is also what I primarily read, maybe that's normal? I don't know.