How Speed Reading Works
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ACCELERATED PACING METHOD:
Various hand movements can cause acceleration of reading speed. We are about to introduce you to several hand movements that will accelerate your reading ability. Try each one and see which suits you best.
BASIC PACING:
Pace your eyes so swiftly over a line that you don’t have time to form the sounds of the words or syllables in your throat.
To understand this concept, you must understand that your nemesis “The Babbler” (your own inner voice) is reading to you in silent speech and then it goes into your brain.
You’ll read without sub-vocalizing. You already know the basics: Pace your eyes so swiftly over a line that you don’t have time to form the sounds of the words or syllables in your throat.
To understand this concept, you must understand that your nemesis “The Babbler” is reading to you in silent speech and then it goes into your brain. We did experiments in Hawaii, New Mexico, Florida, and elsewhere. It appears that those with the slowest speaking rates have naturally slow reading rates. With this method, your speaking rate will no longer limit your reading speed. You can read as fast as you can think. What I am saying is you can read as fast as your mind can work.
Here’s the method to begin pacing across a line faster than you can form the sounds in your throat:
Extend your index finger, close all others.
You’ll be reading twice as fast as you ever have. You’ll retain valuable information and increase your comprehension and improve your grades.
Dr. Jay Polmar is the founder of www.speedread.org, and has developed speed reading courses for people worldwide and has taught over 100,000 students throughout the world.
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