Problems in Slow Reading
Many problems in reading are due to old habits because of the fact that a lot of people are still reading like the way that they were taught in grade school and the problem is the mismatch between thinking speed and reading speed arises for the most part from the inadequate methods by which reading is taught. From the book I’ve red there are two main approaches: the Look-Say method and the Phonic method. Both methods are only semi-effective. In the
Phonic method a child is first taught the alphabet, then the different sounds for each of the letters, and then the blending of sounds and finally, the blending of sounds which form words. This method works best with children who are left-brain dominant. In contrast, the Look- Say method works best with children who are right-brain dominant. Most of reading problems have not been dealt with during your initial education.
Fast Reading Tips
Practice good pin pointing together with the move of your eyes and reading mind. You need have a guide to your reading; you can use either the tip of the pencil, your pointing finger or the ruler and at the same time you will work with the movement of your eyes.
Find any reading materials you want to read and then take with you your watch and then start recording the wpm (word per minute) test. After you have recorded your first try then beat then and so on and so on until you come up with your best time.
Whenever reading passages that you want to understand and make use of, make sure never to pass by a word or concept that you do not understand. If you do pass by a misunderstood word or concept, the rest of the text will probably become incomprehensible, and you will feel distracted and bored. If it’s worth reading at all, then you owe it to yourself to define any word you’re not sure of, or find the misunderstood word(s) in the concept that is unclear and sort that out before going further. If your studies bog down, go back to where you were doing well, clear up your understanding and start off again from that point.
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