Interesting discovery at English University.

[Chrono_Wanderer]

COOL!!!!

[MultimediaMan]

Same here...my Advanced Reading teacher ran us through a KILLER Speed Reading phase in our semester....after a week, most people were reading 600-800 WPM with total comprehension, and 800-1200 with 80% comprehension, which was the goal. It has really helped me over the years.

It never ceases to amaze me that most people can't read much past 400 WPM, and most sure as hell can't contextualize a sentence as they read it.

[Technoid]

I don't know how fast I read, only that people accuse me for just flipping the pages and pretending to read

[cjolley]

Becky reads realy fast.
I keep balance in the universe.
chuck

[Brian Ellis]

I'm a fast reader (never timed myself in wpm), especially for subjects with which I'm familiar. However, since turning 70, I've noticed that my comprehension of fast reading has very perceptibly slowed down

[NetSnake]

WOOOOOW thop! this is the coolest thing I read in this forum today

[Gurm]

They TRIED to teach us speed reading in middle school...

But my initial scores showed that I read with 100% comprehension around 1500-2000WPM, so it was pretty much pointless.

I love showing up speed readers. They scan a page, only get 60-80% of it, and I'm two pages ahead with 100%.

- Gurm

[Rakido]

lnik ailbaavle?

[Ajax]

Dr. Mordrid, MultimediaMan, Gurm, (everyone else who reads fast)

Any tips/pointers for a slower reader? I am a slow reader, and it drives me nuts after I read a book for an hour and my brain starts to turn into mush (at which point I am retaining 0% of what I'm reading).

[VJ]

Re: Interesting discovery at English University.

Originally posted by thop
Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht frist and lsat ltteer is at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey lteter by it slef but the wrod as a wlohe.

Hmm, would it be possible to find two (short) sentences with the same number of words and in which all the words are anagrams with the first and the last letter in the same place...?
If so: which sentence would we read ? Would it be like the optical illusion of 2 faces or a vase ?


Jörg

[cjolley]

Originally posted by Ajax
Dr. Mordrid, MultimediaMan, Gurm, (everyone else who reads fast)

Any tips/pointers for a slower reader? I am a slow reader, and it drives me nuts after I read a book for an hour and my brain starts to turn into mush (at which point I am retaining 0% of what I'm reading).

How about some advice from a slow reader?

Those are the classic symtoms of reading something you aren't realy interested in.
Pick something else.
You will read just as slow, but the time will whizz by.
chuck

[Kooldino]

Interesting!

[Ozbreeze]

very fascinating reading

[Dr Mordrid]

Originally posted by Ajax
Dr. Mordrid, MultimediaMan, Gurm, (everyone else who reads fast)

Any tips/pointers for a slower reader? I am a slow reader, and it drives me nuts after I read a book for an hour and my brain starts to turn into mush (at which point I am retaining 0% of what I'm reading).

Other than cjolley's advice I'd say first make sure you're not dyslexic. Don't laugh; most who have its milder forms don't know they do.

Our middle school teacher taught the Evelyn Woods program during summer vacation and instructed his charges with those techniques during the first marking period, which really helped us the rest of the year. Lots of very grateful people came out of his 7th grade English classes.

Dr. Mordrid

[Gurm]

Yeah, I was about to suggest that you might have dyslexia or some other comprehension disability. There are those who have it very mildly and ENJOY reading - I'm convinced that Julie may be mildly dyslexic, she has a hard time with "left" and "right" - and those who have it very mildly and DON'T ENJOY reading - Julie's brother just plain never reads. Anything. Ever. Not even a magazine or newspaper other than the WSJ.

Get tested, but beyond that find something INTERESTING. Start with comic books, work up to graphic novels...

Anyone who has never read seriously (or been able to read seriously) pretty much has to start all over again. Pictures, pictures with words, words with pictures, then just words. It's a slow process - it takes most people 15 years to grow into their reading abilities.

- Gurm