Increasing Reading Speed

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OUTLINE

1. What is an adequate speed?

2. How fast do you read?

3. What affect reading speed?

4. How to improve reading speed?

1. What is an adequate speed?

Scanning

Skimming

Rauding

Learning

Memorizing

For specific info.For the gist

RepresentativeFor knowledgeFor facts / data

600 wpm450 wpm300 wpm200 wpm130 wpm

(Carver, 1990)

Syllabus

0 82 4 6

Learning

Speed NA

60

NA

70-120

1000/5

120-180

140-180

1300/5

NA

1600/5

Level

1. What is an adequate speed?

2. How fast do you read?

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TEST

3. What affect reading speed?

Reading Habits

Reading Teaching

Reading Skills Reading Materials

Reading Abilities

Reading Purposes

4. How to improve reading speed?

Reading Habits

Reading Teaching

Reading Skills Reading Materials

Reading Abilities

Reading Purposes

Improve Habits

Reform Teaching

Develop Skills

Select Materials

Strengthen Abilities

Be Purposeful, Flexible

4. How to improve reading speed?

Self-paced reading

Faster reading

Repeated reading

Reading Software

The increase of reading speed demands a conscious speed training (with a regular record).

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