»Speed Reading! Has anyone experience?«
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 Has anyone here experience with speed reading ♣? I mean where you learn to read superfast and merely swoosh over the pages? posted by knn |
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| in-my-opinion.orgTechnology, Computers, Science, InternetLanguage, Math and NamesSpeed Reading! Has anyone experience? |
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 yeah, I tried the Mega Speed Reading course... Didn't do jack. W/o an eidetic memory, there is only so much you can do.  Eye-Q is the latest one that I have seen (hosted by the girl from Mork, wha? haha)  W/o some serious computer interfaces jacked right into your brain, I don't think any of these "scams" will really work. Sure some people will succeed, but that is just because they are wired specially brain-wise. So basically just hope you are one of those people. posted by volonteshiva |
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volonteshiva: yeah, I tried the Mega Speed Reading course What is actually the theory behind that? How do they want to achieve speed reading? By "photographing" what you are reading, or how? 
posted by knn |
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knn: volonteshiva: yeah, I tried the Mega Speed Reading course What is actually the theory behind that? How do they want to achieve speed reading? By "photographing" what you are reading, or how? 2/3rd of the damn set is just reiterating what the Mega Memory set teaches which isn't that bad but I can already do what it teaches, so it's not "that" helpful for me. The last 1/3 is obviously somewhat vague. It speaks of unlocking your potentional. It tries to say that everyone has the potential for a photographic memory, we have just been taught to read wrong. Basically it says we are taught to read silently at the same speed we would read if we read it aloud. That limits us and they says our mind can read much faster. They say reading should really just be photographing the pages and then since your brain is more active from doing that then your retention and comprehension is increased during/after the fact. I mean it does work but it only helped me like 10-20%. Perhaps if I gave it another chance but I doubt it. Plus it has you use your hand as a pointer/guide which doesn't really work if you want to read in bed. posted by volonteshiva |
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 volonteshiva: They say reading should really just be photographing the pages and then since your brain is more active from doing that then your retention and comprehension is increased during/after the fact. i can't even remember where i put my keys half the time and i'm suppose to learn how to ahve a photographic memeory? 
posted by The ONEder Man |
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What about, photoreading? does it really works?  it's suppossed you can read one page per second, does any here tried it before? posted by xname |
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 xname: it's suppossed you can read one page per second, I can read 1p/s, too. But I can't remember anything what I read  Your conscious mind can handle seven pieces of information at a time, while your subconscious mind can handle a staggering 20,000 pieces of information. That's the difference between regular reading and PhotoReading. We don't like using the word "subconscious" because it seems mysterious. We take the mystery out of the subconscious, and we help you expand the capabilities of your "whole" mind. Can you imagine the power your whole mind can bring to reading? Success stories:  posted by knn |
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 If anything, I read too quickly, and I'm nowhere near a page a second. I have a good memory, but when I read, I like to be able to hear the people talking in my head. Of course, all my academic texts are in Hebrew, and I'm painfully slow reading in foreign languages. I suppose a rate of a p/s would be useful in anything other than fiction. *sighs* I'm just afraid that I won't be able to read normally after I do a course like that. posted by Sharaith |
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Hi there, I have tried, pretty much all there is to try when it comes to speed reading. Photoreading did NOT work for and I believe the success rate of the people who do end up reading at the pace that they claim is less than 10% - if those are good odds for you - go ahead keep cracking at it and best of luck. Something that HAS worked for me is revitupreading, its by the a speed reading author that has been around for a while, wrote 10 days to faster reading and also Idiot's guide to speed reading. I took her online speed reading course and it really helped me I started out with a 250wpm now i am at about 600wpm. Here is her website - hope this helps  posted by amoo |
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There are lots of good points here - and, as a speed reading trainer from the UK, I will try to respond to some of them. First speed reading is not easy. This is because the way you read is a set of habits,. some good which will make you faster, some bad which will slow you down. To speed up you have learn new habits, use them and practise them every day until they become like second nature. If you don't stick at it, the old habits will return and you will think you have failed. Some of these habits are mentioned here - focus on key words, never go back, concentrate hard, use a pointer, use your peripheral vision etc. At first when you are reading in this way your comprehension may reduce, but it will improve again as the habits become like second nature. You also need to have a positive mindset to learn speed reading, feel confident that you can succeed (like many thousands of people that I have trained), stay motivated, be persistent. You also have to have a good reading process - always prepare before you read by skimming through the book or document. Sit in a comfortable place, play ambient music to keep you focused and lift your mood and never read for more than 20 mins before taking a short break. Also keep healthy, sleep well and stay hydrated! All this is summarised in my audio book 'Speed reading for Success' - more info on my website.  Memory is another thing. To remember what you read you have to take notes, and review those notes until you have made strong memory tracks. Mind Maps are best but you can use highlighting, margin notes or bulleted lists. Never write copious notes - they are not useful for review purposes. There is more in my audio book 'Memory and Learning for Success' , again details on my website. There is a lot to say about speed reading and memory - please come back with further questions. posted by Jane Smith |
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I took a speed reading program in graduate school. It changed my life. A few years later I began teaching the skills, then revising the skills, and later developing a brain based program that updated the approach for better comprehension, memory, and recall that was consistent with what neuro-science has been learning. The biggest problems for new learners are: 1. There is much mis-information about the skills all over the web that leads a newbie to unrealistic and mis-informed expectations. 2. Regardless of what the marketing material says, to master the skills requires consistent effort, practice, coaching, and moving through various predictable obstacles along the way. Without the "coach" (a real trained practitioner) the newbie will typically give up too soon. 3. The new learner does not understand the nature of learning and the stages of learning that all learning goes through to mastering any new set of skills. See article:
posted by speedreadingtactics |
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I actually have personal experience with speed reading. I got started when I saw the eyeq commercial. Unfortunately that is a scam. They sell you this useless little program from the 1990s which does nothing but show bouncing tennis balls and highlights words. The tv commercial says 14.95 but then they hit your credit card for 250.00. It took me months to get a refund and then only when I got my credit company involved. There is no actual course with eyeq and it never explains what you are supposed to do. I thought all speed reading was a scam after that until I met a real speed reader at a seminar and he told me how it worked. I started doing my own research again and I now know that the photo reading systems are also scams because it is not as easy as they say and no one reads 25000 words per minute. There are legitimate systems like Evelyn Wood which is the oldest speed reading course but it is also rather dated. The top courses today are Speed Reader-X and Acereader. High price does not mean a good course either. Here is a link to a video which is also on youtube that explains what speed reading is and how it works. It really has some good information including debunking myths about speed reading and he even reveals the scams like photo reading and mind mapping. This video is 45 minutes long and should answer any questions you have about speed reading. Unlike the eyeq infomercial this video actually explains how speed reading works and goes through a couple of exercises too. I discovered it late in my research so knew most of what was there but still learned a lot.  posted by janerhere |
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