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STUDENT REVIEW HANDOUT

Speed ReadingLearn to love the questions

And live into the answers

Jackie Alan Giuliano, Ph.D.President

Center for Lifelong LearningSeattle, WA

© 2010 Center for Lifelong Learning

No part of this package may be reproduced or distributed for any reason by anyone without expressed permission by the Center

for Lifelong Learning ([email protected])

For use only by students of our 2-day Speed Reading workshop.

Wasted time while reading your old wayLooking back when lost

10 – 15 percent

Prolonged Fixations10 – 12 percent

Going back to the left side of the page to start a Going back to the left side of the page to start a new line

33 – 47 percent

Sub-vocalization: reading aloud in your head Can slow you down by 50 percent

Total of 53 to 74 percent of the time we spend reading is wasted!

Speed Reading Techniques Summary

Indent two words Indent two words ••Take in 2 or 3 words at Take in 2 or 3 words at ••Take in half the line at a Take in half the line at a

Underline Overview GIST DETAILS

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Indent two words Indent two words from the left and from the left and start underlining start underlining until you reach until you reach two words from two words from the right.the right.

Use your Use your Peripheral VisionPeripheral Vision

••Take in 2 or 3 words at Take in 2 or 3 words at a time.a time.

••Get the remaining Get the remaining

details of the details of the story.story.

••Take in half the line at a Take in half the line at a time.time.

••We are training We are training

our eye to take in our eye to take in multiple words at multiple words at

a time.a time.

••Get the general Get the general idea idea –– the gist the gist –– of of

the story.the story.

••Very fast passVery fast pass••See what “jumps See what “jumps

out” at you.out” at you.

•• Get the Get the “overview” “overview”

of the storyof the story

Speed Reading Principles

Always use a pacerUse soft focus peripheral vision

Take in 3 to 6 words at a time

Right, left, up, down

Pass multiple times through your readingsIntegrate a right-brain note-taking methodRead/learn in a relaxed stateRead/learn in a relaxed state

Relax, have fun, and be excited and engaged in your learning!

More Principles

Permit your ‘head’ to gently move - left-center-right across the sentence. Continue this technique down the page.

Feel as-if your eyes are ‘floating’ across the words of each sentences following your pacer and down the slippery-slope of each paragraph. Practice your ‘sweeping-flow’ physically.

Read for ideas, thoughts, and meaning – not individual words. When you read holistically, you become a master of Read for ideas, thoughts, and meaning – not individual words. When you read holistically, you become a master of the ‘context’ of the paragraphs.

Use an Association Matrix or other right-brained method to record the ‘gist’ of what the writer’s main ideas and salient details. Fill in your summary-sheet for review and long-term memory recall.

There will come a time when you may not need a pacer any more

Great Speed readers go into learning mode, and their eyes automatically use the correct strategies – without a pacer.

The secret is The secret is trusting yourself to first train your eyes,

second, give up Fear of Change and

third, give yourself permission to use speed reading strategies in place of reading slow.

Test Taking Taking an exam with questions and material to examine, like an SAT or MCAT or an open-book test

First, Overview the entire test and questions (Z)

See what you can answer from the skim.

Next, start with the first unanswered question and Get the Gist. Find more answers.answers.

Next, Go for Details the material for the remaining answers.

Do this for the entire test.

Triple Reading Process

Context

OVERVIEW

Get the headlines,

GIST DETAILS

Slowest – two or

three words at a

Begin taking notesLayout your notes

1 2 3

• Front/Back cover

• Table of Contents• Front matter

• Book layout• Index

• “What’s ahead?”

Get the headlines,

the major ideas, the key topics

“S” or “Z” Pattern

Is the material relevant to our learning purpose?

Slower, spending more time on the line.

Half the line at a time.Can take in 2-lines at a time

Build the meaning.

three words at a time.

Building on the

meaning.

What is Comprehension?

Comprehension is understanding what you are reading while you are reading it.

A reader knows intuitively whether or not they have experienced comprehension.

If comprehension is taking place, the story or data being read will "feel" like it is making data being read will "feel" like it is making sense.

The reader can anticipate the process under discussion and experience the train of thought.

Comprehension will differ between individuals since it is dependent upon the various meanings they have formally attached to words.

Comprehension

It is the sum of the thoughts one generates in response to the words or symbols on a page.

The more information you have stored in your brain, the better the material will be understood. understood.

When we can put the material we are reading into a familiar context because of something we already know or have experienced, then we have created an association and comprehension is heightened.

In other words, the experience of comprehension and understanding is recognized through thinking. And this thinking is done while you are reading.

Post Class Practice Plan

15-minutes a day

Use penImprove association

Improve comprehensionImprove comprehension

Improve memory

Within 3-weeks, you will absolutely have improved and increased your ability to learn

Websites for Practice

www.hypnos.co.uk/freedown.htm

after download, point-and-click - ‘hypnosis’.

www.thesharm.com/download.html

www.pinkandaint.com/weirdmet.shtml

These sites are not affiliated with the Center for Lifelong Learning. They are helpful tools that we have

discovered over the years.

www.pinkandaint.com/weirdmet.shtml

then go to section on page: ‘Download’ weirdmet.zip (save to disk – ok)

www.customsolutionsofmaryland.50megs.com/speedreadingiii.htm

htpp://trevor.typepad.com/blog/2004/07/speed_read_your.html

www.stressbusting.co.uk/relaxation

Stay in touch!

Let us know of your progress and don’t hesitate to ask questions by phone or email.

You can take a refresher course anytime over the next 5 years for free!

You get 10 percent of the tuition for anyone you refer to us who takes a class (at the regular tuition).who takes a class (at the regular tuition).

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