Teach Yourself Speed Reading

by Konstant, Tina

• ISBN13: 9780658011832
• ISBN10: 0658011839
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-03-31
• Publisher: MCG

Summary

Read and recall more written information in less time, with Teach Yourself Speed Reading. Includes a variety of easy reading and memory techniques that can be used immediately.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(6)
Introduction to speed reading	1	(2)
How to use this book	3	(3)
Frequently asked questions	6	(1)
The Five-step Reading System	7	(16)
Introduction to the five-step system	7	(1)
Step 1: Prepare	8	(1)
Step 2: Preview	9	(4)
Step 3: Passive reading	13	(1)
Step 4: Active reading	14	(2)
Step 5: Selective reading	16	(1)
Reading for levels of meaning	17	(3)
Reading with a purpose	20	(1)
Summary	21	(2)
Speed Reading	23	(21)
Factors contributing to speed	24	(1)
Where are you now?	25	(3)
Increasing your basic reading rate	28	(1)
How to use a pacer	29	(2)
Skimming and scanning	31	(4)
Speed reading and getting the message	35	(1)
Bilingual speed readers	36	(1)
Exercises to increase your speed-reading rate and flexibility	37	(3)
Speed-reading graph	40	(2)
Summary	42	(2)
It's All in the Words --- Developing Your Vocabulary	44	(6)
Why increasing your vocabulary speeds up your reading	44	(1)
How to increase your vocabulary	45	(1)
The source of it all --- roots, suffixes and prefixes	46	(2)
Specialized vocabulary	48	(1)
Summary	49	(1)
Concentration	50	(16)
The importance of concentration	50	(4)
Stress and memory	54	(2)
Tips for improving your concentration	56	(4)
Exercises to increase and improve concentration	60	(5)
Summary	65	(1)
Memory	66	(18)
Memory myths	66	(2)
Short-term, intermediate and long-term memory	68	(1)
How memory works	69	(3)
Techniques for remembering what you read	72	(8)
Multi-sensory reading	80	(1)
Forgetting	81	(2)
Summary	83	(1)
A Book is a Book is a Book	84	(12)
Reading different types of material for different reasons	84	(9)
Critical reading	93	(2)
Summary	95	(1)
Your Eyes and Effective Reading	96	(20)
Speed-reading basics	96	(2)
Reading for understanding	98	(2)
Exercising your eyes	100	(6)
Reading more than one line at a time	106	(3)
How to prevent and cure eyestrain	109	(3)
Reading from a PC monitor	112	(1)
Eye nutrition	113	(2)
Summary	115	(1)
Distractions and Solutions	116	(9)
Lack of concentration	116	(3)
Physical distractions	119	(2)
Environmental issues	121	(1)
Work distractions	121	(2)
Clearing your desk of distractions	123	(1)
Summary	124	(1)
Real-world Reading	125	(12)
Information bottleneck	125	(2)
Prioritizing and planning	127	(1)
Coping with meetings	128	(2)
Finding information fast	130	(1)
New jobs, projects and clients	131	(2)
A plan for reducing your reading	133	(2)
Evaluating your progress	135	(1)
Summary	136	(1)
Working and Studying for a Living	137	(7)
Before you begin	138	(2)
Managing time	140	(3)
Summary	143	(1)
Useful Information and Speed Practice Test	144	(12)
The makings of language	144	(4)
Critical language for critical reading	148	(1)
Establishing your current reading rate	149	(7)
What Next?	156	(10)
Guidelines for your 21-day programme	156	(4)
Teach someone else the basics of speed reading	160	(3)
The A to Z of effective reading	163	(3)
Further reading	166