speed reading class: how to make difficult reading easy
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http://www.smartspeedreading.com These slides are from the Iris Speed Reading Classes & Memory Improvement Courses. Iris is the largest and leading provider of Speed Reading & Memory Improvement Courses in the United States. This course covers speed reading and how to make difficult reading easy for speed readers.TRANSCRIPT
How To Make Difficult Reading Easy
Welcome!
Gaining Background Knowledge Before Reading
The more familiar you are with a subject, the easier it will be to read.
Multiple Reading Process
1. Preview2. Overview3. Read4. Final Review5. Recite
Consider Doing MRP on Sections
PreviewOverview
Read
Then move on to the next section in the chapter.
Read & Recall
Read a paragraph, immediately write what it was about (a keyword or 2-3 words max)
Dealing with Diagrams, Charts, Formulas, etc.
How To Get Maximum Comprehension When You Must Analyze a Diagram, Chart or Forumula
How Taking Notes Creatively Makes Reading Easier
Taking Notes Strengthens Retention
Mind Mapping Helps You Remember Visually
Pushing Through the Material
How To Avoid Re-Reading
When you should re-read
Pushing Through the Material
Making marks to signify difficult areas
Mental Checkpoints
To make sure you are focused check to see if you are still paying attention after each section.
Using Questions To Read Critically
What?
Why?
How?
Reading Philosophy
Try to find the question the author is trying to answer
3 Other Ways to Improve Quality of Comprehension
1. Reading a wide variety of material2. Discussion3. Testing (Actual Tests or Self-recitation)
When To Look Up Unfamiliar Terms
After you finish a paragraph
Don't Read to Remember, Read to Understand
Reading for Understanding is that Goal
After you've understood the material, you can then focus on trying to remember it.