There is a lot misinformation about speed reading that as a user for over 30 years, and as an instructor of 10s of thousands of learners from all walks of life and all levels of education, I feel compelled to expose a few of the most common and popular myths.
However, prior to we start, it is essential to specify exactly what is reading.
Reading Defined
Although definitions may vary somewhat, checking out can be specified as the act of interpreting visual signs and obtaining definition from those signs (letters, words, and so on). If you accept this meaning, then it follows that reading is a cognitive thinking ability. Therefore, one can check out, as quickly as one can believe (or analyze) the visual symbols.
So when somebody wishes to learn to “speed read,” there is a two-fold trouble. One is seeing the signs more quickly (that’s the easy part), and secondly is getting the mind to respond more quickly. Said just, there are 2 parts to speed reading – developing the mechanical skills of getting the eyes to move more effectively, and finding out to push the mind to think and respond quicker (understanding).
Myth # 1 – “It doesn’t really work.”.
This is both important and incorrect. Among my biggest challenges with learners is the notion that if they enlist in a program, then magic will occur. Due to the fact that of the nature of finding out a brand-new system of abilities and habits is difficult, the student needs to immerse themselves entirely in the experience and let go of presumptions of what they think about themselves as learners and loosen their attachment to the “see-say-hear-understand” habit they matured with. What I tell learners is, “it doesn’t work, you work it.” Simply puts, Dynamic Speed Checking out is a system, a methodology to be put on the act of reading, however the reader has to bring themselves and their mind to the procedure. One strategy beyond the process will not work for all reading scenarios.
Myth # 2 – “Speed Checking out Is Merely About Moving Your Eyes Fast”.
False. Although historically this holds true, and many programs today focus almost solely on the speed of eye movements, this statement contradicts the definition of reading as mentioned earlier. In reality, this is the primary reason for cynicism and uncertainty to the concept of speed reading. It is …