Tips for Reading Posted by Terri

Here are six tips for reading.

1. Read and never lose your wonder in seeking meaning.
2. Read with a purpose, follow the argument/s or story plot/s not the details.
3. Have fun in reading, time your reading if you have a timer around. By reading faster, one can make the reading process more challenging. Reading fast can also keep you awake because you must concentrate more.
4. Use a pencil tip to help your eyes scan the text in phrases, and always move forward as fast as as possible.
5. Speed up your reading by practise reading, reading, and reading. Progressively learn to see and comprehend more and more words ( i.e. from 3 to 10 words) at a time.
6. Target yourself to read at an average speed of 200 words per minute to a more advanced speed of 800 wpm.