Category Archives: Reading Improvement Tips
Believe In Your Brain, And Speed Up Your Reading
One of the reasons that people read slowly is because they’re afraid they’ll miss something in the text if they go too fast. Unfortunately, while slow and careful reading can be essential when you’re reviewing a contract before signing it, … Continue reading…
Free Speed Reading E-Books
If you’ve been using the 7 Speed Reading system for learning to speed read, you already know that the software gives you access to hundreds of free e-books on many topics, which you can use to practice your speed reading … Continue reading…
Don’t Know What To Read? Ask A Librarian
Whether you’re looking for something to read for fun, or you have a specific topic you need to research, sometimes finding the right book is difficult. You can walk into a bookstore and easily be overwhelmed by the choices available, … Continue reading…
How To Read Better AND Faster
If you’ve been working on improving your speed reading skills, you’ll know that it’s not just about how fast you can move your eyes down the page. It’s true that by learning to eliminate habits like regression and subvocalization you … Continue reading…
Spring Ahead In Your Reading With New Vocabulary
Whan that aprill with his shoures soote The droghte of march hath perced to the roote, And bathed every veyne in swich licour Of which vertu engendred is the flour; Whan zephirus eek with his sweete breeth Inspired hath in … Continue reading…
Tomorrow is Another Day … For Speed Reading Practice
“Don’t look back, Ashley, don’t look back. It’ll drag at your heart until you can’t do anything but look back.” – Scarlett O’Hara, in the 1939 film version of “Gone With The Wind” That’s sound advice for many aspects of … Continue reading…
3 Ways to Use E-Readers For Faster Reading
Having the ability to download and carry thousands of books with you on your notebook, laptop, or e-reader is one of the many benefits of 21st century technology. More and more people are taking advantage of this technology; according to … Continue reading…
5 Factors For Reading Success
If you’re already an avid reader and are just working on further increasing your reading speed and comprehension, congratulations! You know how much better you’re able to get through your workday in an efficient manner, and you enjoy being able … Continue reading…
Speed Reading: How To Ace Your Entrance Exams
Unless they’re an academic prodigy, a student probably won’t take tests like the SAT (originally called the Scholastic Aptitude Test), the LSAT (Law School Admission Test), the GRE (Graduate Record Examinations), or even the GED (General Educational Development, a North … Continue reading…
How Reading Boosts Your Brain Into High Gear
Recent studies using high-tech tools that measure brain activity show that when you read more complicated texts, with words that are unfamiliar or used in unexpected ways, the electrical impulses in your brain increase. In a sense, it’s like a … Continue reading…