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In the last post, we talked about how the process of improving your reading speed is, at least at the beginning, more about unlearning than learning. You’re having to rewire your brain to follow new paths and new patterns. You’re having to teach your eyes new tracks to follow, and to teach your mouth to stay out of the way. One of the hardest habits to break is backtracking.
Unhelpful Habit #1: Backtracking
If you can still hear your primary school teacher’s voice saying something like, “Be sure to read the assignment carefully before you answer the questions!” then you might have the habit of backtracking, or regressing, when you read. This means that rather than reading straight through text, you stop and skip back to re-read words or phrases, or perhaps entire paragraphs. You may have gotten into the habit of rereading text for several reasons. First, if you were reading without paying attention, or you got distracted, you might have skipped over sentences or phrases and suddenly realized that you lost the meaning of the section. On the other hand, you might think you got lost, even if you didn’t, but you go back to make sure.
The fix: Learn to focus on what you’re reading so that you’ll have the confidence to keep going. In general, if you’re reading a novel or a pop-culture magazine, it’s not such a problem when you get distracted by a child crying or a co-worker asking a question. However, if you’re studying for an exam, you need to concentrate. This is partly a mental exercise, and partly a physical one. Train your mind to concentrate on what you’re reading, and if necessary put yourself in an environment where you won’t be distracted.
In the next post: How to overcome a habit of subvocalization.