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Speed Reading Games

Some people can read as fast as they speak, which is about 240 words per minute, and some can read as fast as they hear, which is a bit faster and goes up to 360 words per minute. Especially in advanced education when the study workload becomes bigger, the speed with which we read becomes increasingly important. If you can swiftly read through text while comprehending what you have in front of you, you will have a definite competitive edge over others.
  1. Strips

    • Select your text from the Internet, copy and paste it into a Word or Pages document and divide it in three equal parts. Separate them far enough apart for you to cut between them with scissors. Print the text. After you cut it into three strips, place them all in front of you, about an inch apart from each other. Begin to read the text as fast as you can. Try not to be bothered by the spaces between the strips and change the position of the strips a few times. Your comprehension and speed will get better with practice and you won't notice the space between the text.

    Removing Letters

    • When people read, they don't read the words one letter at the time, but guess the word as their brain recognizes the beginning and structure of it. Guessing can take place on different levels, meaning you can guess words, sentences or even full paragraphs before you read them as a whole. Taking letters out of texts or mixing them up will advance your level of guessing and hence allow you to read the texts faster. Delete random letters from a text you're practicing with and read it like that.

    Skimming the Text

    • This game requires you to quickly find a specific word in a text. Give somebody you know a text you are practicing with and ask him to select 10 random words out of the text and write them on flashcards. After you have your cards, go on by finding the words in the text one by one. Time yourself to see how long it takes you to find each individual word.

    Schultz Tables

    • By using Schultz tables you are widening the area of your eyes' perception. Eyes are set to see a very narrow picture, which lies in the central zone of the view. If you can broaden the area that you are able to detect with your eyes, you will also up your reading speed. You can do this by imagining a dot in the middle of the text and trying to read what the text around the dot is saying as well. Don't shift your focus while you read the rest of the text.

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