Speed ​​reading is the most powerful engine for the development of intelligence. A person with this skill reads 1-7 books a week, spending many times less time.

Speed ​​reading includes: speed, comprehension, and retention of what has been read. With this skill, you can quickly study the subject of interest, area, specialization, science.

The more a person reads useful literature, the more educated and intellectual he becomes. With speed reading, intelligence develops with virtually no limits. Its development is similar to driving a car compared to walking speed. When the brain works in turbo mode, there is no time to think and pronounce words, understanding comes instantly. The brain no longer wastes time on pronunciation and extraneous thoughts.

Exercises online

Schulte tables

They develop peripheral vision, search for the desired element in the text, memory, concentration, speed of thinking. This is the most popular speed reading exercise. Click on the start button and look for numbers from 1 to 16, looking only at the center of the table.

Red-black tables Gorbov-Schulte

First find the black minimum, then the red maximum, then the next black minimum, and the next red maximum. For example, for a 5x5 table: 1 and 12, 2 and 11, 3 and 10, and so on.

Anagrams

Guess the words for a while, learn to see the whole word.

Letter search

The faster you find letters, the faster you will navigate in the text.

Finding Numbers

We train in the search for numbers by analogy with the search for letters:

Reading by sighting

School course for the development of speed reading

To achieve the required speed faster and easier, I recommend signing up for the Speed ​​Reading course in 30 days. In this course we will work on:

1. with classic exercises
2. synchronize the hemispheres of the brain to speed up the work of the brain
3. use techniques developed by me to accelerate the increase in reading speed
4. understand the psychology of speed reading
5. answer questions from other course participants.

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Outcome

For the rapid development of intelligence, practice speed reading. Speed ​​reading will help develop intelligence, and turn the brain into a supercomputer, making a genius out of a simple person.

In this article, I talked about 5 classic exercises for developing speed reading. These exercises will double your reading speed in 2-4 weeks.

Speed ​​reading is a speed reading technique, an acquired ability that increases the speed by 3-20 times the average (which is 180-200 words per minute). With its help, you can speed up the perception of textual information and master the process of memorizing what you read.

There are many programs with which it is permissible to increase the level of reading, speed up the memorization process and achieve an expansion of memory cells. All the training lessons of such programs are aimed at developing a person spiritually and, of course, intellectually.
Oleg Andreev is a well-known author, offers training in his own programs, which he himself composes.

• Learning to increase reading speed. Some were able to increase it 20 times, but the average achievement is an increase of 5 times.
• Training provides better and faster perception of textual information.
• The development of memory and, of course, attention.
• The opportunity to develop your own intuition, which will not be superfluous in everyday life.
• The opportunity to develop or improve creative abilities.
• A complete physical recovery of the body.
• Education affects the spiritual growth of a person.

In order to know, feel, realize all these points, you need to go through and study the 7 basic laws on which the speed reading technique is based. It is these laws that form the basis of all methods. The program "How to increase the speed of reading?" requires time, attention and, of course, the desire of a person, without which the implementation and achievement of a positive result is impossible.

Oleg Andreev, in turn, identifies 7 programs, each of which is aimed at working on oneself and developing one's intellectual abilities and spirituality.

Speed ​​Reading Rules

• No regression.

Regressions are eye movements that the reader involuntarily makes. Accessible wording is a repeated reading of the text. This happens for several reasons:

• the first is a complex text that requires sharpening of attention and, accordingly, re-reading;
• The second reason is a rethinking of what has been read.

Regressions are a kind of habit that slows down speed reading. To get rid of regressions, you just need to train. The essence of the training is that the text must be read with the highest possible level of attention and concentration.

For the best result, you need to get rid of all extraneous thoughts and distractions. In addition, one reading is effective for memory. The memorization process works instantly, and repeated reading or aggravation on one word can confuse the main meaning.

• No articulation.

Articulation is the facial expressions of the reader, which is accompanied by familiarization with textual information at a subconscious level. Articulation accompanies reading both aloud and silently. Many people think that reading to yourself speeds up the process, but this is an erroneous opinion.

This phenomenon has its own classification:

• accompaniment of the text by mechanical movements;
• speaking directly in the speech center is a much deeper and less controlled level.

The principle of operation is based on reading to the accompaniment of a certain sound (music is excluded). You need to use sound recordings with faster and slightly slower rhythms, which should be turned on when reading and tapping to the rhythm in parallel. Andreev devotes a whole program to mastering this process; in this teaching, his opinion is fundamentally different from the lessons of foreign teachers.

• Integral reading algorithm.

The essence of this rule is based on optimization and highlighting the main meaning that the text carries in itself. The semantic perception of the text can only be taught by a special program; it is impossible to learn and master this rule on self-study.

• vertical eye movement.

Easy to say, but much more difficult to apply. This rule allows the reader to save unnecessary eye movements, which are spent on moving from one line to another. So reads a common person due to the small field of view. Vertical eye movement is based on eye movement from top to bottom, but strictly through the center of the page. This method allows you to read the whole phrase, and not just individual words.

• Isolation of the dominant.

This technique allows you to highlight the most basic semantic meaning of the text and cut off secondary information. This method has 2 principles:

• definition and allocation of central semantic points;
• intuitive understanding of the text.

In his book, Andreev explains this process in an accessible way.

• The development of memory and attention.

Attention, concentration and memory are the guides with the help of which it is possible to achieve high results in speed reading in practice.

The technique of fast speed reading allows you to master attention, it is such a vicious circle: without attention you cannot read quickly, but by reading quickly, you reach the highest level of attention and memory development.

An indispensable assistant in improving memory and attention is exercises with words, mental reading them in reverse. Regular exercise brings results. It is worth starting with simple and short words And make it harder for yourself every day.

• Mandatory daily minimum.

The development of fast reading requires special psychological costs and efforts from a person. Having embarked on the path of learning this program, you need to read several magazines, articles, newspapers and at least 50-100 pages of a book a day.

Oleg Andreev in his teachings prefers points: 1,2,3,4,6 and calls them not rules, but interference, which in one way or another slow down the reading technique, reduce the level of memorization. But with all this, Mr. Andreev proposes to study the volume of the readable text, which over time will provide a solid time budget.

The program, which the author Andreev sets out, offers a kind of speed reading simulator, which will be entered in the table. The table called "Analysis of reading volume", which clearly demonstrates speed reading in practice, allows you to increase the trend of its development, improve the processes of memorization and expansion of memory cells.

Table "Analysis of reading volume"

The table should clearly display the amount of text that is read during the day. At the same time, it is broken down separately by days and styles of the material read (textbooks, manuals, dictionaries, newspapers, magazines, etc.). The criteria are the volume of the text and the time spent on this text.

Measured units: the text must be counted in pieces, as for the style of the material, and directly the characters in each of the styles, the daily reading time must be recorded in minutes, and the weekly result must be set in hours. The table is a kind of personal incentive, where a person, seeing the result of the previous day, tries to overcome it. Andreev claims that a week is enough to see the result and set the pace of his development.

Teaching this technique allows you to develop five of the five types of reading. It is worth knowing that a person who has not studied speed reading has only two.

Reading types:

• Concentrated reading, it is used in the study of a narrow profile text (legal, medical, technical, etc.). This is a great memory training.
• Reading slowly, it is typical for fiction.
• Anticipatory reading or preliminary - with its help determine the essence of what is being read.
• Skimming is used to get an idea of ​​the content.
• Fast reading itself is speed reading.

Speed ​​Reading Exercises

• Read the text in the standard way, from top to bottom and in reverse order. This is the first training for memory and attention.
• The second lesson trains attention. Learning is about finding one word that the other person points to. Absolutely any text for this exercise is suitable, be it a textbook or a novel.
• The speed reading technique and the fluent reading program allows you to develop logical thinking. Artistic texts are suitable for this exercise. Learning consists of reading through a line or sentence. Such lessons are unacceptable for reading business documentation; it requires a careful and concentrated reading of every word. This method displays the results in an indicative table, which Andreev offers in training. Training is aimed at speeding up reading, and at developing memory and improving the memorization of the information read.
• Faster browsing (20 seconds per page). During this time, you need to determine the main words that carry the main meaning and scroll through the pages to compose a text that would not lose its general meaning. Such lessons are within the power of those who have already completed the training by about half, and have basic memorization skills.
• Read books at the same rhythm without slowing down and without stopping, do not re-read the same sentence several times.
• Having mastered the previous point, complicate the task, the following lessons need to close the read text with a sheet, observing speed.
• Acceleration occurs if you move the finger of your left hand across the page at a distance of 2–3 cm from the text being read.

These exercises will allow you to achieve results in speed reading and raise the level of memorization of information.

Everyone's reading speed is different, but on average it is 200 words per minute. By practicing speed reading, you can increase this figure by 2-3 times. By continuing to train, you will be able to overcome about 200 pages of text in half an hour without compromising the assimilation of information.

Basic Speed ​​Reading Techniques

Like every scientific method, speed reading has its own tricks.

1. 
   Follow the text. To do this, follow the lines with your finger or pencil. This technique will allow you to read faster.


2. 
   Don't go back. To do this, you need to concentrate on the material that you are studying. How often have you missed the point of a paragraph or even an entire page when you thought about it? Your task is to prevent this. Understand what you read the first time.


3. 
   Do not speak the text to yourself. This technique helps to pump the speed reading skill very well, since you will no longer waste time pronouncing words. To do this, use one exercise: while reading, sing some song to yourself, for example, "in the grass", and at the same time try to assimilate the meaning of what you read. Practice this exercise until you stop saying the lines you read to yourself.


4. 
   Read from top to bottom or diagonally. This is the next step after the "watch the text" approach. You are already skilled enough in speed reading to try to capture a whole paragraph in your field of vision, or at least a whole line, focusing your eyes on its middle. Start small. First master narrow columns of text, gradually moving to a standard book format.


5. 
   Skip the water. Interjections, introductory constructions and other irrelevant elements are not necessary to read at all, this will not affect the meaning in any way. So just "slip" over them with your eyes and move on to the very essence.


6. 
   Focus on what matters. This advice may seem similar to the previous one, but here it is a little different. Read the table of contents first and prioritize what you need to read and what you can skip. Thus, due to lack of time, you will not miss anything important, and if there is time left, you can study less important materials.


7. 
   Reading, read. Eliminate all irritants, anything that can distract your attention. Then the process of speed reading will go much more pleasant and easier.

How to develop peripheral vision

To do this, use the most popular method - the Schulte table. Your task, concentrating only on the central part of the table, is to find all the numbers in ascending order, while using only peripheral vision. On the Internet you can find special table simulators, below is an example of such a table.

Develop concentration

All sorts of optical illusions will help you in this matter, for example, the significant Covey drawing.

Try to switch your attention 90 times in 10, and preferably 5 minutes.

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5 important rules for fast reading

Rule number 1. The first time the text of any level of complexity must be read in one go. You can not go back with your eyes on the already read text. The return to the text and comprehension of what has been read occurs only after the first reading without regressions.

Rule number 2. Use a reading algorithm that allows you to receive the largest number information after the first reading. Read the title and author first. Understand and read the name of the source and the data from it. Understand the underlying problem. Extract the facts for later reflection.

Think about the features of the material, treat it critically. Identify what's new in what you've read.

Rule number 3. For further understanding, use the algorithm, which consists of three blocks. The first block is keywords, the second is the semantic series, and the third is the dominant information, the main semantic part.

Rule number 4. Read without articulation. This will help you speed up your mental processing of information.

Rule number 5. Concentrate. Develop peripheral vision and memory.

Read without regressions: how and why?

Regressions- these are return movements of the eyeballs in order to re-read the previously viewed text. This is the most common shortcoming found in people who master the technique of speed reading. The number of regressions can be about 5% returns per 200 words. This significantly reduces the speed and quality of reading.

The speed of reading and its technique should be subordinated solely to those goals, tasks and attitudes that the reader himself sets for himself.

Regression occurs in readers due to habit or low level of concentration. You can often get rid of regressions with internal installations and concentration.

However, in special cases, you can resort to methods of autogenic training.

Getting rid of regressions increases the speed of reading instantly by several times.

Read without articulation: difficulties and features

Articulation- these are movements of the articulatory apparatus (lips, tongue, contraction of the vocal cords, larynx). Articulation may occur silently.

Reading a text to oneself is often accompanied by silent pronunciation of what has been read. This also significantly affects the decrease in reading speed and is due to the fact that a person reads not with his eyes, but with his larynx.

Thus, the speed of reading is limited by the "speech tongue twister" - the speed oral speech when a person speaks very quickly.

Internal speaking- a certain kind of mental articulation. Only by completely getting rid of all types of articulation (reading aloud, silent articulation, internal pronunciation) can one approach successful speed reading.

To begin with, you can use the “knock-rhythm” method (tapping the reading pace with your index finger). To suppress external articulation, you can press your finger to your lips while reading.

Increasing your reading speed will also get rid of speaking. The more the brain needs to process information, the less time it will have for "extra" actions. Including articulation.

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Reception: what is it?

Reception- justified returns to the already read text. Following the first rule of speed reading, it is necessary to resort to reception only after the first, without regressive, reading of the text.

The purpose of this process is to comprehend the difficulties encountered in the text during the first reading. The need for it arises when thoughts, ideas or questions arise, caused by the text.

Why constantly develop attention and memory?

Attention is the most important catalyst in the process of reading. In moments of distracted attention, large fragments of text are read mechanically. This seriously affects the overall reading comprehension and contributes to frequent regressions.

Concentration of attention contributes to a more complete and faster understanding of the read text, which significantly reduces the number of regressions and reciprocations.

Attention is characterized by several factors: concentration, stability, switching, distribution, volume.

Concentration of attention- the level of composure, concentration of the reader on reading.

Sustainability determines how long the reader can concentrate on reading.

Factor switching attention determines how quickly a person can change the object of concentration of attention, transfer it from one area of ​​activity to another.

Actually attention span is determined by the number of objects captured by the attention of a person upon rapid presentation.

It is necessary to fulfill the mandatory norm daily.

The generally accepted norm for most speed reading techniques is: two to three newspapers, one magazine (preferably technical or scientific) and 100-150 pages of any book.

The study and application of speed reading techniques is carried out due to the influence on various aspects of a person's psychophysical activity.

Diligence and regularity are the key to the rapid development of the technique of speed reading.

Memorization during speed reading: is it real?

Scientists, during a series of experiments, proved that fast reading greatly activates the processes of thinking and is one of the progressive means of improving the quality of the educational process.

Refusal of regressive (slow) reading contributes to an increase in the coefficient of understood and assimilated information in relation to the number of characters read during the first reading.

How to set yourself up to remember?

It is necessary to give yourself a command to memorize and tune in to work as much as possible. First you need to assess the complexity and volume of the upcoming information.

Concentrate on the required reading speed. Estimate the approximate amount of time that is needed for a solid assimilation of the material. At this time, it is necessary to allocate a period for memorization and part of the time for repetition.

The best setting is self-control of the quality of the material read. You can use the method of listening or retelling the studied material.

Memory technology

The figurative grouping technique works great. Its essence is to highlight seven main semantic blocks (key ideas) in the text. For each selected block, you need to create mental image, key picture.

Each picture should have no more than seven key details. The selected images should be bright, voluminous and easy to remember.

For 10-20 seconds, you need to fix the images in short-term memory. This is necessary in order to transfer them to the archive of long-term memory. After these manipulations, the keyword will cause a picture, and it will pull the semantic segment of the read text along with it.

Effective exercises for mastering the technique of speed reading

Zeroing method

The text must be viewed within 30 seconds. After that, it is necessary to form mental answers to 3 questions:

• What were the three most memorable facts?
• what needs to be clarified?
• Where are the main ideas in the text?
• How can you succinctly express the ideas of the text?

The process of viewing the text is repeated 4 times.

Each time, after viewing, it is necessary to present the facts of the studied text in the form of plot images, images. It is necessary to clearly highlight the novelty of the information received after each viewing.

Speed ​​reading techniques of famous people

Most of the great politicians and creators were fluent in the technique of speed reading.

• Vladimir Ilyich Lenin read over 2500 words per minute. It was in this that the secret of a huge amount of knowledge and skills of the leader was hidden.
• Joseph Stalin owned an outstanding library and read at least 500 pages every day. He used colored pencils to highlight keywords and thoughts of the text. Several in one reading session.
• Raymond Lullia invented the first speed reading techniques, which were later mastered by Alexander Pushkin, Napoleon Bonaparte, John F. Kennedy and others.

For each person, learning to read begins with the recognition of letters, then syllables, over time, our vision is already able to cover whole words and make sentences from them. Such a technique is quite enough to read up to 300 words per minute, however, in the modern world, in the conditions of a huge amount of information and knowledge, you need not just to be able to read, but to do it quickly and as efficiently as possible. To achieve a high speed of perception of printed text helps speed reading — ability at least 3-4 times absorb information faster without compromising understanding of the material.

For those who have fully mastered the skills of this technique, the score goes to tens of thousands of words per minute. Among advantages of speed reading technique- the ability to increase the amount of memorized text, save time on studying it, develop attention and significantly speed up thought processes. In this article we will talk about the method of speed reading, theory and, of course, we will analyze practice - specific techniques on how to learn to read faster

How does the abbreviation technique work?

Speed ​​reading helps to superficially grab a text with a glance, “go over” it and understand which fragments should be paid closer attention to, and which ones can simply be filtered out. Those who have mastered the speed reading technique, as a rule, do not read all the words in a sentence, but focus on the most significant ones. Thus, a complete and, most importantly, an integral picture of the text is compiled. Certainly for reading works of art in order to enjoy the author's style, good metaphors and interesting comparisons, this method is unlikely to be the most suitable, however, if your goal is to obtain information, and even in a large amount, developing the skill of speed reading will be very useful.

On the Internet, you can find various courses on teaching speed reading - there are both classes with teachers and video tutorials. However, you can master the methods of speed reading at home, absolutely free. The main condition is to be assiduous enough, exercise regularly and apply the acquired knowledge in practice as often as possible. Be prepared for the fact that training will take more than one day or even a couple of weeks.

How to learn speed reading at home?

Many speed reading courses in their programs start from the same methods (which is not surprising, because at school or before we are all instilled with the same reading method, which slows down the process). Let's bring Top tips to improve your reading speed without loss in efficiency. Learning the technique of speed reading can be divided into two groups: first you need to get rid of what prevents you from reading faster, and then learn to increase the speed (this is achieved mainly by practice). Consider the basic exercises for developing the skill of speed reading.

We acquire the skills necessary for speed reading and get rid of unnecessary ones

1. One of the main obstacles to speed reading is subvocalization, i.e. the habit of mentally pronouncing the text to yourself. As a result, our brain, in addition to visual, is also forced to process speech information, which significantly reduces the speed of reading the material. Thus, the first step towards the development of speed reading will be the cessation of subvocalization.

If subvocalization is accompanied by mumbling aloud or moving lips ( articulation), you can get rid of it by holding an object between your teeth or gently biting your tongue. If pronunciation occurs at the level of ligaments (but without pronounced pronunciation of sounds) and the brain, the best way to suppress subvocalization there will be special exercises. While reading, a person is invited to beat a certain beat with a pencil or finger, say tongue twisters and rhymes to himself, hum, count to 20 - in a word, do something that prevents you from pronouncing the text to yourself. Even a metronome will help to develop speed reading skills (you can buy it or download a metronome program on the Internet) and read to the sound of a mechanism, periodically changing the frequency of its rhythm.

2. Another "brake" in mastering the skill of speed reading is the so-called regression — recursive eye movements and rereading of paragraphs and sentences. It is estimated that due to inattention or the presence of passages of the text that are difficult to understand, a person returns to what he has read up to 10-11 times! You can fix the problem with the help of a cardboard bookmark or, for example, a sheet of paper, with which you need to close the already learned material.

3. Another reason for slow reading speed is poorly developed peripheral vision, which does not allow you to cover large sections of text with one glance. In this case, training is recommended vertical reading, in which, looking at the center of the line, a person will see it in its entirety and will be able to move to the next line, as it were, along a vertical line.

It is best to train on narrow texts (for example, newspaper columns) or Shulge tables, which are squares of 25 cells. Numbers from 1 to 25 are randomly entered into each cell, and then from a distance of about 30 cm, focusing on the central number, they try to find the rest in order.

In order not to get used to one table, it is worth drawing several or using letters of the alphabet instead of numbers. If the 5x5 table becomes too easy for you, you can always increase the number of cells.

Increasing the speed

When you successfully get rid of the brakes instilled in childhood, you will already read faster than before. However, there are no limits to perfection, and the technique of speed reading is no exception. So, in order to further increase
the number of words read per minute, master the skill superficial reading, aimed at searching for keywords in the text, develops by taking notes or guessing the meaning of the sentence after reading its separate part. An important role in teaching speed reading in general and in this exercise in particular is played by perseverance and continuity of training, which will soon allow processing large amounts of text without missing important details.

When exercising, be sure to understand the meaning of what they read. If the meaning began to elude you, slow down a bit, because there is little practical use from 100 conscientiously read, but not understood pages.