26 How do I read faster?
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Release Date: 10/19/2021
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I'm not an amazingly fast reader, but I'm faster than most of the people I know. My reading speed allows me to go through about 2 books a week (averaging 200 pages), and that's on top of a 15-credit summer quarter and a part time job.
Looking back, I've come to realize that the sheer act of reading every day was the single most beneficial factor in quickening my speed and enhancing my comprehension. In everything I tried, reading for enjoyment was the most substantial factor in helping me become a better reader. It sounds over-simplified and just like common sense, but it works. I would compare reading to a sport or playing music: practice improves your efficiency and effectiveness. Since we make use of our reading abilities daily, however, it's much harder to get out of shape or lose some of our capabilities. One of the best things you can do to read faster and think better is find some books that you really love and read as much as you can. For me, those books were pop-psychology, business, and self-help books.
As far as techniques go, I watched this short video a while back about how to read faster. It seems that most people don't move far past the stage that we learned to read in. Think back to elementary school: this was the time when you sounded out the letters and read aloud. I feel like most people continue to read this way by using their auditory/vocal systems to process words. The more advanced and much faster way has to do with using your visual systems. How is this distinction achieved? By a simple exercise. Find any sort of material to read and as you read, and as you read it repeat some sort of basic sequence. Count "1, 2, 3" or "a, b, c" repetitively as you read. What this does is separate what you say from what you see. It doesn't matter that you don't comprehend anything at first, just that you are practicing that separation. With enough practice, your mind should be able to automatically separate the two and begin using your eyes (not your mouth) to read.
I'd like to see what others think because I have very little experience with this and don't know if there's any scientific evidence to back what I said.