miffy Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 having done the daily quiz and in a very slow time again, I wished I could read more quickly. Then I remembered my father used to enter speed reading competitions with a team must have been around 35 years ago or so. Have any of you folk any memories of this or even experience? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tessa the Duchess Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 I have no experience with speed reading, but I do remember that if you are taught to speed read, you are taught to read vertically rather than horizontally Tessa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 I can speed read but not for things like the quiz! I can do it brilliantly when I@m marking!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fowlbird Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 I find it's not the time taken to read on these quizzes, it's the time it takes to reload the page edit: just done today's quiz and got no10 wrong finger hovered over the correct answer and then I changed my mind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 Tessa is right - it requires vertical reading. It gives you the gist of things but I find I do miss things sometimes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miffy Posted December 21, 2008 Author Share Posted December 21, 2008 I wonder if there are still competitions in speed reading? I shall google it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted December 21, 2008 Share Posted December 21, 2008 I have no experience with speed reading, but I do remember that if you are taught to speed read, you are taught to read vertically rather than horizontally Tessa How does that work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted December 21, 2008 Share Posted December 21, 2008 You scan down the middle of the page - in a block, almost disregarding the outer edges........it's a long time now since i read about it and started doing it.....you will find out more if you Google it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tessa the Duchess Posted December 21, 2008 Share Posted December 21, 2008 You scan down the middle of the page - in a block, almost disregarding the outer edges........it's a long time now since i read about it and started doing it.....you will find out more if you Google it You also disregard words like 'and', 'the', and the like and just read the nouns, verbs etc., so you get the gist of the contents. I tend to call this skip reading, but it works unless you are reading a book in which every word counts Tessa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 and I find myself doing it when I'm tired....and then have to go back and read the book properly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
