I have difficulty covering the abundance of material (C11).

Effective speed-reading First pay attention to the environment in which you read. It is important to have a dedicated area for studying with basic attributes such as adequate lighting, proper ventilation, decent sized desk and good seating. This room should preferable not include a TV, stereo, other people and telephones, which will lead to distraction (C series). Secondly, some pointers can be given on how you could try to speed up your reading speed in Do’s and don’ts of speed reading.

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Source: Speed reading online (2004)

 

There is no one best way to actually read texts. It is often suggested that you have to move your eyes diagonally over a text. But there are other speed reading methods as well. Below a number of them are shown. You should try to find out which method best suits you (see: www.utexas.edu/student/utlc/handouts/512.html).

1. Move your eyes diagonally.

2. Read the words at the beginning and at the end of each line.

3. Read the words in the middle of each line. Besides all speed reading tricks there will always be a difference of reading between people caused by different intelligence levels, motivation, interests and vocabulary.

 

Besides all speed reading tricks there will always be a difference of reading between people caused by different intelligence levels, motivation, interests and vocabulary.

 

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