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Measure your rate of reading at least once
every threo or four months in terms of
avoraze number of pages per hour or aver~
age number of words per minute; use road-~
ing material of a general character cach
time and read at the maximum rate which
enables you to understand and reproduce
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Graph your progress in rate of reading
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Make rapid reading a conscious ain;
measure your rate of oral reading in the
same way that you imeasure your race of
silent reading, then strive to make your
silent reading rate three to four times as
rapid as your usual oral rato. . » + » « »

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Read at differont rates of speod on
difforont kinds of material, but try to
average at least 250 words per minute on

 

textbook material of average difficulty. .
cep forcing yourself to read rapidly,
being careful at tho same time to in-

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Try to shift the eyes and visual atton-
tion to advantage in percoiving material
by focusing attention upon the principal
or key words, and by sliding over prepo~
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Get a definite question in mind and skim
tho pages of the roading matorials to
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Slim about two pages of roading material
per minute and write down all you can
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difficult phrases, ctc., at your average
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Strive consciously to reduce vocaliza-
tion, lip movements, and inner speech;
rolex the throat muscles when reading. . -
Avoid reading so fast that you merely
skim tho matcrials without getting adcquay
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