Speed Reading

Refresher Course
Welcome!

Pesenters:
Paul Nowak, Founder & Program Director
Katya Seberson, Director of Research

How Fast Do You Read?

A book a Day?
or
A book a Year?

WPM

Words
Per
Minute

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Find Your Reading Speed

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Press the button Below When

it's Too Fast

Take a Comprehension Test

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How Fast Were You?

At what point did you press stop?

Reading Speed as a Range

Material
Purpose
Time of the Day
Physical Conditions
Language of the Source

Average Reading Speed For America

What are your thoughts?

Average Reading Speed For America

150-250 Words per Minute

Average Reading Speed For America

150-250 Words per Minute
100 Years ago 250-350

What is Slowing us Down?

3 Bad Reading Habits

What is Slowing us Down?

3 Bad Reading Habits

1.Regression
2.
3.

What is Slowing us Down?

3 Bad Reading Habits

1.Regression
2. Fixation
3.

What is Slowing us Down?

3 Bad Reading Habits

1.Regression
2. Fixation
3. Auditory Reassurance
or Subvocalization

Lack of Vocabulary
Choppy way of Reading

Components of Reading

1. Speed
2. Comprehension
3. Retention

Multiple Reading Process

1. Preview
2. Overview
3. Read

Reading on the Computer Screen

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