CN: 快速阅读
Preparation for the reading
1. test your reading ability, speed and comprehensive
2. reasons for ineffective reading
- instinct of human being: study shows we can process at 600 words/minute, but usually people speaks 150 words/minute. So we are easy to get unfocused during lectures. once we increase our reading speed and flow, we can be more focused.
- word-by-word reading
- not using the right brain
- habit of silient reading
Methods to improve reading ability:
- 4 phrases of learning:
- don't know I can't
- know I can't
- know I can
- don't know I can
- 4 steps of improve the reading ability:
- increase reading speed
- assisted reading: increase the movement speed of eyeballs
- broaden the vision: use meaning as processing unit, instead of each word
- focus
- relax, aerobic exercises, "golf exercises"
- improve comprehension ability
- get the structure, make mind mapping
- improve memory
- clear on reading objectives
- activate knowledge warehouse
- combine the new and old knowledge
- recite the content
- use the five sense together, vivid images and stories to enhance the impression
- get out of comfort zone: any progress are made on conquering the difficulties.
Steps and techniques to read the whole book
- ask questions, set reading objectives
- use 5~10 min to read the whole book, make mind mapping
- according to the reading objective, seperate the book into several parts, and read the part by order. for each part, speedy reading first, then according to the objective decide if you need read it in deep, get the key point and make note. skip some if you don't understand
- use 5 min to reflect the whole book, to solidate the learnings
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