Many people, particularly students, would love to be able to soak up information quicker. But before retaining information, they have to go through
first stage of learning, which is reading. For many individuals who are pressed for time, speed reading has become essential. However, it's not just
reading part that is important. Equally essential is for
reader to fully comprehend
words coming out from
book or paper.
Here are some great tips to read and comprehend faster.
1) Relax.
If you're in
stressed mode, it would be much more difficult to concentrate; hence, it would just be a lot harder for
information to sink in.
2) Know what you want.
Focus on
areas that you really need to learn. Some people read all parts of a book, when all they need to know is a specific chapter.
Know your priority. If you need to find out about a certain subject, go to
Table of Contents and search for
heading that best suits your need. If you need to learn more, then adjust in view of that. The important thing is to weed out
parts that you don't currently need.
3) Get rid of
structure words.
Did you know that around 60% of
words we read are structure words? Examples are
words "the, or, and." They are necessary in
formation of
sentences; but when you ignore them, they basically mean
same thing. They only serve to beautify, yet you can understand what you are reading even without them. Try not to focus too much attention on structure words.