If you are like most professionals, your job demands are increasing by the day. As responsibilities stack up, your ability to keep up is stretched thin. This course will teach you how to boost your reading speed two, three, or even more times your current rate. You’ll learn to improve your comprehension while reducing the time you spend reading letters, reports, books, or other documents getting in your way.
Learning Objectives »
- Test your current reading time
- Develop accelerated reading skills
- Practice eye movements and visualization
- Increase concentration and memory
- Read books, letters, newspapers, magazines, re-ports in less time
- Manage time through speed reading
Expanded training is available with added objectives, activities, and business scenarios.
Course Agenda
Reading for Speed
- Reasons We Read Slowly
- Benefits of Speed Reading
- Reading State of Mind
- Reading Rate Formula
- Speed Reading Test
- Vision and Eye Control
- Skimming and Scanning
- Hand Movements
- Speed Reading Practice
Reading for Comprehension
- Reasons We Struggle With Comprehension
- Vocabulary and Topic Sentences
- Brain Mapping
- The “5W” Method
- Comprehension Practice
Putting It All Together
- Speed Reading Techniques
- Reading Environment
