01 Speed Reading Refresher Course.pdf

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Speed ReadingRefresher Course

Welcome!

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

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How Fast Do You Read?

 A book a Day?or 

 A book a Year?

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WPM

WordsPer 

Minute

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 Click onFind Your Reading Speed

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Press the button Below Whenit's Too Fast

Take a Comprehension Test

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Ready Steady Go!

try it out Now!

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How Fast Were You?

 At what point did you press stop?

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Reading Speed as a Range

Material

Purpose

Time of the Day

Physical Conditions

Language of the Source

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Average Reading Speed For America

What are your thoughts?

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Average Reading Speed For America

150-250 Words per Minute

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Average Reading Speed For America

150-250 Words per Minute

100 Years ago 250-350

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What is Slowing us Down?

3 Bad Reading Habits

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What is Slowing us Down?

3 Bad Reading Habits

1.Regression

2.

3.

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What is Slowing us Down?

3 Bad Reading Habits

1.Regression

2. Fixation

3.

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What is Slowing us Down?

3 Bad Reading Habits

1.Regression

2. Fixation

3. Auditory Reassurance

  or Subvocalization

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Lack of Vocabulary

Choppy way of Reading

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Components of Reading

1. Speed2. Comprehension3. Retention

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Multiple Reading Process

1. Preview2. Overview3. Read

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Reading on the Computer Screen

 AccelaReader.com

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