Who Else Wants To Know About Enhancing Speed Reading Utilizing Mind Maps?
By Dr. V J Mariaraj Speed Reading is a method for improving our reading ability so we can assimilate and understand information faster. In the current era of information overload, speed reading will be a great boon to smoothly tide over the flood of available information. Just think about the way in which you are reading this article. Most people read the way young children read moving letter-by-letter or word-by-word. The time period of the eye resting on a word before moving to the next is called fixation. Most adults read one block of words to another in a continuous flow. Occasionally, they might move back to a preceding block of words if they are unclear about something. These disruptions to the flow of reading are knows as skip-backs. By far the most common problem is sub-vocalization. As your eyes move over the reading material, you will find that you are reading the words silently inwards. You can experience it as slight movement in the tongue or throat region. Such sub-vocaliz