| For many people today, reading is no
longer relaxation. To keep up their work they must read letters, reports, trade
publications, interoffice communications, not to mention newspapers and
magazines: a never-ending flood of words. In{{U}} (36) {{/U}}a job or advancing in one, the ability to read and comprehend{{U}} (37) {{/U}}can mean the difference between success and failure. Yet the unfortunate fact is that most of us are{{U}} (38) {{/U}}readers. Most of us develop poor reading{{U}} (39) {{/U}}at an early age, and never get over them. The main deficiency{{U}} (40) {{/U}}in the actual stuff of language itself—words. Taken individually, words have{{U}} (41) {{/U}}meaning until they are strung together into phrases, sentences and para-graphs.{{U}} (42) {{/U}}, however, the untrained reader does not read groups of words. He laboriously reads one word at a time, often regressing to{{U}} (43) {{/U}}words or passages. Regression, the tendency to look back over{{U}} (44) {{/U}}you have just read, is a common bad habit in reading. Another habit which{{U}} (45) {{/U}}down the speed of reading is vocalization—sounding each word either orally or mentally as{{U}} (46) {{/U}}reads. To overcome these bad habits, some reading clinics use a device called an{{U}} (47) {{/U}}, which moves a bar (or curtain) down the page at a predetermined speed. The bar is set at a slightly faster rate{{U}} (48) {{/U}}the reader finds comfortable, in order to "stretch" him. The accelerator forces the reader to read fast,{{U}} (49) {{/U}}word-by-word reading, regression and sub vocalization, practically impossible. At first{{U}} (50) {{/U}}is sacrificed for speed. But when you learn to read ideas and concepts, you will not only read faster,{{U}} (51) {{/U}}your comprehension will improve. Many people have found{{U}} (52) {{/U}}reading skill drastically improved after some training.{{U}} (53) {{/U}}Charlce Au, a business manager, for instance, his reading rate was a reasonably good 172 words a minute{{U}} (54) {{/U}}the training, now it is an excellent 1,378 words a minute. He is delighted that how he can{{U}} (55) {{/U}}a lot more reading material in a short period of time. |