Speed Reading Class
Taking a speed reading class
Over time, speed reading became available as a home study course via correspondence. This was a huge step for speed reading world wide, as you no longer had to attend a speed reading class to learn techniques.
A home speed reading course or a class would include a book about speed reading, a workbook to record results and the latest gadget for flashing words past the eyes at rapid rates. The words would usually fly by a window for anywhere from three seconds to 1/100th of a second.
Whether you were to attend a speed reading class or work through a home course, you would be supplied with a set of cards. These cards would be numbered according to level of difficulty and would display a range of words and numbers. The lower level cards would have a single number or letter, progressing to the higher levels which would have large numbers or whole sentences.
The cards would be used in the flash gadget for training yourself to comprehend words at very fast rates. Each speed reading class, you would record the rates you reached as well as your ability to answer questions relating to what was read. You may have only had to write down the word you saw flash by, or you may have been required to answer questions about a sentence or number.
When speed reading class was around, there were no home or student computers. Now days the best way to learn to read more quickly is with some good speed reading software. These programs are available on the internet or from educational outlets.
Speed reading software will teach you anything you would have learned in speed reading class and more. If you apply yourself and use it regularly, challenging your speeds and accuracy results with concentration and effort, you will see outstanding speeds in little time.
Don’t be deterred by thinking once you have learned to speed read you will no longer want to use the software. This is not the case and the software is also great for brushing up on skills and continuing to improve on your reading rates.
With speed reading class, once you had completed a course, you were on your own for good. Unless you continued to read using speed reading techniques regularly, you would risk falling back into old habits. With software installed on your own computer, anytime you haven’t read and feel rusty, you simply start the program and get back in the swing in no time.
