Speed Reading For Dummies®

Learn to: • Increase your reading speed and comprehension • Use speed techniques for any type of reading material • Improve your silent reading skills • Recall more of what you read The fun and easy way® to become a more efficient, effective reader! Want to read faster — and recall more of what you read? This practical, hands-on guide gives you the techniques you need to increase your reading speed and retention, whether you're reading books, e-mails, magazines, or even technical journals! You'll find reading aids and plenty of exercises to help you read faster and better comprehend the text. • Yes, you can speed read — discover the skills you need to read quickly and effectively, break your bad reading habits, and take in more text at a glance • Focus on the fundamentals — widen your vision span and see how to increase your comprehension, retention, and recall • Advance your speed-reading skills — read blocks of text, heighten your concentration, and follow an author's thought patterns • Zero in on key points — skim, scan, and preread to quickly locate the information you want • Expand your vocabulary — recognize the most common words and phrases to help you move through the text more quickly Open the book and find: • Tried-and-true techniques from The Reader's Edge® program • How to assess your current reading level • Tools and exercises to improve your reading skills • Speed-reading fundamentals you must know • Helpful lists of prefixes, suffixes, roots, and prime words • A speed-reading progress worksheet • Exercises for eye health and expanded reading vision • Tips for making your speed-reading skills permanent