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Chapter 4: Introducing Speed-Reading
Fundamentals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
Widening Your Vision Span .................................................... 49
Reading Clump by Clump........................................................ 53
Reading Vertically as Well as Horizontally ........................... 54
Working with Word Groups ....................................................58
Grasping word groups as you read ............................. 58
Getting the knack for spotting word groups .............. 62
Taking On Continuous Text .................................................... 64
Getting Into the Speed-Reading Mindset ...............................69
Part II: Focusing on the Fundamentals .............. 73
Chapter 5: Establishing Your Reading Rate . . . . . . . . . .75
How the Experts Test Speed-Reading Rates .........................75
Words per minute (WPM) testing ................................76
Effective reading rate (ERR) testing ............................ 76
Establishing Your Base Reading Rate.................................... 77
Seeing Where You Stand as a Speed Reader ........................ 83
Chapter 6: Taking in More than One Word
at a Time: Reading in Clumps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85
What Is a Clump, Anyway? ......................................................85
Comprehending Clump-Reading Mechanics ........................ 89
Macular and peripheral vision ..................................... 90
Reading with your peripheral vision too .................... 90
Recognizing images as words ...................................... 93
Making the Shift to Clump Reading ....................................... 95
Changing your relationship to words
on the page ................................................................. 96
Widening your reading vision ...................................... 96
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