Hi folks,

Im looking for a speed reading course but there is simply too many on the internet and a lot of the cheap ones are crap. I want a proper course for whatever price.

Does any one know of any ENTIRE COURSES for speed reading that they have ACTUALLY tried and know are good?

And what about memory... anyone know about that??

Thankyou everybody :) :) :)

do you use dc++ or any other file sharing application?

well any way paule scheele is good for that stuff,

there is a lot of that type of content on p2p networks and you dont have to pay though it is illegal in some counties to distibute copyrighted material ;) *wink*

thanks for the tip. Dont worry im not bothered about breaking the law ;) Ive tried a lot of those cheap courses that you can either get free or buy for like 99p on ebay as ebooks. Also instead of getting something downloaded it would be better to get a proper courseor something in a book.

paul scheele learning strategies.com i am not sure that address my memory isnt great haha.

no he is good and if your on a network like dc++, gnutella, edonkey you will definitely find stuff.

http://www.paulscheele.com/

http://www.geniusbydesign.com/reviews/secondgen/photo1.shtml


yeah like is said there is stuff that you can get on those p2p networks, why pay when people are giving it away. if you get on dc++ connect to hub "international socialist alliance" i am sure i have some realted material on my computer somewhere.

genius code is another good course by paul scheele.

Why bother with a course. Just read fast. Then read faster. Then read faster still. All it takes is practice. When you think all you need is some form of short term positive reinforcement, what you really need is some long term maturity. [Times up.]

what is good a bout the scheele course is you dont actually read fast in fact you dont really read. he talks you through the process of photoreading. with progressive exercises teach how to mentally photograph pages of text or what ever then recall from memory the text when needed.

Why bother with a course. Just read fast. Then read faster. Then read faster still. All it takes is practice. When you think all you need is some form of short term positive reinforcement, what you really need is some long term maturity. [Times up.]

Yeah like Ellion said, you dont learn to read faster you learn different methods of reading and learn to be able to read and see a whole line, paragraph, page etc. at a time without actually reading it word for word with the silent voice in you head as we all do

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Ellion, I'll check out that guy you reccomended. I've heard of the genius code somewhere else before i think.

Yeah like Ellion said, you dont learn to read faster you learn different methods of reading and learn to be able to read and see a whole line, paragraph, page etc. at a time without actually reading it word for word with the silent voice in you head as we all do.Please speak for yourself. I am certainly not the fastest reader in the world, but I am also not in kindergarten. I haven't read one word at a time for a very long time indeed.
I acquired the skill after reading an article in the Reader's Digest. [Self defeating really on the part of the RD, really. :) ]I simply do not see the need for a course. The principle is simple: read a block of words at one time. To do it effectively, practice. A lot.

I agree with Ophiolite that it takes a lot of practice. I took a course at West Point that taught us speed-reading and it was all about practice. Also, it was about catching key words, skipping adjectives and all the fluff that you come across. To do this, you practiced. A lot.

Speed reading depends on the type of reading material. Novels can be read in a half-hour but technical scientific literature is more difficult depending on how much of what info you want to get out of it. In any case, never try to read every word. For a novel, you can take your finger and scroll down the page line-by-line and let your peripherial vision pick up the jist of what takes place. For technical articles you can do the same but skip the intros and background until you come to what's important, then you may have to stop, slow down, and analyze word-per-word.

I'm sorry. I forgot. What was your question again?

ray jay, im sorry i cant help you with the name of a guy but if you want an actual course instead of a download, ebay has loads