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A question on how to read fast:

hhyang(?!之WolfInSheepFlock)
本文发表在 rolia.net 枫下论坛I know that voicing out what I'm reading slows down my reading speed. I don't have this habit, but am not content with my reading speed, or I want to read even faster. So I did some research on this topic on Internet, and here is what I've found --- subvocalization slows down reading speed. By subvocalization, people mean that there is voice in my head when I'm reading materials, although I don't read out through my mouth or my throat does not move at all. I've tried suppressing subvocalization, and it feels weird at beginning --- all of a sudden, my brain can't interpret the words I'm looking at though there is not a single new word. However, after practicing for a month, my brain seems to start working in this silent context and I feel a great improvement in my reading speed. I can read fast, but with low percent of comprehension---maybe 50% of the material. I'm wondering whether someone has experience of suppressing subvocalization. If so, can anyone share some of his/her experience?

There is another extremely fast reading technique --- photo-reading, though I have no clue how to practice this wonderful technique.更多精彩文章及讨论，请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net
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  • 工作学习 / 外语学习 / A question on how to read fast: -hhyang(?!之WolfInSheepFlock); 2014-6-18 {1146} (#8831612@0)
    本文发表在 rolia.net 枫下论坛I know that voicing out what I'm reading slows down my reading speed. I don't have this habit, but am not content with my reading speed, or I want to read even faster. So I did some research on this topic on Internet, and here is what I've found --- subvocalization slows down reading speed. By subvocalization, people mean that there is voice in my head when I'm reading materials, although I don't read out through my mouth or my throat does not move at all. I've tried suppressing subvocalization, and it feels weird at beginning --- all of a sudden, my brain can't interpret the words I'm looking at though there is not a single new word. However, after practicing for a month, my brain seems to start working in this silent context and I feel a great improvement in my reading speed. I can read fast, but with low percent of comprehension---maybe 50% of the material. I'm wondering whether someone has experience of suppressing subvocalization. If so, can anyone share some of his/her experience?

    There is another extremely fast reading technique --- photo-reading, though I have no clue how to practice this wonderful technique.更多精彩文章及讨论，请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net
    • 好长一段话啊~~~读太快自然会漏东西，要读仔细自然就慢，分情况啦~~ -kafar(挨踢人士888); 2014-6-18 (#8831619@0)
      • Not really though. It takes brain milliseconds to get the meaning of a picture. Assume that I can figure out the meaning of one word in 1 millisecond, which is a very slow speed, then I should be able to comprehend 1000 words in only 1 second. -hhyang(?!之WolfInSheepFlock); 2014-6-19 {252} (#8832306@0)
        Anyway, I need a little bit of extra time on figuring out the meaning of sense groups and then of the whole sentences. I believe I should be able to read at speed of 1000 words per minute with 100% comprehension. But apparently I'm far away from that.
        • 中文或许还有希望，因为是象形，一个词组就2-4个方块，容易处理，难点处理在逻辑关系。英文可不一样，有些单词撑得很长，脑子很难反应。 一旦遇到不熟的单词，比如你主楼的“subvocalization“，速度马上就降下来了。所以要细度的话速度快不了。 -kafar(挨踢人士888); 2014-6-19 (#8832659@0)
          • You bring about a good point --- new words slow down reading speed --- which is for sure. However, it is possible to read English materials without voicing words in head. -hhyang(?!之WolfInSheepFlock); 2014-6-19 {347} (#8832678@0)
            I tried reading without subvocalization, and believe it or not, it works. I can read at a very high speed (a page within one minute) while skipping new words, and what amazes me is that I can still comprehend something, maybe 30% in this case. I think I can comprehend more without sacrificing my reading-speed if I keep practicing this technique.
            • 这就是俺第一句回的，读得快就会漏东西，比如你做阅读理解，如果问题问到细节，必须得回去细度。速读的时候你其实抓的都是关键词，不可能记住细节的。 -kafar(挨踢人士888); 2014-6-19 (#8832688@0)
              • What I'm looking forward to is not a skimming skill, which is already in my bag and I'm quite content with. What I want is to read fast with full comprehension, which I believe is possible. -hhyang(?!之WolfInSheepFlock); 2014-6-19 {72} (#8832706@0)
                Say, I can read 300 words per minute, why can't I get to 400, 500, ...?
                • 因为处理逻辑关系还需要时间的哦。good luck ：） -kafar(挨踢人士888); 2014-6-19 (#8832761@0)
                  • I understand what you're referring to. I can fully comprehend a long complex sentence by reading it only once, no back-and-forth reading. But I'm not happy with my reading speed (300 wpm on average), I'm training myself for a higher speed. -hhyang(?!之WolfInSheepFlock); 2014-6-19 (#8833025@0)
    • Your English is quite good, you might get more help interacting with native speakers than with people who are still struggling like myself. -2011(good time bum time); 2014-6-19 (#8833148@0)
      • I know. I want to push lots of IDs as much as I can. :-) -hhyang(?!之WolfInSheepFlock); 2014-6-19 (#8833206@0)
    • Speed Reading Test Online， some good advices in it. -hiker2(hiker); 2014-6-19 (#8833267@0)
      • I tried it, it says 473 wpm, am not happy with this number. -hhyang(?!之WolfInSheepFlock); 2014-6-19 (#8833322@0)

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