Speed reading has become very important in the learning environment. People have to read large texts and books to extract their required information…

 

Speed reading has become very important in the learning environment. People have to read large texts and books to extract their required information. A reader who is not good at reading faces many problems in getting his required information. Moreover there are many techniques that can help a reader for speed reading. Here I am providing some bad reading habits which prevent a reader from being a fast reader. These are most common bad reading habits found in readers so if a reader wants to be a fast reader he or she should eliminate these habits.

 

It is seen that most of the readers especially students read their books late night. This time is the least effective and the reader remains unable to understand it. Reading time should be proper but if a reader reads at such awkward times then he will face lack of reading comprehension, slow reading and poor concentration. A reader should have a specific purpose of reading in his mind. Reading without any purpose leads toward lack of concentration and lack of reading comprehension. A reader should read in a proper environment and location. Some people / students read in bed so they don’t know when they fall asleep. If the room is warm in winter or there is soft background music then the readers’ concentration will be affected. The concentration of the reader will not be developed toward reading and comprehending the text.

 

A reader should avoid regression because in this way he will spend a lot of time in moving his eyes back and forth. In this way reading becomes an unpleasant and time consuming activity. Readers should not read words aloud or by pronouncing them in the head. Paying more attention on pronunciation reduces the speed and reading comprehension of a reader. The importance of material varies so they should read accordingly. Some materials should be read faster and some slower but most of the readers try to read material at the same speed. This creates problems for them and their reading comprehension is affected. Another bad habit of readers is to read passages in detail which consumes a lot of time. A reader should read main ideas or theme first which saves a lot of time. If a reader don’t read main idea but read a passage by using skimming and scanning techniques then he would be unable to find out main idea or theme of the passage.

 

Some readers highlight specific portions of text but after highlighting readers try to know what he has highlighted or whether he highlighted the right text. In this way he spends time in rereading which reduces his speed of reading. Readers read different types of reading materials using different strategies but some readers read every type of material line by line. It is not a good technique for speed reading so speed reading should be a combination of scanning and skimming too. If a reader doesn’t combine these techniques then his speed of reading and reading comprehension will be reduced. It is a bad habit that readers give themselves unlimited time for reading.  This leads to inefficient reading, mind wandering, and slow reading and lowers reading comprehension.

 

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