Reading may be defined as an individual's total inter-relationship with symbolic information. Reading is a communication process requiring a series of skills. As such reading is a thinking process rather than an exercise in eye movements. Effective reading requires a logical sequence of thought patterns, and these patterns require practice to set them into the mind. The methods currently used in schools do not touch on the issues of speed, comprehension and critical analysis and indeed all those skills that can be described as advanced reading techniques. In short, most of your reading problems have not been dealt with during your initial education. By using appropriate techniques, the limitations of early education can be overcome and reading ability improved by 500% or more.

As you probably expect, this course will teach you to read much faster and at the same time to have a much better understanding of what you have read. These are obviously great advantages. There is another major benefit. Most of us, as we read, 'speak' the words in our heads. It is this subvocalization that holds back fast reading and it is unnecessary. It is possible to have an inner speech, a kind of 'thought awareness,' that isn't linked to the tongue, mouth and vocal chord muscles, and this is much faster and more fluent. Cutting out the identification of vocalization and the stream of thought gives a surprising by-product. Many of us think that our constant subvocalized 'speaking voice' is who we are. Finding out that you can think and be aware without a vocal stream of words, opens up your awareness to the usually unrecognized domain of intuition and higher consciousness. You'll have a better sense of who you really are.

The course teaches in-depth reading techniques that greatly improve literary intelligence, so that you can clearly perceive the ideas and values that the writer is expressing and relate them to those of other authors and so be better able to make objective conclusions.

You will learn how to read both quickly and in depth over a wide range of subjects, and then to be able to appreciate, analyze and apply what you have read with clear and incisive intelligence.

You can more than double your reading speed and supercharge your brain's capacity to digest, remember and implement huge amounts of information... essential ingredients to success in your professional and personal life.

Course Structure

The first part of the course will give you a better understanding of what reading involves and the importance of enhancing the flexibility of your eye movements when reading. You'll learn how the left and right brain work in harmony when reading well, and how to test your reading speed.

The following practical chapters include:

• Preliminary Exercises, to teach a better method of inner speech.
• Speed Perception, to improve your capacity to duplicate;
• Pacing & Scanning Techniques, to improve your initial understanding at speed;
• In-Depth Reading Techniques, including the use of keywords and mind maps to improve depth of understanding;
• Visual Reading Techniques, to improve retention and recall.
• Defeating the Decay of Memories, to apply the newly acquired speed of thought to learning new information.
• Power Reading, in which you will improve your ability to analyze the meaning and significance of what you have read.
• A Special Study of the book 'Lord of the Flies' in order to apply your new skills of power reading. If you do not already own a copy, it would be a good idea to order this novel now from your book supplier.
• A Reading List of recommended books and subjects for enquiry, which will help you to begin a program of self-directed learning and intellectual enhancement.

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