Skipping
and Skipping
Take
a flat or rounded stone and throw it, at a low angle, across a
pool of water. The stone bounces across the water several times until it loses
momentum and eventually sinks to the bottom. The stone covers a great distance
but only briefly touches the surface.
Do your eyes skim over great volumes of information yet only briefly absorb a
few words of understanding?
Skipping and skimming is considered a hit and miss approach to reading. It is
the "Roulette" of speed improvement; the inevitable result is more
loss than gain from the reading experience. You feel unfulfilled, empty and
unsatisfied - as if too much information has been lost.
You should never skip over words "considered" unimportant or
irrelevant. How could you become such a good judge of words not seen? Rather use
a better process of PREVIEW (taught in TurboRead)
to find out what is important and what is rubbish.
TurboRead is NOT about skipping words or skim reading. It is
about making the entire reading process more efficient - not by missing
information, but by processing it faster - closer to thinking speeds. A wider
eye focus and improved word recognition means processing more words per eye
glance with lower levels of sub-vocalisation.
This all achieved while completely avoiding the regression
trap.
Result - comprehension and understanding improve tremendously.
TurboRead Copyright 2008
