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This
is the sensation of "hearing" your own voice as your read. When you were
taught to read, you read the out
aloud to form sentences and then ideas. This helpted to show you could recognise
and understand the simple words.
When your reading teacher was happy
with your progress, you were told to close your mouth and read silently to
yourself. This you have been doing ever since!
The more you read the more words you began to understand. However, your reading speed remained the same. Why? The answer
to this is:
You
read as fast as you speak or, at best, as fast as you can hear words being
spoken.
Your
speaking speed and ability to hear words being spoken, can't be much faster than 280 words per minute. So,
you are trapped in a reading speed similar to your speaking speed.
But ...
Am I able
to read and understand words without hearing myself say them (sub-vocalize)?
The answer is an emphatic YES! You do so already.
Words that you read in your daily environment are so familiar
to you, that your brain has long ago stopped waiting for that sub vocalization.
Your eyes project the words to your brain and, as long as you
already understand the actual meaning of the words, you have instant
understanding.
Here
are some examples of words that you don't sub-vocalize:
- Road
signs (you don't sub-vocalize STOP signs, do you?)
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Signboards
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Brand
names of products while shopping in the store
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Brand
names of appliances around your home and office
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Words
printed on familiar billboards and advertising slogans
The secret to unlocking your natural ability to read with
less sub-vocalization is in improving your recognition of the words without
waiting to hear them. Remember, you have done this by repetition in
your daily environment.
The techniques you will learn in TurboRead will help you to reduce your sub-vocalization by between 50 and 70%.
The great news is that you will enjoy better understanding and memory of what
you read. The real benefit of doing so lies in
the huge improvement in your reading speed as a result of less sub-vocalization.
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