Learn to: Increase your reading speed and comprehension Use speed techniques for any type of reading material Improve your silent reading skills Recall more of what you read The fun and easy way to become a more efficient, effective reader! Want to read faster and recall more of what you read? This practical, hands-on guide gives you the techniques you need to increase your reading speed and retention, whether you're reading books, e-mails, magazines, or even technical journals! You'll find reading aids and plenty of exercises to help you read faster and better comprehend the text. Yes, you can speed read discover the skills you need to read quickly and effectively, break your bad reading habits, and take in more text at a glance Focus on the fundamentals widen your vision span and see how to increase your comprehension, retention, and recall Advance your speed-reading skills read blocks of text, heighten your concentration, and follow an author's thought patterns Zero in on key points skim, scan, and preread to quickly locate the information you want Expand your vocabulary recognize the most common words and phrases to help you move through the text more quickly Open the book and find: Tried-and-true techniques from The Reader's Edge program How to assess your current reading level Tools and exercises to improve your reading skills Speed-reading fundamentals you must know Helpful lists of prefixes, suffixes, roots, and prime words A speed-reading progress worksheet Exercises for eye health and expanded reading vision Tips for making your speed-reading skills permanent

Learn to:* Increase your reading speed and comprehension* Use speed techniques for any type of reading material* Improve your silent reading skills* Recall more of what you readThe fun and easy way¯® to become a more efficient, effective reader!Want to read faster -- and recall more of what you read? This practical, hands-on guide gives you the techniques you need to increase your reading speed and retention, whether you're reading books, e-mails, magazines, or even technical journals! You'll find reading aids and plenty of exercises to help you read faster and better comprehend the text.* Yes, you can speed read -- discover the skills you need to read quickly and effectively, break your bad reading habits, and take in more text at a glance* Focus on the fundamentals -- widen your vision span and see how to increase your comprehension, retention, and recall* Advance your speed-reading skills -- read blocks of text, heighten your concentration, and follow an author's thought patterns* Zero in on key points -- skim, scan, and preread to quickly locate the information you want* Expand your vocabulary -- recognize the most common words and phrases to help you move through the text more quicklyOpen the book and find:* Tried-and-true techniques from The Reader's Edge¯® program* How to assess your current reading level* Tools and exercises to improve your reading skills* Speed-reading fundamentals you must know* Helpful lists of prefixes, suffixes, roots, and prime words* A speed-reading progress worksheet* Exercises for eye health and expanded reading vision* Tips for making your speed-reading skills permanent

Introduction 1Part I: Introducing Speed Reading 7Chapter 1: Of Course You Can Speed Read! 9Chapter 2: It's All about Breaking Bad Reading Habits 23Chapter 3: Understanding the Mechanics of Speed Reading 35Chapter 4: Introducing Speed-Reading Fundamentals 49Part II: Focusing on the Fundamentals 73Chapter 5: Establishing Your Reading Rate 75Chapter 6: Taking in More than One Word at a Time: Reading in Clumps 85Chapter 7: Getting the Gist from Word Groups 105Part III: Advancing Your Speed-Reading Skills 125Chapter 8: Building Your Speed-Reading Momentum 127Chapter 9: Exercising Your Ability to Read More in Even Less Time 147Chapter 10: Other Reading Strategies to Supplement Your Speed Reading 165Chapter 11: Taking Advantage of Writing Structure to Read More Quickly 187Part IV: Improving Your Comprehension 199Chapter 12: Expanding Your Vocabulary to Become a Better Speed Reader 201Chapter 13: Applying Speed Reading to Various Reading Tasks 221Part V: The Part of Tens 229Chapter 14: Ten Quick Techniques to Improve Your Reading Speed 231Chapter 15: Ten Exercises for Keeping Your Eyes Speed-Reading Ready 235Chapter 16: Ten Tips for Making Your Speed-Reading Skills Permanent 241Part VI: Appendixes 245Appendix A: Uncovering the Prime Words 247Appendix B: Your Speed-Reading Progress Worksheet 255Index 261