Yes, the author of Speed Reading tells you that there are ways to read. And "fast reading" is really reliable.
The author of this book is Christian Gruning, a lawyer.
Like most of us, Grunin was not a keen reader at first, but also a man with little reading and low efficiency.
But later, in the process of preparing for the bar exam, he found that there was actually another way: reading. As long as you master the right method, everyone can swim in the ocean of books as they please.
So, he wrote "Fast Reading" into a book for everyone to share.
After reading this book, I found that there is underlying logic behind reading.
2. 1 Reading is a combination of eye movement and brain movement.
I often see such a person: I have just finished reading a book, and he has read twenty books.
In addition to reading methods and skills, this actually shows that such people have developed eye movements. Because, reading, we often say "reading", is to scan the words and pictures on paper or screen with our eyes.
And this difference is because some people may read ten lines at a time; Most people, a few lines at a time.
But the meaning of reading is not just to browse with your eyes, but more importantly, to internalize the contents of the book in your heart and externalize them in your lines. Therefore, reading is still a mental exercise.
2.2 Reading is purposeful.
When a person reads aimlessly, he can't finish reading even if he is given a hundred books.
And when a person studies with a goal, then he can not only enter the eyes, but also enter the heart.
For example, the cinema is a place where young people often go on dates. Before I tried to write a book review, my husband took me to the movies. I don't know what the movie is about after watching it. You can fall asleep when you encounter something you don't like.
But when I tried to write book reviews and film reviews, my wife and I went to the cinema again, and I was different. Whether I like this movie or not, I will watch it carefully. Because, I want to find valuable material from the movie and turn it into an article.
The same is true of reading. For example, I'm in a bad mood these days. At this time, there is a set of jokes in my hand, and reading this book is absolutely wolfing down.
2.3 How big the pool of understanding is, how strong the reading ability is.
There are many kinds of books, such as economics, management, history, literature, comics, classics of Chinese studies, family education, physical objects and science fiction. ...
Or take myself as an example. Reading family education books is relatively easy for me, and I read them faster. Because I like family education books best, in the process of reading family education books, I gradually established and formed my knowledge system in the field of family education.
And I read science fiction novels, such as Liu's The Wandering Earth and the complete set of Three-body, which are particularly laborious, particularly slow, and even in a daze. Because I don't like science fiction, and I haven't established or formed a knowledge system in this field.
So, yes, reading ability is as strong as understanding ability.
2.4 Reading speed and reading volume
In the process of reading, the speed of reading is also affected by the number of times of reading. The faster you read, the more you can find your own direction.
I have a deep understanding of this. 202 1, read 64 paper books, 13 e-books.
At first, I chose books aimlessly because I didn't know what I was going to read. But then I read more and more books, and I found that family education, classics of Chinese studies, biographies of people, original works of classic TV dramas and world literary masterpieces were my favorites.
Reading speed is the same. I remember Mr. Fan Deng once said, "When you finish reading 50 books, the reading speed will be accelerated unconsciously". Yes, I don't know when my reading speed suddenly became faster.
In the book Fast Reading, Grunin divides reading the whole book into three steps. But I think it should be five steps.
3. 1 Read carefully before reading.
A man without a goal is terrible. Similarly, people who have no reading goals are terrible. Therefore, before reading every book, we should be clear about our reading goals.
For example, fast reading. Why should I read this book? How important is this book to me? What information do I want? Where will I apply what I have learned?
Yes, I want to know, "Is speed reading really reliable?" . Now it seems to be reliable; At the same time, you can also write a review or book review by the way; What makes me feel like a book review or a book review is the information I want; I intend to apply what I have learned to reading and writing.
This is the reason why I read Grunin's Fast Reading, and it is also my goal.
3.2 extensive reading of the book, grasp the overall context
I actually have a reading habit, which is to open a book and read its preface, table of contents and postscript first. Because the author's real purpose in writing this book is embodied in these three parts.
For example, Teacher Li Yueer's key help during the critical period. This book consists of six chapters. The first chapter, knowing children; The second chapter, the key help in the critical period; Chapter three, how to choose a kindergarten; Chapter four, how to adapt to kindergarten; Chapter five, the misunderstanding of love; Chapter six, help children establish an independent and complete personality system.
In fact, the focus of this book is the second chapter, the key help in the critical period.
3.3 combination of fast reading and repeated intensive reading
Every time you read the same book, you will get different results. Especially classic books, are often read and updated.
In 2022, I set myself a reading goal: the main line is to watch the Li Yueer series ten times; The sub-line is also an e-book with WeChat reading, and there are books in 365 parents' reading groups, and of course there are other paper books interspersed among them.
Of course, I have finished reading Children Are Feet and Education Are Shoes for ten times, and I am reading Critical Help for the second time.
Yes, the more you read, the deeper you understand.
3.4 Review knowledge points and systematically understand the whole book.
Before, I had the habit of reading and underlining; But these two years, I have changed.
Because every book is a complete knowledge system, underlining will destroy the understanding of the integrity of the core content in the book.
This is especially true for novels.
For example, Liu Jing's novella "Parents' Love" may contain famous aphorisms, but it really doesn't matter; What's really important is that from the CCTV variety "China of the Story", I saw that "Parents' Love" is a tribute to the classics, to parents, to generations of soldiers who guard the island, and to generations of military wives who guard the island.
3.5 After reading, output mandatory input.
I have always believed that sharing, writing, telling books and copying are the best ways to forcibly convert output into input.
Yes, from 202 1, I send a circle of friends every time I finish reading a book; Since 2022, every time I finish reading a book, I will write it as a book review.
In fact, in the process of making friends and writing book reviews, I combed the knowledge points of the book I just finished reading and deepened my understanding of the book I just finished reading.
In addition, it is the prejudice against the co-reading group.
Some people prefer to read books by themselves; However, I think joining the reading group is also a good way to learn. If we study together, raise children together, discuss together and grow together, we will learn more and make faster progress.
Just like the resumption week of the first month of the first season of our 365 parents' reading club before the Spring Festival.
I chose the key help in the critical period. We talked about the "pit" on the way to parenting, and also shared the knowledge points in the book (the key help in the critical period), which really gained a lot. And I happen to be the mother of a 1-2-year-old material girl, and I just apply what I have learned.
Therefore, I am not angry with the child who litters, but let her explore freely within the scope of ensuring safety.
In this book, Grunin also mentioned some gadgets to help you read quickly.
For example, for people who are easy to serialize, finding a ruler is a better way than reading. There is also a visual card. Knowledge cards and visual cards are the best ways to help understand knowledge points.
In fact, in this Internet age and information age, there are many ways to assist reading, such as mind mapping.
Finally, no matter how fast or slow you read, you should stick to it. Because reading is a lifetime thing.