What is speed reading? Some people mistakenly think that fast reading is only a cursory reading and can't understand the whole text. Actually, it's not. The correct meaning of speed reading is: "read quickly and effectively." The following is what I brought to you, I hope you like it!

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The origin of fast reading

The appearance of fast reading was obviously related to the development of world economy and culture at that time. In the 1940s, in order to adapt to the impact of "economic wave" and "cultural wave" in the early 20th century, the pace of social life was obviously accelerated, the number of publications soared and the publishing speed was accelerated. If hundreds of millions of readers still rely on the traditional step-by-step word reading method, they will fall into the vast sea of books and be submerged by the wave of information. However, this is only the social and cultural background of fast reading, but it is not its cause. From a global perspective, although many scientists and educators also feel the importance and urgency of fast reading, their scientific research progress is very slow and they don't know where to start. Speed reading made a breakthrough and established the earliest training methods and equipment, but it was built on an unexpected foundation-this foundation was provided by the then US Air Force.

After World War II, the Audio-visual Education Center of Northwestern University in Chicago, USA, further studied on this basis and established the prototype of modern speed reading. At that time, US Air Force tactical experts were faced with a serious problem: many pilots could not distinguish distant planes in time when flying, and it was urgent to improve their instantaneous perception ability. In the air battle of life and death, there is nothing to do in this respect, which is really a huge failure and will lose the initiative of fighting forever. Therefore, psychologists and educators from the Air Force come to solve this problem. They invented a device called speedometer, which can make the images of enemy planes and friendly planes appear on the screen longer or shorter, larger or smaller. At the beginning, aircraft images appeared for a long time and were large in size; Then gradually shorten the time of appearance, and gradually reduce the size. They were surprised to find that when a plane image as small as a light spot appeared on the screen at the speed of 1/500 seconds, trained ordinary people could also distinguish it. It can be seen that people underestimated the instantaneous perception ability of eyes in the past.

When educators get this information, they immediately realize that this technology is an achievement of great significance for fast reading. They decided to apply this achievement to the fast reading training of human learning and use the above devices and methods in a similar way. First, a large letter is displayed on the screen for 5 seconds, and then the letter size is gradually reduced to shorten the display time, until four small letters are displayed on the screen at the same time, and the display time is only 1/500 seconds, and the trainees can still recognize it. This result proves that trained ordinary people can distinguish1.2000 letters in one minute. If the average number of letters per word is 6, it is equivalent to 20000 words. At that time, the average reading speed of Americans was only 200 words per minute, which was only 1% of human ability. Scientists and educators are pleasantly surprised to find that the potential of human beings in reading speed is quite huge and can be improved through training.

After World War II, with the further development of American economy, technology and culture, speed reading began to enter the promotion stage. Initially, it was the world-famous Harvard University that opened the first speed reading training course. Driven by it, this kind of training course quickly spread in universities, middle schools and primary schools all over the country. The state and various foundations have invested successively, focusing on a group of experts and scholars to conduct research and promotion, set up schools, publish monographs and set up degrees, so that this new discipline has rapidly formed and flourished. At the same time, countries all over the world have followed suit and started the research and training of fast reading. At present, there are speed reading colleges in the United States that specialize in studying and teaching speed reading, and can award doctoral degrees to learners. Modern computer and multimedia technology have also played a role in speed reading training, making the training process more interesting, colorful and easy to see the effect.

Fast reading method

1, set the target

Before reading, set yourself a goal, because setting a goal can make us concentrate and avoid procrastination.

2. Learn to summarize

If you read a book, you will not apply what you have learned and forget it later, but when you learn to summarize the main framework of the book, write book reviews, or just write topics that interest you, you can speed up reading.

When you think again by writing a framework, writing a book review, or communicating with others, you will gradually sort out the context of the article.

Step 3 stop reading silently

Most people learn to read by reading words aloud. The trouble is that most people can't stop reading. Of course, maybe we will no longer hear the sound of reading, or just move our lips, but in our minds, we are "listening to ourselves." We learn to read through our mouths and ears.

To become a fast reader, this habit must be abandoned or at least reduced, and the method of combining eyes and brains should be adopted. Start to absorb the knowledge in the book with your eyes, and let the contents of the book reach your heart through your eyes.

Step 4 use browsing skillfully

When reading, the eyes see not two or three words, but a complete sentence, a whole line or more. This browsing method is used to understand the general idea of a book, and is usually used in libraries, reading rooms and book stands to obtain new books.

5. Reading habits

The cultivation of fast reading habits requires long-term persistence in reading. When reading, you should master as much information as possible. When you stop, you don't feel a word, but more chapters and paragraphs.

The Origin and Development of Fast Reading

Speed reading originated in America. An experiment made people realize that eyes have great instantaneous perception potential, thus solving the basic problem of speed reading-eyes have the ability to recognize words at high speed. At the beginning of the 20th century, psychologists and educators of the US Air Force invented a device called speedometer to train pilots to recognize airplanes. They were surprised to find that when a plane image as small as a light spot appeared on the screen at the speed of 1/500 seconds, trained ordinary people could also distinguish it. After receiving this information, the reader decided to apply this achievement to speed reading training. They found that when the size of letters gradually decreased and the appearance time was shortened until four very small letters appeared on the screen at the same time, and the appearance time was only 1/500 seconds, the trainees could still recognize them. This result proves that trained ordinary people can distinguish1.2000 letters in one minute. If the average number of letters per word is 6, it is equivalent to 20000 words. The average reading speed of Americans-200 words per minute, only 1%. It can be seen that the potential of people in reading speed is quite huge!

The former Soviet Union was also a country that studied and popularized fast reading earlier. As early as the 1920s, Roberg wrote "Introduction to Mental Work" and Bo Vanin wrote "How to Read", calling on all sectors of society to pay enough attention to fast reading. After the 1960s, fast reading laboratories and fast reading schools were established in all parts of the former Soviet Union. They put the focus of popularization work on primary and secondary schools, and included speed reading as a formal course in the teaching plan, and achieved fruitful results.

The former Soviet Union was also a country that studied and popularized fast reading earlier. As early as the 1920s, Roberg wrote "Introduction to Mental Work" and Bo Vanin wrote "How to Read", calling on all sectors of society to pay enough attention to fast reading. After the 1960s, fast reading laboratories and fast reading schools were established in all parts of the former Soviet Union. They put the focus of popularization work on primary and secondary schools, and included speed reading as a formal course in the teaching plan, and achieved fruitful results.

In Japan, in order to promote the development of speed reading, the Japan Speed Reading Association has also formulated a speed reading position similar to Go, and awarded the title of one to four paragraphs to players who have reached different reading speeds. Fast reading has become a trend in Japan. The "New Japan Speed Reading Association" advertised that "advocating speed reading is the general trend".

In China, a group of scholars from Taiwan Province Province first studied and popularized speed reading. Ms. Tan Dashi, the principal of the primary school affiliated to Taipei Normal University, began to study and popularize fast reading from 1968, and conducted a large-scale teaching experiment in her own school. Her practice has proved that after training, the reading speed of primary school students in lower grades can reach 300-400 words per minute, that of middle-grade students can reach about 1000 words per minute, that of senior students can reach about 2000 words per minute, and that of the fastest reading speed can reach about 8000 words per minute. At the speed reading teaching observation meeting in Taiwan Province Province, the school held a public demonstration teaching with the scale of 36 classes, which confirmed the possibility and reality of popularizing speed reading in a large area, and its theoretical and practical significance should not be underestimated.

In China, a group of scholars from Taiwan Province Province first studied and popularized speed reading. Ms. Tan Dashi, the principal of the primary school affiliated to Taipei Normal University, began to study and popularize fast reading from 1968, and conducted a large-scale teaching experiment in her own school. Her practice has proved that after training, the reading speed of primary school students in lower grades can reach 300-400 words per minute, that of middle-grade students can reach about 1000 words per minute, that of senior students can reach about 2000 words per minute, and that of the fastest reading speed can reach about 8000 words per minute. At the speed reading teaching observation meeting in Taiwan Province Province, the school held a public demonstration teaching with the scale of 36 classes, which confirmed the possibility and reality of popularizing speed reading in a large area, and its theoretical and practical significance should not be underestimated.

At present, more than 80% colleges and universities in the United States have set up speed reading courses, and many primary and secondary schools have included speed reading in their teaching plans so that students can master this efficient learning method as soon as possible. It can be seen that speed reading, a new discipline, has been widely recognized by all walks of life in the United States and has a fairly high academic status. Lightning speed reading introduces the mature speed reading potential opening training technology in the United States, and integrates the essence of speed reading training in the East and the West, which can quickly and effectively activate children's speed reading potential; The training time is far less than the traditional fast reading method, and it can also effectively ensure the learning quality of students.

Speed reading ability itself is not a special function or super power. It is actually an ability that everyone, including adults, can master and possess through training. However, judging from the difficulty of opening and the amount of training, 9- 15 years old is the golden age to open the potential of speed reading. All practices show that it is possible to change traditional reading habits through training and improve reading speed by several times, ten times or even dozens of times on the basis of maintaining efficient understanding. ?