Speed ReadingLearn to love the questions

And live into the answers

Jackie Alan Giuliano, Ph.D.President, Center for Lifelong Learning

Seattle, WA

© 2010 Jackie Alan Giuliano

Hello New Speed Reader!

• It is actually easy to perfect your skills – just use them!

• The few charts that follow will remind you of some of the important principles. Call or email anytime with questions.

• Keep the Triple Reading Process chart nearby.

• Let the process evolve for you. Always be looking to widen your peripheral vision. Let you eyes take in as may words per glance as they can.

• The most important thing: Relax!

• Be sure to set your intention before starting a book – be clear about why you are reading it and what you need to get out of it.

• And always: have fun and be excited and engaged about your learning.

Read multiple words at a time . . .One word at a time

Read down the page . . .Left to Right

See and know . . . Say the words aloud silently

Read fast to remember more . . .Read slow to remember more

Let the meaning build on multiple passesGet it all on the first pass

Reading/learning in a relaxed state . . .Stress

New View From ResearchTraditional Reading Education

Why Do We Think We are Done Learning How To Read in Elementary School?

Speed Reading Principles

• Always use a pacer (until it feels like you don’t need one any more)

• Use soft focus peripheral vision– Take in 3 to 6 words at a time– Right, left, up, down

• Pass multiple times through your readings• Integrate a right-brain note-taking method• Read/learn in a relaxed state

Relax, have fun, and be excited and engaged in your learning!

A New Way To Look At Learning Something New

Phase 1

Feeling good

Phase 2

Frustration

Phase 3

Competence

Inside your comfort

zone, everything feels

good, safe, right.

You are getting better

at what you do, but

you aren’t learning

anything new.

When you are

learning something

new, you are leaving

your comfort zone.

Things don’t feel

right. You may feel

frustrated or blocked.

Don’t stop! Keep up

your learning or

practicing through

the frustration.

The new behavior will

eventually become

your new comfort

zone.

The more uncomfortable you feel, the more you are learning!!

TURN FRUSTRATION INTO FASCINATION!

We were taught the wrong rules -

• We were taught that the slower you read, the more you remember

– Totally not true

• Slowing down to increase comprehension produces chaos, loss of concentration, and impeded long term memory.

• Information processing should be effortless, stress free and based on specific strategies.

Context

• Front/Back cover

• Table of Contents

• Front matter

• Book layout

• Index

• “What’s ahead?”

OVERVIEW

Get the headlines,

the major ideas,

the key topics

“S” or “Z” Pattern

Is the material

relevant to our

learning purpose?

GIST

Slower, spending more time on the line.

Half the line at a time

Build the meaning.

DETAILS

Slowest – two or

three words at a

time.

Building on the

meaning.

Begin taking notesLayout your notes

1 2 3

Triple Reading Process