miment 10

(December 2020 - Evelyn Woods / Speed Reading)

Mental Soaring:

You must learn to see and accept the words and phrases out of their normal expectancy order.

Accept visual, as opposed to auditory, reassurance as you read

Learn to read vertically

Understand the gestalt for what you read

There are five comprehension levels: (1) Preview (2) 2 sec/page (3) 4 sec/page (4) slightly faster than comfort (5) fast and comfortable. Comprehension rates are (1) 10% (2) 20% (3) 40-60% (4) 60-80% (5) 80%

Evelyn discovered the hand-motion concept as she was brushing dirt off a book that she had tossed down on the ground. In cleaning off each page, she began to read simultaneously at supersonic speeds -- and thus the Wood hand-motion concept was born.

Hand movements: establish rhythm for eye movements. enhance concentration. prevent regression.

There is line by line hand movement. S hand movement. In both of these, 4 fingers are used. The question mark (?), the X, the L, the loop, the horseshoe, the U, the brush and the half-moon.

Recall patterns: Similar to mind maps.