POWER

READING
for Information
This is not about trying to read as
FAST as you can . . .

. . . It is about learning to read as

effectively as you can.
 The PURPOSE of
POWER READING is
to gather information.

Top students…
…understand the power of information gathering.
…know that it is not the number of words they
read that is important.
…know that it is the amount of information they
get out of it that really matters.
In general, in any textbook, only 20% of
the words contain the information we
need to fully acquire all the knowledge
and to score flat 1.0.

ouns Verb
N s
s Adje
ve r b ctive
Ad s

KEYWORDS
20% Keywords 80% Non-
Keywords
Contains All
Information to
Score a flat 1.0
 POWER READING is
Collecting Keywords

Extract

Essence / Information

KEYWORDS
 For some time, it has been known that the human
brain can be divided into two parts. The left brain and
the right brain. It has also been known that the left
brain controls the right side of the body and that the
right brain controls the left side of the body. It has
also been discovered that when the left brain is
damaged, it will cause the right side of the body to
become paralyzed. Similarly, if the right brain is
damaged, it will cause the left side of the body to
become paralyzed. In other words, damage to one side
of the brain will cause the corresponding side of the
body to become paralyzed.
 KEYWORDS
human brain divided two parts.
left brain right brain.
left brain controls right side body.
right brain controls left side body.
left brain damaged, right side body paralyzed. right
brain damaged, left side body paralyzed. Damage one
side brain cause corresponding side body paralyzed.
 NON-KEYWORDS
For some time, it has been known that the can
be into . The and the . It has also been
known that the the of the and that the the
of the . It has also been discovered that when the
is , it will cause the of the to become
. Similarly, if the is , it will cause the
of the to become . In other words, to
of the will the of the to become .
Why We Must Learn to Power Read?

POWER READING
…is a technique of reading that is designed
to increase your reading speed, also to
increase concentration and comprehension
of reading at the same time.
Why We Must Learn to Power Read?

Many people avoid reading fast because they

think that doing so will reduce their ability to
concentrate as well as comprehend what they are
reading.

In fact, the reason you have poor

concentration is because YOU READ TOO
SLOWLY!
Research has shown that our eyes and brain have
the ability to absorb over 20,000 words per
minute!

But most people read at the rate of only 200

words per minute, less than 1% of our true
potential.
The average college A "good" reading speed is
student reads between 250 around 500 to 700 words per
and 350 words per minute minute, but some people can
on fiction and non- read a thousand words per
technical materials. minute or even faster.
 The Eyes Have it.

What determines how fast you read?

And how can we increase our speed of reading?
The answer lies in the way our eyes move.
 The Eyes Have it.

Our eyes must keep pausing in order for it to pick up

information and it is ¼ of a second to 1 second every
time we pause.

The more pause we make, the longer it takes and slower

our reading.

The KEY to Power Reading is to reduce the number of

pauses our eyes make as we read.
 The Eyes Have it.

Assuming that each eye pause takes 1/2 a second...

1 min 120 words

120 words per

Below Average
minute (wpm)
 The Eyes Have it.

In order to read faster, you must not read 1 word at a

time...
1 min 2-3 words at a time

240 to 360 wpm Average Reader

With a bit of training or practice, you should easily be able to

read chunks of 5 to 7 words at a time...

Strong College
600 to 800 wpm
Reader
 Do A Quick Check On
Your Reading Speed

To get a quick gauge of your current reading

ability, set a stopwatch to 1 minute and see how
many words you can read at that time.
 Assessing your Reading Speed

150 wpm Insufficient

250 wpm Average General Reader (Too slow
for college)
400 wpm Good General Reader (The
minimum for effective college
reading)
600 wpm Strong College Reader
1000 wpm Excellent
 Habits that slows down your reading.

1. LIP READING
The movement of your lips when
you read.

A habit which you picked up from

primary or grammar school when
you first started learning to read by
reading aloud in class.
 Habits that slows down your reading.

2. SUBVOCALIZATION
It is when a person doesn’t
move their lips as they read, but
instead, they have a voice
inside their head reading out the
words to them.
 Habits that slows down your reading.

3. REGRESSION
The tendency to keep skipping back
and reading over the same words.

REASONS…
Caused by apprehension, fear of missing out and lack of
confidence in reading.
Due to the reader’s poor vocabulary or poor command of
the language.
 Habits that slows down your reading.

4. READING WORD-FOR-WORD

Many people think that

this is the correct way of
reading as we all first
started learning to read by
reading aloud, one word at
a time.
 Habits that slows down your reading.

5. SHORT EYE SPAN

Your eye span is the number of words
your eyes can pick up at a glance or at
every pause.

Frequent reader can pick up to 6-7

words at a glance.

The greater the eye span, the more number of

words we can pick up at every pause.
 CHECK YOUR EYE SPAN
You can check your current eye span by covering
a sentence with a piece of paper. Focus your eyes
on the sentence that is being covered. Then, shift
the paper away for a split second and cover back
the sentence.
 Power Reading Techniques to Increase Speed
and Comprehension

1. Use a pencil as a pacer.

Whenever you read, use a pencil
to guide your over each
sentence.
It will increase your focus and
concentration.
 Power Reading Techniques to Increase Speed
and Comprehension

2. Look out for key ideas and

circle keywords.
Look out for the key ideas in
each paragraphs.
It will improve your information
gathering process.
Power Reading Techniques to Increase Speed
and Comprehension

3. Increase eye span to read groups of

5-7 words at a time.
Power Reading Techniques to Increase Speed
and Comprehension

4. Train by playing high tempo music

as you read.
When you read at home,
you can play high tempo
music (without lyrics) to
train your brain and eyes to
read faster.
Power Reading Techniques to Increase Speed
and Comprehension

5. Read the chapter from back to front.

WHY?
Because the back of every chapter normally
contains a summary of that chapter as well as
questions that test you on that chapter. So, your
mind will have an idea of what that chapter is all
about.
Power Reading Techniques to Increase Speed
and Comprehension

6. Keep pushing and stretching

yourself.
As you train yourself in power reading, use
your pencil to push yourself at a speed beyond
what you are comfortable with.
This is to stretch and overload your system.
There are 3 MAIN FACTORS involved in
improving reading speech.

1. The desire to improve.

2. The willingness to try new
techniques.
3. The motivation to practice.
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