Would you like to learn how to speed read? It is a skill that
has great value in our text based society. Regardless of who you
are, speed-reading can benefit you. You might be an entrepreneur
trying to make more money, or a stay at home mom trying to get
by. Regardless of your goals or aspirations, the skill can help
you persevere and improve. And yes, speed reading can be
learned. Using the techniques presented in this article, you
should be reading 2 times as fast very quickly. A common trend
that people have when reading a book is to subvocalize their
words. Reading is usually conducted using our mental “voice” –
we say it inside our minds. Stages of subvocalization include
three specific steps: outward vocalization, mouthing the words
to ourselves, and then saying them within our minds without any
vocalization whatsoever. Reading a poem, or the lyrics to a
song, are examples of subvocalization. You could be reading to
your child before bedtime. Subvocalization, sadly, is the
slowest way that anybody can r