One of the things that you have to do at university is read. A
lot. Probably you take a look at your reading list which you are
given and your heart sinks. How will you ever read everything
that you are meant to read? Well, the first things to understand
that you don’t have to read everything on your reading list! You
need to pick and choose the best from the list. But the other
thing to do is to read efficiently and that means quickly. Many
people read slowly in the belief that they will understand more
that way. However, research shows that reading faster doesn’t
interfere with comprehension – in fact it may even increase it.
In order to speed up your reading you need to know that fast
readers read in blocks, like this: your eyes see this block then
they jump to this block and then this block and you understand
the whole block together If you can read quickly in blocks your
reading speed can increase a lot. If you want, use a pen to jump
across the page as you read, and move the pen quickly to make
sure you