21st Century Guide to Increasing Your Reading Speed

By The Philip Lief Group

Book Overview

Learn to navigate the data explosion of the information age by increasing your reading speed in just fifteen minutes a day. If you are like most students and businesspeople, you probably feel bombarded with more books, journals, letters, and newspapers than you can possibly read, much less absorb. Now, with the innovative, time-tested techniques provided by The Princeton Language Institute, you can learn to handle this avalanche of printed material with ease. And it takes just minutes a day to master the skills that will last a lifetime. - Tests to measure your current reading speed and comprehension - Instruction in skimming, backward reading, space reading, finding keywords, pre-reading, critical reading, and using cloze techniques - The super reading secrets of 1, 2, 3; SQ3R; and PQRST - Eight steps to speed reading your correspondence - Permanent solutions to three common reading problems

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0440613876
• ISBN13: 9780440613879
• Release Date: September 1997
• Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Incredible

I wish I would have had this book when I was in college. I don't have time to follow audio courses that are available, so this book fit the bill. While I have not compared this speed reading book to any others, I found that it presented the information in a concise, organized way. The tips on tackling different types of reading are dead on. I highly recommend this book.

Don't knock it until you try it.

After reading the previous review I felt compelled to offer my view.This book uses some of the same principles as the "Evelyn Wood Reading Dynamics" (tm) program.If you want to increase your reading speed, this is an economical alternative to taking the course.I have purchased and read this book and the principles taught are sound (i.e. they work if given a chance). If you would like to read 1,500 words per minute or more then get this book or one like it and practice, practice, practice.I hope this helps.