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1、speed-readingSpeed-readingisthepurportedabilitytoreadasmanyas10,000to25,000wordsaminute.Forexample,HowardBergWarandPeaceshouldtakeBergabout15minutestoread. claimstobeabletoread25,000wordsaminutebyreading"15linesatatimebackwardsandforwards."That'sabout80-90pagesa
2、minute.Tolstoy'sGeorgeStancliffeclaimshehastaughtawomanwithareadingdisabilitytoread18,000wordsaminute.Suchafeat,hesays,iscommoninchildren,butrareinadults.AnneCunningham,aUniversityofCaliforniaatBerkeleyeducationprofessorandanexpertonreading,reportsthattestsmeasur
3、ingsaccades(smallrapidjerkymovementoftheeyeasitjumpsfromfixationononepointtoanother)whilereadinghavedeterminedthatthemaximumnumberofwordsapersoncanaccuratelyreadisabout300aminute."Peoplewhopurporttoread10,000wordsaminutearedoingwhatwecallskimming,"shesaid.Speedin
4、readingismainlydeterminedbyhowfastareadercanunderstandthewordsandexpressionisreading.Thefastestreadersarethosewithexcellent"recognitionvocabularies."Fasterreaderscanseewordsandunderstandthemfasterthanslowerreaders.Toimproveone'sspeedatreading,shesays,oneshouldwor
5、koncomprehensionandstudystrategies(Robertson).Othersclaimthat"theaveragecollegestudentreadsbetween250and350wordsperminuteonfictionandnon-technicalmaterials"andthata"good"readingspeedis500-700wordsperminute.Itdoesseemintuitivelytruethatonecouldspeedupone'sreadingb
6、y(a)spendinglesstimebetweeneyemovements;(b)takinginmorewordswitheachfixation;and(c)alwaysmovingforward,ratherthanskippingbacktore-readsomething.Havingagoodrecognitionvocabularywouldcertainlyspeedtheseprocessesup.Consciouspracticeatimprovingone'sspeedshouldalsohel
7、p.BerghasrepackagedtheEvelynWoodReadingDynamicscourse,onepopularseveraldecadesagowithpeoplelikeJohnF.Kennedy.AreporterwhoattendedoneofBerg'sclassesnotedthatinhisfive-hourcourse,Berghadn'tsaidmuchaboutcomprehension,excepttosuggestthatitwouldcomewithpractice.Thisdi
8、dnotdeterseveralofthe35students,whohadpaid$51eachfortheclassfromtheLearningExchangeinSacramento,frompurchasingaudiotapesfor$65(Robertson).Thosedesiringtoincrea