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MAXIMUMSPEEDREADING
contents
GettingStarted
HOWTOUSEMAXIMUMSPEEDREADING™.................................................6
SELECTINGTHEPERFECTTEXT ...........................................................6
SETTINGUPYOURSTUDYSCHEDULE ......................................................7
HOWTOCALCULATEYOURINITIALREADINGSPEED ........................................7
SampleTextForMeasuringYourReadingSpeed:RevolutionInScience ..........................8
HandMotions
THEPURPOSEOFHANDMOTIONS ........................................................12
HANDMOTIONONE ......................................................................12
TIPSFORHANDMOTIONS ................................................................12
HandMotionOneTemplate:BeautyAndTheBeast ...........................................13
ReadingBackward
TIPSFORREADINGBACKWARD ...........................................................14
SampleText:Pavlov’sDog..................................................................15
PRACTICEREADINGATHIGHSPEEDINYOURTEXT........................................16
MINDMAPSUMMARIZINGBACKWARDREADING ...........................................17
SPEED-INCREASINGEXERCISEONE.......................................................18
HowDoWeComprehendText?
WHYDOWEREADSOSLOWLY? ...........................................................19
HOWYOURBRAINDECODESTEXT ........................................................20
THETHREETYPESOFINFORMATIONTHATTEXTCONTAINS ................................20
MINDMAPSUMMARIZINGSCHEMAANDMEANING .........................................20
IDENTIFYTHISPICTURE .................................................................21
HOWWORDGROUPINGSCREATEMEANING ...............................................22
SchematicMeaningfulness
SampleText:LACKINGSCHEMATICCLUES .................................................24
SampleText:ABUNDANTINSCHEMATICCLUES: ............................................24
SCHEMATICCLUESANDBACKWARDREADING.............................................25
SPEED-INCREASINGEXERCISETWO ......................................................26
HOWTEXTUALSCHEMAISDISTRIBUTED ..................................................27
SCHEMAANDINCREASINGREADINGSPEED...............................................27
MINDMAPSUMMARIZINGSCHEMA’SDISTRIBUTION ........................................28
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TheFourReadingStages
(SR2Q) ..................................................................................29
SPEED-INCREASINGEXERCISETHREE ....................................................29
HowToSkimText
SampleText:USINGTHEBOOK’SJACKET ..................................................30
SampleTextOne:USINGTHECONTENTSPAGE:AmericanHistory.............................31
SampleTextTwo:USINGTHECONTENTSPAGE:VertebrateBiology............................32
HowToLearnDifficultMaterial
SampleText:USINGCHARTSANDDIAGRAMS...............................................33
SampleText:USINGANINDEX ............................................................34
SampleText:READINGMAGAZINES ........................................................35
MINDMAPSUMMARIZINGSKIMMING ......................................................36
HOWTOINCREASEALERTNESS...........................................................37
TheFourTypesOfReading
PLEASUREREADING .....................................................................39
PLEASUREREADINGNONFICTION:........................................................40
HOW-TOBOOKS ..........................................................................42
STUDYING ...............................................................................42
TECHNICALTEXT ........................................................................42
READINGMATH ..........................................................................42
READINGCOMPUTERSCREENS ...........................................................42
MINDMAPSUMMARIZINGTHEFOURTYPESOFREADING ..................................43
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TheFourLearningLevels
EXAMPLE ...............................................................................44
MINDMAPSUMMARIZINGTHEFOURLEARNINGLEVELS ...................................45
HowToIncreaseMemoryAndRecall
HOWTOUSEREPETITIONANDMULTIPLESENSES .........................................46
HOWTOUSEMUSICTOINCREASERETENTION ............................................47
HOWTOUSEMEMORYPEGSTOBOOSTRETENTION .......................................48
PEGGINGPRACTICEEXERCISE ...........................................................48
USINGMNEMONICSTOINCREASERETENTION ............................................49
EXAMPLESOFMNEMONICS ..............................................................49
MNEMONICSPracticeOne.................................................................50
MNEMONICSPracticeTwo.................................................................50
THETHREETYPESOFMEMORY...........................................................51
NOTETAKING ...........................................................................52
SampleTextforNoteTaking:THEWAROF1812 ..............................................53
QUESTIONS..............................................................................55
VOCABULARY ............................................................................55
SAMPLENOTESFORQUESTIONS..........................................................56
SAMPLENOTESFORVOCABULARY ........................................................57
MAKINGTHETRANSITIONFROMREADINGTOLEARNING ..................................58
READINGFORCOMPREHENSIONEXERCISEFOUR .........................................59
MEMORYMUSIC .........................................................................60
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MAXIMUMSPEEDREADING
DearFriend:
ThankyouforpurchasingMaximumSpeedReading™.Injustafew
shorthoursyouwilllearnhowtoboostyourreadingspeedbeyond
anythingyoubelievedpossible.MaximumSpeedReading™willalso
instructyouonhowtoincreasecomprehension,memory,andrecall
whenreading.Whetheryoureadforpleasure,businessorschool,you
willbeshowntheperfectmethodforreachingyourgoal.
Myreadingstrategieshaveearnedmetherecognitionastheworld’s
fastestreader,andIamcertaintheywillhelpyouachieveyour
maximumreadingspeed.
Yourfriend,
HowardStephenBerg
The World’s Fastest Reader
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MAXIMUMSPEEDREADING
gettingstarted
Getting Started
HowToUseMaximumSpeedReading
TheProgram
CarefullyfollowtheinstructionsinthissectiontogetthemaximumresultsfromyourMaximum
SpeedReadingProgram™.First—printpages8to11—thenmeasureyourinitialreadingspeed.
Then,readthesectiondescribinghowtousehandmotionstoincreaseyourreadingspeed.After
readingthesectionabouthandmotions,viewtheDVDaccompanyingyourprogram.TheDVD
containsademonstrationonhowIread,aswellasademonstrationonhowtousethehand
motions.AfterwatchingtheDVD,beginlisteningtoCDone.ContinueusingeachCDinsequence.
WhilelisteningtotheCDs,followthediagramsandexamplesmentionedinthisworkbook.Print
outthelistedsessionasneeded.ContinuefollowingtheinstructionsonyourCDstoachievepeak
results.
SelectingThePerfectText
Choosingtheperfecttextwillenableyoutoeasilylearnthisprogram’stechniques.Choosea
nonfictionbookthathasfamiliarvocabularyandconcepts.Donotchooseabookthatwould
beconfusingtoyouifreadslowly.Herearesomeexamplesofsuitablereadingmaterialforyou
toselect:
•Abookonaveryfamiliarsubject.Forexample,abiologistcanchooseabiologybook,
orahistorian,ahistorybook.
•Abookonasubjectyouoncestudiedandcompletelyunderstood.Forexample,ahigh
schoolhistorytextwillcontainfamiliarmaterialandvocabulary.
•Abookthatyouoncereadandfoundeasytounderstand.
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gettingstarted
SettingUpYourStudySchedule
Optimumresultswillbeachievedbycompletingthisprograminasingledayorevening.Donot
attempttolistentoaportionofaCDoveraperiodofseveraldays.Mostpeoplefinditbestto
completetheprogrambetween6p.m.and10p.m,oronaweekendbetween10a.m.and2p.m.
Listentotheprogramwhileseatedatatablewithatextofyourchoice,asoutlinedonpage6,
andanotepad.Thisisnotamotivationalprogram,andshouldnotbetakenwhiledrivinginacar.
ThereareseveralshortbreakssuggestedontheCDSthatIrecommendyoutake.Onceyou
completethisprogram,youmayreviewitwhiledrivingorperforminganotheractivity.
HowToCalculateYourInitialReadingSpeed
1.Usingatimer,readthetextonpage8,Revolution in Science,for1minute.
2.Whentheminuteisup,writedownthenumberofthelineyouwerereading.
3.Multiplythisnumberby10toobtainyourinitialreadingspeed.
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Print out pages 8 to 11 for this in session
MAXIMUMSPEEDREADING
gettingstarted
SampleTextforMeasuringYourReadingSpeed:
Revolution In Science
1 Introduction
2 Evenasyouread,arevolutionisoccurringinthe
3 mindsofscientists.Arevolutionthatwillaffect
4 everythingthattouchesyourlife.Yetthisisastrangerevolution.
5 Noexplosions,noguns,notevenaglimmerofactivity
6 thatmightrevealitspresence.Thisisnotaviolent
7 revolutionwithmaiminganddeath;instead,itisabouthow
8 scienceviewsreality.Theconsequencesofthisincredible
9 revolutionareonlybeginningtoaffectyourlife.
10 Quantumphysicshasopenedacrackintothemysteryof
11 thecreationoftheuniverseitself.Acrackthatsharp-minded
12 scientistsaretryingtowideneachday.Forthe
13 layman,theirdiscoveriesarealmostunknown.Somecryptic
14 puzzleofmathandphysicsthatmanyerroneouslybelieveisnot
15 meantforthemindsofordinarymen.Yettheeffectsof
16 thesediscoveriesthreatentodwarfeventhesignificanceof
17 nuclearenergy.Discoveriesthatwillnotonlychangethe
18 wayyoulive,butalterthewayyouthinkaboutreality.As
19 theworld’sfastestreader,Iusedmyreadingskilltoinvestigate
20 thewonderfuldiscoveriesthesebrilliantmenhavemade.As
21 yousharpenyourreadingspeedusingthiswritingsample,I
22 willprovideyouwithinformationthatrevealssomeofthese
23 incrediblediscoveries.Youwillfindthisinformation
24 giveninadown-to-earthfashionthatwillnotcloudthe
25 importanceoftheirworkwithtechnicalformulasandequations
26 thatoftendomoretoconfusethantoinform.
27 The Philosophical Roots
28 Untilthestartofthe20thcentury,Westerncivilization
29 hadbeenfoundeduponaverysimpleformoflogic.A
30 systemoflogicbegunbytheGreekphilosopherAristotle.
31 Underthislogicsystemsomethingeitherexistsorit
32 doesn’t.Thismayseemsimpleinconcept,butthenew
33 physicsrequiresacompletelydifferentformoflogic.For
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