Can You Read Faster? - Study Tips - Speed Reading Techniques

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[@briancrane7634]

Finally(!!) an objective, scientific view of 'speed reading'. Free of salesmanship, testimonials and buy-now hype. This channel is so refreshing!! Even though I have an advanced scientific degree I've struggled with reading since childhood. I always used the multiple-cut method: read several times but at deeper and deeper levels of comprehension. Thank you very much for dispelling many myths. Thank You!

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[@Socratica]

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[@baconpenguin94]

I subscribed to this Chanel when it was 3000 and I forgot it existed. Nice job growing so fast

[@ckim5021]

Her voice is so calming!! I can focus amazingly well.

[@pinklady7184]

I have my own way for speed reading. Here is what I do. When I read a line from left to right, I do not move my eyes in a linear pattern. Instead, I go in zigzag pattern on each line. This is less tiring than linear reading. Advantageously, zigzag reading prevents you missing lines. At the start of each line of paragraph, I place my eyes ABOVE the first word and then BELOW the next few words, next back up ABOVE another few more words, back down below next more words. At the end of each line, your eyes should be BELOW the last words. From there, when you move to next line, move your eyes on blank space between two lines, right to left on a linear pattern. Go zigzag from left to right when reading, and go linear from right to left when moving onto next line. And so on.

[@haroldanistasia1172]

Pink Lady hey! I thanks a lot!!

[@TobiasWeg]

There is a technique where you read from left to right the first line and then from right to left the next line, going on. It sounds crazy but it works fairly well, our brain is pretty good at understanding.

[@alxndrdg8]

i went crazy just by reading what you have written. Read it 3 times the normal way and still did not get what you are upto. i just should not have read what you wrote.

[@TobiasWeg]

@@alxndrdg8 I am sorry. English is not my native language. What I meant is: Reading the first line from left to right (forward), than reading the second line from right to left (backwards). Afterwards, reading the 3 line from left to right (forward again). Our brain is pretty good at reconstructing the meaning in the text.

[@alxndrdg8]

@@TobiasWeg Tobias, you were clear. That reply was for @(Pink Lady) I could not understand what she wrote.

[@Eyes-of-Horus]

One thing to remember is that it doesn't matter how fast or how slow you read you're still going to need to read the material 3 to 4 times before you begin to have a good understanding of it. That's why taking notes as you read really helps in recall. Remember learning to read faster is a skill like any other. So, take your time and learn how to do it properly and you'll come away learning a lot over time.

[@helpzibahgodluv3177]

I am trying to understand the German language,please make me understand it.

[@mohammedbatis5991]

i like her way to explanation !! , she is impressive

[@Socratica]

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[@mrmcku]

Lovely video. I see you are a fan of The Bard. Also, that deep chair with the wide armrests looks like the ideal setting for long, winter reads.... Thanks for all your videos in this series...

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[@jenspettersen7837]

I'm taking you up on the challenge at 08:54 "make sure you read some challenging books as well!". Going to give Paradise Lost an other try. First time I read it I read out loud with dramatisation in my voice, because the words used was really beautiful, but my reading comprehension was very low. Going to see if I can improve it with mind maps or something.

[@ezequielgervasio]

My dream is speaking as good as you, it seems so native to me :) Writing for another new video.

[@paullaguna3883]

Wow, I was just going to write to Socratica to create a video that would help people retain what they've read then saw they've actually made one yesterday :)). I usually get bored reading and often start day dreaming. This video helped and was exactly what I was looking for. Thanks Socratica :)

[@VulcanOnWheels]

3:57 We already have some of those. 5:20 How about letting the display time be determined by the number of letters in a word? It doesn't seem to hard to do. 6:07 My mom does that, although maybe not always. 6:13 I do that. One thing I do that helps my reading speed, is to read long texts as if I see their abbreviations. For example, I know the International Disability Rights Affirmation Conference, by the abbreviation IDRAC. So, I read the former as if I see the latter.

[@yves7041]

The world could be a better place if there were more of those channels.

[@JamesPeach]

You do know there are options on say the app play book (note, I didn't say playboy) that is available on your browser on computers, laptops, tables, and Android phones, where you can customize the screen to be two pages. You can then tweak the size of the letters or sentence spaces. That way you can fit as much as a regular book, depending on the size of your device; less or more.

[@josepharcilaable]

What the video said on minute 3:54 is not true. On ebooks you can set the letter size so you can see more or less text on each page, meaning you can have the option to have even more information in one page than a book

[@kirbymarchbarcena]

I tried speed reading and talking at the same time...I learned how to rap.

[@mohammadi4079]

Hi. l got familiar with you lately and really enjoined your videos. I love to see all of your lessons and wanna be a perfect translator one day and I should say, I appreciate being one of your students.Thank you from (Isfahan) Iran

[@deandinoeau1776]

The voice is good for all foreign listener, too. A clear understandable AE. sounds like American broadcast English. I have switched on the subtitle too. this makes it easier to understand more. and I learn how I speak it right. when I could ... I would push more than one thumbs up. "Grammary" is a cool plugin to writing right Greetings from Berlin

[@paulikeda5912]

I have an unrecognized 2e condition involving a gift for logic and a learning disability based on a short term memory disability. I was almost misdiagnosed with Reading Comprehension Disorder as a child before starting the first grade and was only saved from that misdiagnosis due to a fervent argument against that diagnosis from my father who had reversed that conclusion. Case in point, shortly before taking that test I had learned Quantum Mechanics, Special Relativity, General Relativity, some Astronomy and Cosmology, sans the math from two older brothers who were science majors and both of whom scored perfect SATs. The lessons were real and so was my perfect comprehension of the material. Otherwise why would I have been so hooked begging them to teach me everything they could about modern science or why would they have bothered teaching it to me if I didn't understand the material. After taking the test, I can see why I was misdiagnosed and why my 2e condition was never recognized. Please consider if your short term memory was next to non-existent how well would you fair on answering those questions testing comprehension, or if you only had long term memory to work with and tried to commit the entire passage to long term memory then the reading rate would look even worse. I fear that children with my condition are also being misdiagnosed so I would desperately like to discuss matter further with those who might be able to make some easy changes in the standard testing methods, possibly to only identify those with poor comprehension or more likely creating another test to separate poor comprehension from poor short term memory recall. I can be contacted at [e-mail] if anyone who reads this could help me resolve this problem or suggest a person to contact. Thank you very much for your consideration.

[@dom165]

Thank you my favorite teacher

[@arthurbarbosapinho]

Teus vídeos são realmente muito bons. Virei fã. Um vídeo sobre o poder da auto-sugestão nos estudos, técnicas de relaxamento, músicas ideias para encontrar o rimo perfeito e entrar em equilíbrio... seria épico. Parabéns pelo trabalho!

[@غبيفيالرياضيات]

I love this channel ♡♡

[@Aditya-rv5zt]

It's not Very difficult to remove subvocalisation . You can remove by reading in phrases . You just see the phrase in one look get know what is in it .

[@subhashchandramistry683]

Very helpful and informative

[@ranjeetsingh5]

thanks a lot for reading suggestions !

[@subhashchandramistry683]

Superb! I am a fan of socratica!!

[@subhashchandramistry683]

Thanks Ma'am for your help!

[@copypaste3526]

I used Corwell notation on this video. It works great. And I hope this way I will retain more information:) Thanks Socratica.

[@Socratica]

Taking notes on videos is such a great idea!! Definitely a great way to remember the key points, and be able to look back on them quickly! 💜🦉

[@jasongrant2827]

Great video, like understanding basic really important.

[@kp2718]

I eliminate subvocalization through repeating silently in my head: 'silencesilencesilence...' -which stops me from subvocaliziting what I'm actually reading and let's me blast through reading through with only 'visual' reading.

[@Socratica]

Fascinating! Thanks for sharing this tip!!

[@musicaccounting8530]

Is there a possibility of placebo? Personally for me, i try to eliminate subvocalization, and i notice that its gone. Until i realize that its slightly there and i was actually ignoring it i do the same thing with trying to forget pink elephants too.

[@GGs-c1u]

Would you mind telling me the name of the song that starts at 7:53? I really enjoyed it

[@Alamgirian5708]

Well done. Very objective and realistic view of speed reading. Unlike some speed geeks; who encourage you to compromise comprehension for speed.

[@ky8920]

my current rsvp speed is around 550x3 wpm (in chinese, reading in-depth news report) or 650wpm reading english novel, or 400wpm reading english scientific article.

[@happypolishboy]

Intuitively explained - excellent! :D

[@jolugaar...]

Amazing video!

[@JoaoPedro-qw9fe]

Obrigado Liliana e o pessoal da Socratica pelas dicas! Gosto muito do canal e espero que possa continuar postando vídeos de bom conteúdo como esse, abç. Btw, está ansiosa pelo Winds of Winter? Hahah

[@FonkamL]

I can't read and comprehend a single thing without doing sub-vocalization, The louder I read to myself the better I understand. I currently doing senior year of college and even though I speak and write two languages( French is my second language) , I am unable to read either of them fluently without sub-vocalizing. I tried the speed test on the website you recommended and got a cumulative average speed of 130 words per minute. These result are a little frustrating to me given the average adult reading speed on that website is 200-300 WPM (6 grader level) and 350 to 450 WPM for a college student. :-(

[@Tennouseijin]

Regarding the statement that you can't read with your peripheral vision: I'm wondering if this assumption is not underestimating one fact. When speed reading, one generally pays little to no attention to 'meaningless' words such as 'the', prepositions, and similar words that you can still understand the text without having actually read those words. Now, knowing the language we can expect where in a sentence those words would appear, and our peripheral vision, while blurry, can give enough information for our brain to confirm this, concluding "the next word is probably unimportant, you can skip it" Thus, I think techniques that try to improve reading speed by making better use of peripheral vision should, I think, give better results than scientific estimates based on the size of the fovea would suggest. Yes, you can't "read" with peripheral vision, but it doesn't mean peripheral vision can't speed up reading. At least that's what I'd assume. Would I be wrong? Especially considering long words, words starting with capital letters, words written in bold, cursive etc. are often more important to understanding a text, and peripheral vision can draw our attention to those words. Similarly, when searching for a specific word in a text, peripheral vision can quickly give our brain enough information to discern which words could and which could not be the one we're searching for, so we don't have to focus on each word on the page when searching.

[@torotekauongo7795]

Thank you very much - very helpful

[@jerrygundecker743]

If only your voice and style of speaking could be digitalized, like a font on my computer that I could apply to Google, (and everything else)! Would you please work on that for me?

[@akgroup9398]

Thanks mam you give me a grate idea for how to read a text book.

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[@DMZ67Y2Y2]

Speed reading is great, but for military readiness you need TRC. Target, recognition and comprehension. For example, neither clock is operating at peak efficiency. Tick, tick, tick.

[@euler4513]

This is an underrated channel

[@sciclepodcast4108]

quality reading depends on comprehension, so its about how fast you comprehend with sustainability so that the very next moment u can jump off to next page/words/etc

[@mehtabalam9717]

i just hate reading.....i love imagining and getting explained but after watching this video i will try to read change my thinking and improve my English😊

[@isaacpindi8975]

So did you read a lot?

[@shouvikmondal1977]

I love this channel.😍😍

[@baratkumar8739]

Thank you verymuch 😀it helped me a lot

[@wanarina-c5g]

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[@Justdoit-zm8nz]

Thank you ❤

[@macabre2007]

Yes, you can read faster on a PC or Mac - if the text is copyable and pastable (for instance from a text orientated PDF - note some PDF files are saved as pictures, and hence the text is uncopyable) then of course you can read faster, with text to speech - Balabolka reads to you simultaneously, and you can speed up the rate of the voice, to the point you can still understand the paragraphs in the sections, in the chapters. but it is incredible, nor more trial in reading, you are too busy focusing on what has been mentioned, as your eyes follow along.

[@pinkumia1831]

Thanks for this inform

[@nihil303]

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[@James-dy6jg]

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[@imengaginginclown-to-clown9363]

I would apprechiate a few citations for the medical facts you are sharing! (You probably got them from somewhere, right?) Maybe something for the next video.

[@er.piyushpandeytrainerb.te4661]

So Nice

[@qstunrr]

Summary 1. You can really only focus on one or two words at a time, with maaaybe a few bonus letters one either side. Physical limit. Can't read with peripheral vision. Only central vision: foveal vision. 1a. Lingering on words for few 100ms. 1b. If meaningful, fixation occurs. 1c. If not meaningful, eye saccades aka saccadic motion. 2. Regressions are episodes of review. Jumping back from time to time, helps connect what you just read with something you read earlier.

[@villagecookies805]

Thank you so much....

[@karimkhaled4718]

Thanks

[@helena1151]

For some reasons you are interesting, maybe I don’t care about the reasons a lot. Your brain gives me a great vibe . ☺️

[@renehernandeza.7309]

My psychology professor said that retention mostly happens after reading the same material about ten times. Mmm? Good tips. Always reading 📖.

[@Kgbko]

Great, great and great!!!

[@ronaldivey1526]

Thank-you

[@esauhernandez9076]

something that actually has discouraged me it's that it takes me a long time to read pure mathematics books such as the Calculus of Spivak, recently I been reading the book: Elementary Classical Analysis by Jerrrold E. Marsden, it took me like 2 days, reading maybe 2 to 4 hours to finish the first chapter and at the end I understood a lot but I was too tired to do continue my studying, reading this has helped me a lot because I can't stop doing all what you say in this video, also I checked the pomodoro video, I can't believe your information actually exists, thank you for making this channel.

[@Socratica]

We're so glad you've found us! You make such an important point, that some reading is just much more dense than others. You can pack in SO much information in a line or two of math writing - also true for scientific journals. You definitely shouldn't feel bad about taking a long time to read that kind of thing. Sometimes it takes us a whole day to completely dissect and understand a scientific paper. Then you have to go away and think about it for a while, and re-read it, and come away with more understanding! Hang in there, Socratica Friend! 💜🦉

[@esauhernandez9076]

@@Socratica Thank you, you are actually helping me to move foward.

[@esauhernandez9076]

maybe, if you have, you can give a tip on how to approach dense content such as the pure math books. Something I can tell you I do generally is that I check different books on the same subject looking for the easiest approach or the most familiar to my preparation (result of the point of view of my past courses), also when I struggle with a subject I search it in different books.

[@Socratica]

Looking at different sources is a great idea. Sometimes just reading it in a little different presentation can make a big difference! For math, this might sound silly, but one thing we found that helped was to actually cover up most of the book and just look at one small section at a time (sometimes even just one line) to remove distractions.

[@esauhernandez9076]

​@@Socratica Something I found helping for doing exercises of proofs it's to isolate the definitions and theorems without proofs (of the book or seen during the class) in a form of a list and keep it close when I do an exercises. Also some times I feel tempted to proof the theorems in the list using the same list to make a deep understanding of the course even when the teacher has done the proofs on class and not checking what he did until I finished the proof, but this must be done since day one because it takes a lot of time and time well mesured it's precious before taking hard exams.

[@minthang100]

You rightly pointed out the limitations of the RSVP. A big part of it is just impractical.

[@kunslipper]

Thank you so much.

[@zubairsultan2433]

Great video nice and clear understandig

[@ramkumartvm8394]

Every time I see her videos,I am getting hypnotized and the music too made me sleep🤣

[@chirasreedebnath7457]

If there was a Noble Prize for explanation and simplification you would have won it after Feynman 😊😊😊

[@HarshRaj-co6tf]

Have you recorded all the vedios of study tips series on the same day or do you wear the same sweatshirt eachday?

[@LuisFDeAguiar]

The Focus in everything!

[@jessicab.8250]

Amo seus vídeos!!!!

[@jayadtt]

Your voice is therapeutic

[@vhslanternasecreta5098]

O inglês é tão perfeito que é melhor que os proprios nativos.. incrivel, meta de vida é falar assim..

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Fui olhar um pouco, se não me engano ela tem dupla nacionalidade, o pai é diplomata... Acredito que ela tem contato com línguas estrangeiras desde criança... Esse inglês é meta de vida²

[@GonzaloGonzalezEspinoza]

Me encantan sus videos. Indiferentemente el tema o el idioma son muy interesantes.

[@cm_dev]

What a soothing voice!

[@jworne79]

Any recommendations on best app for speed reading. Mainly want to improve my eye movements across the page

[@mohammadtauseef9641]

Thanks for developing my reading skills

[@petrosstyle2981]

The best way of studying and memorizing things you read, that works very well for me , is reading while walking at the same time.. this way the brain works and absorbs knowledge much better than just sitting...

[@Socratica]

Interesting idea - we'll have to try it!! Reminds us of the Peripatetic School. 💜🦉

[@possiblyadickhead6653]

I m doing the this also sometimes. It can really help.

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Richard III!? This chanel is great!

[@gp3751]

so good info...

[@jhpk4495]

great , stunning channel well i was only interested in python but your videos are stunning

[@Socratica]

We're so glad you're checking out our other content! We make such a variety of topics, and people who watch Python might not be interested in Chemistry or Calculus, but we figured just about everyone could use some study tips. Thanks for your kind comment! :D

[@darylglenn4571]

She lectured about reading techniques. Very helpful.

[@wenzhiquan]

One of the record holders for speed reading recommends using your finger to track where you're reading.

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[@raulromani7357]

SQ4R is a great technique for reading and studying.

[@bellamkondanarendravenkata366]

Good video

[@patrickestudante5792]

4:21 I didn't know I can read that fast!

[@SurajGupta-zx5lj]

i noticed that too

[@SayIdie]

iam indonesian, and i have trouble in reading. the problem is the bahasa cant translate to specific meaning in english. so i cant understand a sentece from book, like the author meant to be.

[@kabelo7882]

Where can I get your background music?

[@rbtworld505]

explain some idea about nilpotent groups

[@kethellyconte5553]

Saudades de quando vocês faziam vídeos em português também.

[@rogeriopenna9014]

she is reading the 5 books from A Song of Ice and Fire at 3:00. How can one not love her?

[@yangchen392]

My poor reading skills!!!! I got reading speed less than 200 words/min and 75% comprehension in the test..,and I will have a TOEFL exam next month... OMG.. :( Thanks for your tips!

[@silkieshag9703]

he only achievement demonstrated by speed readers was “a remarkable dexterity in page-turning.”

[@anujyadav-un9ty]

nice video

[@ujjwalbisht.8539]

i love your voice!

[@amorestperpe]

I love how, you pretty much throw everything out the window that speed reading books teach lmao.